ADVENTURER of the SEAS

Royal Caribbean Cruises, 137,276 grt, 2001, 3,840 passengers,

photograph by Graeme Simpson

AIDAluna (Halifax)

September 2010

AIDAvita

42,289gt, Aida Cruises,2002, 1,266 passengers

One of the largest cruise vessels to enter Leith.  27th August 2007

AKADEMIC SERGEY VAVILOV

Russian Research Ship, used for Arctic and Antarctic cruising.

5th July 2004, Leith 

ALBATROS [IMO 7304314]  

Cruise Ship, Phoenix Reisen, 28,518 gt, Built 1973. Renamed 2004, ex Crown (2002), ex Norwegian Star (1997), ex Royal Odyssey (1991), ex Royal Viking Sea.  Sister ship of Boudicca (see Below).  

Pasing under  Forth Rail Bridge, Off North Queensferry, 18^th July 2009

ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT 

Phoenix Reisen, launched Russian Research Vessel OKEAN, 12,331grt rebuilt 1996;ex Minerva (Swan Hellenic Cruise), renamed Saga Pearl (Saga Cruises) 2003 - 05, sails as Explorer II in winter.  

(23rd May 2006 )

ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT 

(17th Sept 2005)

ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT (2) [IMO 8709573]

Phoenix Reisen, 15,343 gt, renamed 2008, ex Jules Verne ( 2007), ex Walrus (2000),  Nautican (1996), ex Crown Monarch, built 1990

Leith 7th July 2008     

AMADEA

28,856gt, 22,480dwt, Phoenix Reisen, Germany, built 1991

Picture dated 4th September 2007 replaced with one 24th June 2010

AMADEA at Forth Rail Bridge

Picture dated 4th September 2007 replaced with this one of 24th June 2010

ANDREA

West Wind Ltd, Operator - Elegant Cruises, 2,540 grt, 1960

ex Harald Jarl,  TROMS FYLKES DAMPSKIBSSELSKAP, renamed 2002

Leith 11th August 2007  

ANTARCTIC DREAM [IMO 5278432]

Passenger ship, Antarctic Shipping, 1,685 gt, built 1959,  Renamed 2002 ex- Hotu Matua, 1997 ex- Piloto Pardo.  Ushuaia,  30^th November 2008

ARCADIA

Cruise ship, 82,972 gt, P&O, built 2002, 2,556 passengers.

Hound Pont, South Queensferry,  21st August 2011

ARION (A)

5,888 grt, CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL CRUISES, 350 passengers

Built 1965 as ISTRA, 1991 renamed ASTRA, 1999 renamed NAUTILUS, present name  2000

20th July 2005 Leith  

ARION (B)  

ARTANIA 

44,438 gt, Phoenix Reisen,

ex P&O Aretemis refitted with additional cabins and renamed May 2011

ARTANIA at Forth Rail Bridge

ARTEMIS [IMO 8201480]

Cruise Liner, 44,438 gt, P&O, built 1984.  Off North Queenferry, 7th July 2009.

ASTOR

20,506 grt Transocean Cruises, 650 passengers

Built 1987, renamed 1988 Fedor Dostoyevskiy, Far East Shipping Company; sold and renamed Astor 1995. 

 7th June 2006 off North Queensferry

ASTOR (B)

ASTORIA

18,591 grt, Transocean Cruises, 540 passengers

Built 1981 as ASTOR for HAPAG CRUISE LINE,; sold 1984 South African Marine Corp; 1985 renamed ARKONA, Deutfracht Seereederei; 1990 ArkonaTouristik/Deutsche Seetouristik; 2002 sold and renamed as anbove.

21st Aug 2004

ASTORIA at Bergen

3rd August 2004

ATHENA [IMO 5383304]

Cruise ship, 16,144 gt, chartered to Phoenix Reisen from Classic International Cruises, , built 1948 as Stockholm for Swedish America Line.  Famous for the North Atlantic collision with Italian liner Andria Doria (1956).  Sold 1960 to East Germany, named Volkerfreundschaft, sold 1985 became Fridtjof Nansen, as a refuge hostel in Oslo, 1989, sold and laid up, eventually becoming Italia I in 1993. Rebuilt, renamed Italia Prima (1994), becoming  Valtur Prima ( 1998),  Caribe (2002), current name since 2005.             Leith  31st Augu  s09

ATHENA [IMO 5383304] 

Classic International Cruises

Off Rosyth 2nd May 2011

AZAMARA JOURNEY

Azamara Cruises, [owned by RCI] 30,277 grt 702 passengers. 

Built 2000 as R-Six, renamed Blue Dream 2007.  Sister ships: Delphin Renaissance (R-Seven); Insignia (R-One); Nautica (R-Five); Minerva II (R- Eight).