Oldest Cruise Ships Still In Operation

Amazingly every company on this list has been in continuous operation for at least 200 years and in the case of the oldest company on this list over 300 years.

Oldest cruise ships still in operation. The fantasy class ship is the oldest ship and one of the smallest ships in the Carnival lineup but that means little for the fun that guests can have. Magellan a 1250-passenger vessel is the former Holiday at Carnival Cruise Line. In fact sometimes smaller is better.

Shipping companies like PO and Cunard got in on the mail delivery game and by 1844 PO was offering sea tours to such destinations as Gibraltar Malta and Athens making them the oldest cruise line still in operation. Vasco da Gama was a former Holland America ship. Oldest cruise ships that still sail.

It was launched in 1990 and currently offers departures form Mobile Alabama. She is older than me. Originally built to operate in the Northern Atlantic cruise route as the MS Stockholm MS Athena has provided faultless cruising service to its other owners in the years since and is not one of the oldest cruise.

Olsen acquired the Færder Steamship Company in 1901 a first decisive venture into the passenger business. John Carlton has mentioned the Royal Navy shipyards as among the oldest shipyards still in operation the same is true for their French counterparts. The Pesse canoe is the worlds oldest known ship dating between 8040 and 7510 BC.

48 rows List of cruise ships A Name Operator Began operation Tonnage Status Achille Lauro. She entered service as the MS STOCKHOLM in February 1948. Immerse yourself into culture cuisine art and history on Vikings award winning ships.

Carnivals oldest cruise ship which is still active today is the Carnival Fantasy. Dating to 1948 and originally named Stockholm the vessel originally was an ocean liner. Fun Fact Carnivals newest active ship the Mardi Gras is also Carnivals oldest ship.