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List of ship decommissionings in 1991

The list of ship decommissionings in 1991 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1991.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
15 January Fred. Olsen Lines Bayard Norway Cruiseferry Sold to Color Line Renamed Christian IV
January Sealink Stena Line St Nicholas Bahamas Cruiseferry Rebuilt Renamed Stena Normandy (under charter from Rederi AB Gotland)
14 February Royal Navy Phoebe Leander-class frigate Sold as scrap
22 February Scandinavian Seaways Tor Scandinavia Denmark Cruiseferry Renamed Princess of Scandinavia
1 March Polferries Rogalin Poland Ferry Chartered to Swansea-Cork Ferries Renamed Celtic Pride
30 April United States Navy Coral Sea Midway-class aircraft carrier Scrapped
19 May DSB Färjedivision Peder Paars Denmark Ferry Sold to Stena Line Renamed Stena Invicta for Sealink Stena Line traffic
30 May Silja Line Silvia Regina Sweden Cruiseferry Sold to Stena Line Renamed Stena Britannica
May Europe Cruise Line Eurosun Bermuda Cruise ship Transferred to Orient Line Pte Ltd Renamed Orient Sun
2 June Epirotiki Line Pegasus Greece Cruise ship Burnt at Venice; wreck laid up in Greece. Sold to Strintzis Line in 1994 for rebuilding into a ferry; renamed Ionian Express; burnt in shipyard; scrapped 1995
30 September Royal Navy Charybdis Leander-class frigate Sunk as a target
26 November United States Navy Lexington Essex-class aircraft carrier Preserved Corpus Christi, Texas
Date uncertain National Navy of Uruguay 18 De Julio Scrapped
Date uncertain Royal Navy Penelope Leander-class frigate Sold to Ecuador in 1991

See also

Ship events in 1991
Ship launches: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Ship commissionings: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Ship decommissionings: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Shipwrecks: 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
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