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Star Cruises - Page 2

 

 

These pages are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Star Cruises fleet. This page shows the purpose-built Star Cruises vessels, including cards already issued of designs not due in service until 2001-2004. It will also show transferred mid-size ships from NCL.

 

Of the five large ships ordered, only SuperStar Virgo is in the 2005 Star Cruises fleet, the others having been transferred to NCL. 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. 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. Norwegian Sea became SuperStar Libra (2) in September 2005

 

 

Ships on This Page:-

SuperStar Leo - now Norwegian Spirit

SuperStar Libra (1) - now Norwegian Star (2)

SuperStar Libra (2) - ex-Norwegian Sea

SuperStar Sagittarius II - order cancelled

SuperStar Scorpio - now Norwegian Dawn

SuperStar Virgo

 

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Star Pisces

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SuperStar Europe

SuperStar Gemini

SuperStar Taurus

 

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SuperStar Leo

(Star Cruises: 1998-2004)

 

The first new Star Cruises vessel was SuperStar Leo. She was 76,800grt and carried 2000 passengers. SuperStar Virgo is a sistership. It was originally planned to move SuperStar Leo to the NCL fleet in 2001, as Norwegian Leo. However, it was decided to transfer SuperStar Libra as Norwegian Star (2) in her place. In the event, SuperStar Leo was transferred to NCL in 2004 as the Norwegian Spirit.

 

 

The first new Star Cruises vessel, SuperStar Leo, in a pre-service painting.

Official Star Cruises postcard.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Leo.

 

 

An NCL pocket guide to Norwegian Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStar Virgo

 

A sistership to SuperStar Leo, at 76,800grt and carrying 2000 passengers. In 2005, this is the only mega-ship still in the Star Cruises fleet, all the others being transferred to, or completed for NCL.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Virgo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Virgo.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Virgo.

 

 

Simplon Postcards serial no. sc2156 of SuperStar Virgo, printed May 2000.

The photograph was taken by Mike Louagie, in 1999.

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStar Libra (1)

SuperStar Scorpio

 

SuperStar Libra, and sistership SuperStar Scorpio, were ordered from Meyer-Werft, Papenburg, to be delivered in 2001 and 2002. Six months before delivery, it was decided that SuperStar Libra, would be transferred to the NCL fleet, rather than move SuperStar Leo (as the Norwegian Leo) as was originally planned. SuperStar Libra was delivered to NCL as Norwegian Star (2) in 2001. SuperStar Scorpio was delivered to NCL as Norwegian Dawn in December 2002. Both ships are around 92,000grt.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Libra.

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStar Sagittarius II

 

Two SuperStar Sagittarius-class vessels were planned 2003/2004, and were to be 112,000grt. The orders were cancelled in 2000, and no ships were built of this size, although two further 93000grt were delivered to NCL in 2005, the Norwegian Jewel and Pride of Hawaii.

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Sagittarius II.

 

 

 

 

 

SuperStar Libra (2)

 

SuperStar Libra (2) 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 SuperStar Libra (2)

 

 

Official Star Cruises postcard of SuperStar Libra (2)

Scan: Ivo Batricevic

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SuperStar Libra (2) at Dubrovnik

Photo: © Ivo Batricevic

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Papenburg Cards showing the Star Cruises Fleet

 

A number of cards showing Star Cruises vessels have been issued in Papenburg, home of Meyer-Werft who are building the Star Cruises new tonnage. This interesting composition shows a selection of notable Meyer-built ships together around the yard (a faked picture of course). In addition to Oriana and Silja Europa are vessels of HAL, Celebrity and Star Cruises.

 

SuperStar Virgo at Meyer-Werft.

 

A composite card of Papenburg, showing SuperStar Leo.

 

 

 

 

 

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