List of All Old Cruise Ships Names

The world's best cruise ships names have become a matter of investigation these days. With the exception of the newest new big passenger ships, almost all the rest are with different from their maiden names, usually changed the instant the vessel receives a new owner, or even a new operator. The Holland America cruise ships are well-known for bearing "recycled" names - an unique practice of using one name for different vessels over the years. Well, and a charming sentimental way of connecting past and future for this over 130-year old passenger ship line.

List of the initial ships names, the year built, the vessel's former names and current owner (updated 2011, suffixes "Cruises" and "Line/s" are generally omited). The list is only filtered by the passenger cruise ship capacity (100+), and the cruise ship weight (20,000+ GT).

CONTINUING with the "smaller, but famous" exceptions (20,000- GT) in part 2 - Small Older Cruise Ships Names List. You may find usefull the small table with the passenger ship prefix information. All closely related articles at How Big are Cruise Ships - Dimensions Sizes Statistics Comparison, and the major Travel Cruise Ships Information hub.