To be able to designate two groups of cruise ships, I have 'drawn the line'  - quite arbitrarily I must admit - between ships taken into service before 1975, and after this year.

So, ships before 1975 are considered to be classic cruise ships. Many of these ships described are gone, as they have been scrapped, burned out or sank....

However, I think these ships and their stories are worth to be told. Ships like Stella Polaris or Andes because they have both marked the beginning of a new era in the history of cruising. Ships like Prince George and Baltic Star, to name just two examples, because they have had long and varied careers, and influenced the cruise scene in their own modest ways, although they did not become as well known as other vessels.

      I hope to add more soon.........