List of ship decommissionings in 1981
The list of ship decommissionings in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1981.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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February | Sessan Linjen | Prinsessan Desirée | ![]() | Ferry | Transferred to Stena Sessan Line | |
7 March | ![]() | Norfolk | ![]() | County-class destroyer | Sold to Chile | Renamed Capitán Prat |
March | Unknown | Tor Scandinavia | ![]() | Cruiseferry | End of charter, returned to Tor Line | |
27 March | ![]() | Bulwark | ![]() | Centaur-class aircraft carrier | Towed to Cairnryan 10 April 1981 | Scrapped in 1984[1] |
30 April | Jakob Lines | Borea | ![]() | Ferry | Chartered to Folkline | |
April | Stena Sessan Line | Prinsessan Desirée | ![]() | Ferry | Chartered to Bandi Line | |
6 May | Bandi Line | Prinsessan Desirée | ![]() | Ferry | End of charter from Stena Sessan Line | Re-chartered to B&I Line |
13 May | Folkline | Borea | ![]() | Ferry | End of charter; returned to Jakob Lines | |
15 May | Olau Line | Olau Finn | ![]() | Ferry | Laid up at end of charter; sold to Folkline in May 1982 | Renamed Folkliner |
7 June | B&I Line | Prinsessan Desirée | ![]() | Ferry | End of charter from Stena Sessan Line | Re-chartered to Sealink |
10 August | Sealink | Prinsessan Desirée | ![]() | Ferry | End of charter from Stena Sessan Line | Returned to Stena Sessan traffic |
3 October | Jakob Lines | Borea | ![]() | Ferry | Chartered as a housing ship to Algeria | Sold to Helsingfors Steamship Company, 1984 |
1 December | Tor Line | Tor Scandinavia | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to DFDS Seaways | |
Date unknown | Polferries | Gryf | ![]() | Ferry | Sold to Fraglines | Renamed Eolos |
Citations
- ^ Hobbs, p. 250
Bibliography
- Hobbs, David (2013). British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-138-0.