Cruise ship graveyard5/26/2023 ![]() She remained the only one until 2010, when British captain Sarah Breton took the helm on P&O Cruises’ Artemis. In 2007, Monarch became the first major cruise ship in the world to be captained by a woman, Karin Stahre-Janson from Sweden. ![]() At the time of her completion, Monarch of the Seas was one of the largest cruise ships ever. Monarch was the second of Royal Caribbean’s three Sovereign-class ships, and debuted as Monarch of the Seas in 1991. Sailed For: Royal Caribbean as Monarch of the Seas and Pullmantur as Monarch.Monarch (Former Monarch of the Seas) (Photo courtesy of Pullmantur Cruises) In July, the ship was beached at the scrapyard in Turkey. In June 2020, Sovereign and sister ship Monarch were moved to cold layup while Pullmantur filed for financial reorganization. The vessel was also the first to have a multi-story atrium with glass elevators, which the ship’s designer referred to as the “Centrum.” Carnival’s Fantasy class, which debuted later, was comparable in size to the Sovereign-class and also had atriums with glass elevators.Īfter sailing with Royal Caribbean International until 2008, the ship was transferred to Spanish cruise line Pullmantur, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, and her name was shortened to just Sovereign. At the time, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, coming in at 73,192 gross tons. Sovereign was built in 1987 as Royal Caribbean’s Sovereign of the Seas, the first of three Sovereign-class vessels. Sailed For: Royal Caribbean as Sovereign of the Seas and Pullmantur as Sovereign.Sovereign (Former Sovereign of the Seas) Sovereign of the Seas departs Miami in 1996. RELATED: Last Look: Remembering Carnival Inspiration 4.
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