List of ship decommissionings in 1992

The list of ship decommissionings in 1992 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1992.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
15 January Silja Line Wellamo  Finland Cruiseferry Rebuilt into Silja Festival
31 January  Royal Navy Cleopatra Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap in 1993
January  Royal Navy Minerva Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap in July 1993
February Wallenius Rederiet Nils Holgersson  Sweden Cruiseferry Sold to SweFerry Continued in TT-Line traffic
3 March Silja Line Svea  Sweden Cruiseferry Rebuilt into Silja Karneval
30 March Orient Line Pty Ltd Orient Sun  Singapore Cruise ship Transferred to Wasa Line Renamed Wasa Queen
11 April  United States Navy Midway Midway-class aircraft carrier Storage Bremerton, Washington
22 April  Royal Navy Jupiter Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap
April Eckerö Linjen Alandia  Finland Ferry Chartered to Corona Line
May  Royal Navy Ariadne Leander-class frigate Sold to Chile Renamed General Baquedano
29 June Hoverspeed Hoverspeed France  Bahamas WPC74 class fast ferry Chartered to an unknown company Renamed Sardegna Express
30 June  Royal Navy Hermione Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap in 1997
June Corona Line Alandia  Finland Ferry Returned to Eckerö Linjen traffic
1 September Sally Cruise Sally Albatross  Finland Cruise ship Transferred to Silja Line
11 October Wasa Line Fennia  Finland Ferry Chartered to Baltic Line
1 November Swansea-Cork Ferries Celtic Pride  Poland Ferry End of charter from Polferries Renamed Rogalin
19 November  United States Navy Okinawa Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship Storage Bremerton, Washington
4 December  Royal Navy Juno Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap in 1994 [1]
21 December SweFerry Nils Holgersson  Sweden Cruiseferry Laid up, sold to Brittany Ferries, 1993 Renamed Val de Loire
24 December Viking Line Diana II  Sweden Cruiseferry Chartered to TR Line Owned by Rederi AB Slite
December Unknown Sardegna Express  Bahamas WPC74 class fast ferry End of charter, returned to Hoverspeed Renamed SeaCat Boulogne

Citations

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  1. ^ Friedman, p. 338

Bibliography

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  • Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.