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Norwegian Cruise Line
Page 3: The New Fleet Livery
These pages are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet (previously the Norwegian
Caribbean
Line). NCL is now owned by
Star Cruises
. NCL are also owners of
Orient Lines
.
The Table
below shows complete postcard histories of selected ships. Below the table are official and commercial cards of the
recent NCL fleet
in chronological order.
NCL Page 1
covers the first generation of purpose-built cruise ships, along with the
Norway
.
NCL Page 2
covers the second generations of mid-sized cruise ships. This page covers the NCL fleet which survived to receive the new blue livery.
NCL Page 4
covers the 70000grt and over mega-ships delivered from 1999.
In 2005, smaller ships in the
Star Cruises
fleet are being disposed of (
SuperStar Aries
,
SuperStar Capricorn
, etc) whilst the mid-sized ships in the NCL fleet will be transferred to
Star Cruises
as further large newbuildings are delivered to NCL. The first transfer is due to be
Norwegian Sea
in summer 2005, to be followed by
Norwegian Dream
,
Norwegian Wind
,
Norwegian Majesty
, and
Norwegian Crown
.
Ships on This Page:-
Dreamward
Leeward
Norway
Norwegian Crown
Norwegian Dream
Norwegian Dynasty
Norwegian Majesty
Norwegian Sea
Norwegian Star (1)
Norwegian Wind
Seaward
Windward
Ships on
NCL Page 1
:-
Sunward
Starward
Skyward
Southward
Sunward II
Norway
Ships on
NCL Page 2
:-
Dreamward
- 1992-1998
Seaward
- 1988-1998
Sunward (2)
- 1991-1993
Westward
- 1990-1993
Windward
- 1993-1998
Ships on
NCL Page 4
:-
Independence
-
(NCL: 2003- ) ex-
American Export Lines
and
Amenican Hawaii Lines
Norwegian Dawn
-
(NCL: 2002- ) ex-
SuperStar Scorpio
Norwegian Jewel
-
(NCL: 2005- )
Norwegian Pearl
-
(NCL: 2006- )
Norwegian Sky
-
(NCL: 1999-2003) ex-costa Olympia, later Pride of Aloha
Norwegian Star (2)
-
(NCL: 2001- ) ex-
SuperStar Libra
Norwegian Sun
-
(NCL: 2001- )
Norwegian Spirit
- ex-
SuperStar Leo
Pride of Aloha
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(NCL: 2003- ) ex-Costa Olympia, Norwegian Sky
Pride of America
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(NCL: 2005- )
Pride of Hawaii
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(NCL: 2006- )
Newbuilding: Aker Finnyards 93000gt No.1
-
(NCL: 2007- )
NCL Pages:-
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NCL Page 1
- First generation NCL ships
NCL Page 2
- Second generation NCL ships
NCL Page 3
- Postcards in the new blue livery and names with the "Norwegian" prefix
- this page!
NCL Page 4
- Postcards of NCL meg-ships delivered since 1999
Orient Lines
Star Cruises
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Leeward
Viking Saga, Sally Albatross, SuperStar Taurus
1980
Norway
France
1962
Norwegian Crown
Crown Odyssey
1988
Norwegian Majesty
Royal Majesty
1993
Norwegian Sea
Norwegian Sea, SuperStar Libra (2)
1988
Norwegian Sky
(originally ordered for Costa Crociere)
1999
Norwegian Star
Royal Viking Sea, Royal Odyssey
1972
NCL Fleet List
Page 3: The New Fleet Livery
Norway (1979- )
The
France
entered service in 1962, and was the longest (but not largest) Atlantic liner at 1035ft. She was withdrawn in 1974 on the removal of government subsidies. She was laid up at le Havre until 1979, when she was bought by Norwegian Caribbean Line and renamed
Norway
. The postcards on this page are all official NCL releases. Star Cruises have announced that
Norway
will be transferred to their own fleet. the full NCL postcard history has been added
on this link
. Her earlier history as the
France
is covered
on this link
.
An oversized Norwegian Cruise Line postcard of
Norway
is shown below (size reduced).
Two standard-sized Norwegian Cruise Line postcards of
Norway
issued in 2000 are shown below.
An oversized NCL "Freestyle Cruising" postcard of
Norway
(size reduced).
Leeward (1995- )
Leeward
was built in 1980 as
Viking Saga
for Rederi Ab Sally, part of the
Viking Line
consortium, and used on their Helsinki-Stockholm service. Her sistership was
Viking Song
. She was replaced in 1986 by
Olympia
, and was modified for cruising out of Helsinki as the
Sally Albatross
. She was burnt out whilst undergoing a refit in Stockholm in 1990. By this time Rederi Ab Sally had been acquired by Effjohn International, owners of
Silja Line
. Although declared a total constructive loss, the lower hull was used to create a new ship, also called
Sally Albatross
, reappearing in 1992. In 1994, she grounded whilst on a cruise, suffering major damage. After repairs, she was chartered to
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)
as the
Leeward
. The Baltic cruise market had been hit badly by the
Estonia
disaster in September 1994. In 1999 the charter was transferred to
NCL
's owners,
Star Cruises
, for service in the Far East as
SuperStar Taurus
. The charter was terminated by
Star Cruises
in 2002, and she returned to her owners
Silja Line
for service as
Silja Opera
.
Silja Opera
was not part of the sale of Silja Line to Tallink in 2006, and she remained laid up at Tilbury for much of that year.
A complete history of this ship is available
on this link
.
Norwegian Cruise Line postcard of
Leeward
Norwegian Cruise Line postcard of
Leeward
Norwegian Cruise Line postcard of
Leeward
Norwegian Cruise Line postcard of
Leeward
Norwegian Star (1) (1996- )
Norwegian Star (1)
was originally built as the Royal Viking Line cruise ship
Royal Viking Sea
in 1973. Royal Viking Line were acquired by Kloster (NCL) in 1984, and initially retained their separate identity.
Royal Viking Sea
was transferred to
Royal Cruise Line
in 1993 as the
Royal Odyssey (II)
. The Royal Viking Line name was sold to
Cunard
in 1994.
Royal Odyssey
was transferred into the main NCL fleet in 1996 as
Norwegian Star
. She briefly operated for the NCL subsidiary Norwegian Capricorn Line in the Australian market, and in 2001 was part of the
Star Cruises
fleet. After a period laid up as
Crown
, she was placed on weekly cruises from Valencia as
Crown Mare Nostrum
for Spanish Cruise Line, by this time owned by the Dutch Cruise Club. From 2005 she is running as the
Albatros (2)
for
Phoenix Reisen
, replacing the
Albatros (1)
(previously
Sylvania
,
Fairwind
,
Sitmar Fairwind
and
Dawn Princess
, which was sold for scrap by owners V-Ships).
Official oversized Norwegian Cruise Line card.
Official oversized Norwegian Cruise Line card.
An official Norwegian Capricorn Line card.
An official postcard of
Norwegian Star
in
Star Cruises
colours..
Star Cruises postcard of
Norwegian Star I
Scan: Ken Murayama
Click to open larger images in new window
Seaward
(NCL: 1988-1997)
Norwegian Sea
(NCL: 1997-2005)
Norwegian Sea
was built by Wartsila in 1988 as
Seaward
(42276 gross tons, 216metres in length and 1798 maximum passengers).
Seaward
was renamed
Norwegian Sea
in 1997. In 2005 she was transferred to the
Star Cruises
fleet as
SuperStar Libra (2)
.
Complete history of
Norwegian Sea
Seaward
appeared in the new blue colours before she was renamed
Norwegian Sea
, as shown in the oversized card below.
A later oversized card as renamed
Norwegian Sea
.
The two official NCL standard-sized postcards as
Norwegian Sea
below were issued in 2000.
Oversized "Freestyle Cruising" postcard of
Norwegian Sea
.
An oversized official postcard of
Norwegian Sea,
showing the revised blue logo.
Norwegian Crown
Crown Odyssey
was built by Meyer of Papenburg, and was delivered to
Royal Cruise Line
in 1988, a year before the line was sold to NCL. In 1996 the various NCL fleets were reorganised, and
Crown Odyssey
became the
Norwegian Crown
in the main NCL fleet. More recently, she has been transferred to NCL-owned
Orient Lines
, and has reverted to her original name
Crown Odyssey.
An oversized official NCL card of
Norwegian Crown
.
Dreamward - Norwegian Dream
Norwegian Dream
was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 1992 as
Dreamward
(39217 gross tons, 190metres in length and 1450 maximum passengers). She was lengthened by 30 metres in 1998 as renamed
Norwegian Dream
. Tonnage was now 50700 grt and capacity was 1624 passengers (1748 max).
She received the new dark blue colours as
Dreamward
, and a postcard was issued.
After lengthening,
Dreamward
reappeared as
Norwegian Dream
.
The picture above was also used on the oversized postcard show below.
A later oversized postcard of
Norwegian Dream
.
This commercial card by Bernd Broux shows
Norwegian Dream
. passing through the Nord-Ostsee Kanal (Kiel Canal).
Note the cut-down mast and funnel to pass beneath the bridges.
Commercial card of
Norwegian Dream
. passing through the Nord-Ostsee Kanal (Kiel Canal).
Note the cut-down mast and funnel to pass beneath the bridges.