BOHEME: Built 1968 at Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turku, Finland, for Wallenius Bremen GmbH & Co KG Schiffahrtsgesellschaft, Bremen. Cruising for Commodore. To Hanseatic Caribbean Shipping Co. Inc. (Sally Shipping GmbH), Panama, 1981, continued cruising for Sally-owned Commodore. Sold 1986 to San Donato Properties Corp. (International Association of Scientologists), Panama. Renamed FREEWINDS. Presently in service as a cruise ship exclusively for the use of Scientologists.

BOLERO: Built 1972 at Dubigeon-Normandie S.A., Nantes, France, for Fred Olsen & Co., Oslo. Ordered for Södertälje-Travemünde service but chartered to Prinz Linien for Bremerhaven (later Hamburg)-Harwich service. After two months, transferred to Prince of Fundy Cruises for Portland-Yarmouth service; cruising in Caribbean during the winter for Commodore. Seasonal arrangement with Prince of Fundy Cruises and Commodore continued through summer 1976, after which she was returend to Fred. Oslen and put in Newcastle-Oslo service. Chartered 1978 to Stena Line Ab, Gothenburg; renamed SCANDINAVIA. Gothenburg-Kiel service. Refitted 1981 for expected service with Brittany Ferries as TREGOR which did not materialize. Following refit used on various domestic routes for Fred. Olsen, renamed BOLERO. Switched 1990 to Bergen-Newcastle service. Sold 1991 to Color Line A/S, Oslo; renamed JUPITER, returned to Norwegian domestic service. Chartered 1994 to SF-Line, Mariehamn. Used on Viking Line Kapellskär-Mariehamn-Nådendal service. Chartered to Linea Crucero Express 1994, renamed CRUCERO EXPRESS; engaged in Cartagena-Cristobal service. Laid-up St. Petersburg, Florida following end of charter, 1996. Later chartered to Emerald Empress Holdings and renamed SEMINOLE EMPRESS, but did not enter service because of a dispute between Color Line and Emerald Empress Holdings, and continued laid-up at St. Petersburg. Moved to Frederica, Norway 1998, continued laid-up. Sold to Alberta Trading Co., Nassau (Caspi Shipping Ltd., Haifa) 1999; renamed MAGIC I. Crusing from Haifa for Magic Cruise Lines from 2000, following refit at Eleusis. Chartered 2003 to Ocean Club Cruises for cruise service from Port Canaveral under marketing name CLUB MIRAGE. Presently in service.

CARIBE: Built 1968 at Orenstein-Koppel und Lübecker Machinenbau, Lübeck, West Germany, as FREEPORT for Miami Terminal Transport Co. (Freeport Cruise Line), Monrovia. Renamed FREEPORT I before entry into service. Miami-Freeport service and cruises. Sold 1973 to Oy Birka Line Ab, Mariehamn; renamed Freeport. Stockholm-Helsinki service. Sold 1974 to Rederi Ab Svea, Stockholm, reanmed SVEA STAR. Helsingborg- Travemünde service. Sold 1976 to Bremer Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen; renamed CARIBE. Replaced BOLERO on summer Portland-Yarmouth service for Price of Fundy Cruises and winter Caribbean cruises for Commodore. Renamed CARIBE BREMEN 1981. Sold 1981 to Scandinavian World Cruises, Nassau; renamed SCANDINAVIAN SUN. Commenced Miami-Freeport service 1982. Transferred to SeaEscape Cruises Ltd. Nassau (successor company to Scadniavian World Cruises) 1985, continued in Miami-Freeport service. Sold 1992 to Belle Meade Shipping, Monrovia; renamed BALANGA QUEEN, placed in Karlskrona-Gydnia service for Corona Line. Chartered 1994 to Hansatee, Tallinn, transferred to Tallinn-Helsinki and Tallinn-Travemünde service for Tallink. Sold 1994 to Discovery Cruise Line, Panama; renamed DISCOVERY SUN, placed in day cruise service from Port Everglades from 1995. Presently in service.

CARIBE I: Built 1953 at A. Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, for Transatlantic Shipping Corp. (Greek Line), Monrovia as OLYMPIA. Transatlantic service and cruising. Laid-up at Piraeus, 1974. Sold 1981 to Sally Shipping GmbH, Bad Schwartau. Originally intended for static use but, following the capsizing and classification as a constructive total loss of proposed future Commodore flagship NAVARINO (see Regency Fleet History, REGENT SEA), renamed CARIBE and extensively rebuilt for cruising at Perama, Greece, and Hamburg, Germany. Name amended to CARIBE I 1984, cruising for Commodore. Sold 1991 to International Shipping Partners, Nassau, renamed REGAL EMPRESS. Cruising for Regal Cruises. Regal Cruises ceased operations 2003, ship sold to Imperial Majesty Cruise Lines. Presently in service.

ENCHANTED SEAS: Built 1958 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, as BRASIL for Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., New York. New York-Buenos Aires service. Laid-up 1969. Sold 1972 to Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij (Holland-America Line), Rotterdam; renamed VOLENDAM and converted to cruise ship. Chartered to Monarch Cruise Lines Inc., Panama, 1975, renamed MONARCH SUN. Monarch bought by HAL 1976. Returned to HAL and renamed VOLENDAM 1977, continued under Panamanian flag. To Netherlands Antilles flag 1982. Sold to Banstead Shipping Ltd. (Orient Overseas Line/C.Y. Tung Group), Panama, 1984, renamed ISLAND SUN. Transferred to Tung-owned American Hawaii Cruises 1987, renamed LIBERTE. Remained under Panamanian flag; cruising in Tahiti. Sold to Bermuda Star Line, Panama, 1987, renamed CANADA STAR; QUEEN OF BERMUDA 1988. Bermuda Star Line bought by Commodore, 1990, renamed ENCHANTED SEAS. Chartered to World Explorer Cruises/Semester-At-Sea for service as cruise sip and floating university 1998. Full-time floating university from 2002. Presently in service as a floating university.

ENCHANTED ISLE: Built 1958 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, as ARGENTINA for Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., New York. New York-Buenos Aires service. Sold 1972 to Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschaappij (Holland-America Line), Rotterdam; renamed VEENDAM and converted to cruise ship. Laid-up 1972. Chartered 1972 to Agencia Maritima 'Intermares' Ltd. for cruising from Rio de Janiero. Renamed BRASIL. Charter ended 1975, returned to HAL service and renamed VOLENDAM. Transferred 1976 to subsidiary Monarch Cruise Lines Inc., Panama, renamed MONARCH STAR. Returned to HAL 1978, renamed VEENDAM. Sold 1983 to Billinghurst Shipping, Panama (Bermuda Star Line), renamed BERMUDA STAR. Bermuda Star Line bought by Commodore 1990, renamed ENCHANTED ISLE. Renamed HOTEL COMMODORE 1993, hotel ship at St. Petersburg, Russia. Renamed ENCHANTED ISLE and returned to Commodore service, 1994. Following bankruptcy of Commodore in 2000, laid-up at Violet, Louisiana. Presently laid-up.

ENCHANTED CAPRI: Built 1975 at Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Turku, Finland, for USSR Black Sea Shipping Co., Odessa as AZERBAYDZHAN. Reflagged in Liberia and renamed ARKADIYA, 1996. To Winchester Navigation Co., Odessa 1996. Chartered to New SeaEscape Cruises, 1997, renamed ISLAND HOLIDAY. Chartered to Commodore 1998, renamed ENCHANTED CAPRI. Laid-up following bankruptcy of Commodore in 2000. Operated several cruises for New SeaEscape Cruises in 2003 while their ISLAND ADVENTURE was in drydock, then returned to lay-up at Freeport, Bahamas. Presently laid-up.

ENCHANTED SUN: Built 1974 at Kynossoura Dock Yard Ltd, Kynossoura, Greece, for Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus. Brindisi-Patras service. Sold to Stena Gulf Line Ltd., Nassau, 1988, renamed SCANDINAVIAN SAGA and chartered to SeaEscape. Chartered to California Cruises, Nassau, renamed PRIDE OF SAN DIEGO, 1991. Renamed TROPIC STAR II, 1992. Renamed STENA ARCADIA 1994, laid-up at Venice, Italy. Sold to Empress Cruise, Nassau, 1997, renamed EMERALD EMPRESS. Laid-up at Freeport, Bahamas. Sold to Yucatan Shipping, Nassau, 1998. Sold to Triple Shipping, Monrovia, 1998, renamed SOFIA. Sold to Commodore Holdings Ltd., Nassau, 1999, renamed ENCHNATED SUN. Laid-up at Freeport following bankruptcy of Commodore in 2000. Sold 2001 at auction to Cardinham International, Nassau, renamed TALISMAN. Sold 2002 to International Shipping Partners, Nassau; Renamed MANISTAL. Continued laid-up at Freeport. Renamed ST. TROPEZ 2003. Presently laid-up.

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