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M/S Scandinavian Star

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M/S Massalia, later known as M/S Scandinavian Star and M/S Regal Voyager was a car and passenger ferry built in 1971.

M/S Massalia was built by Dubegion-Normandie S.A. in 1971 and delivered to Compagnie de Paqueboats who put her on the route Marseille - Malaga - Casablanca and also cruises in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1984 she was owned by a number of companies and named Stena Baltica, Island Fiesta and finally Scandinavian Star, a name given to her by Scandinavian World Cruises who chartered the ship and put her on cruises between Tampa, Florida and Cozumel, Mexico.

In 1990 she was sold to Vognmandsruten and put on DA-NO Linjen 's route between Oslo, Norway and Frederikshavn, Denmark. At nightime April 7, 1990 a fire broke out on the ship, killing 158 people, one more dies after two weeks from his wounds and one of the women who died were pregnant in the sixth month. The ship was towed to Lysekil in Sweden where they managed to put out the fire. The crime investigation stated that the fire was started by a pyromaniac.

The burnt ship lay in Copenhagen over the next few months until she was towed to Southampton and renamed Candi. In February 1994 she was sold on auction to International Shipping Partners . She was renamed Regal Voyager, sent to Italy for rebuilding and later chartered to Comarit Ferries and put on the route Tangier - Port Vendres .

In 1997 she was registered for St. Thomas Cruises and put on a route between Port Isabel and Puerto Cortés for Isabel Cortes Ferry Service . Chartered to Ferries del Caribe in 1999 and put on the route Santo Domingo - San Juan.

The ship was laid up in South Carolina in 2003. Sold to Indian shipbrokers in 2004, renamed to Regal V. Arrived at Alang on May 14, 2004 and the work to get her broken up started five days later.


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