70 / 16,111gt / 14,936dwt {SWE) [ucc]

owner : Rederi A/B Nordsterjeman
manager : Axel Axelson Johnson
operator : Johnson Line A/B

built : Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turku/Abo, FIN
yd # : 1171
L - 29:08:1969

sold with her slightly older sister (or is it brother, Axel Johnson, in 1986 and renamed Regent Sky with the intention of converting her to a cruise ship. She was laid up at Piraeus 02:03:1986 until 02:12:1987, when she was sold to Turkish breakers arriving Aliaga, 05:12:1987. Axel Johnson, initially renamed Regent Sun, was rescued after the collapse of Regent Cruises, converted at Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa and is still trading as Costa Marina, 21 years after the demise of her sister.

photo : Liverpool, 18:05:1975
photo : © Dr. Allan Ryszka-Onions 1975/2008