MV WORLD RENAISSANCE (Epirotiki)

Epirotiki (and later Royal Olympic) Cruises sleek 11,724 gross ton BLUE MONARCH was built as the RENAISSANCE in 1966 by the famed Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard (builders of the ILE DE FRANCE, NORMANDIE and FRANCE, among others) for Compagnie Francaise de Navigation's Marseilles to Haifa service and cruising. RENAISSANCE was distinguished by her all white livery and her futuristic lines, many elements (bow, forward superstructure and stern) borrowed from or inspired by the FRANCE of 1961.

From 1970 onwards, she joined Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots (Paquet) on full-time cruise service. RENAISSANCE had a spacious, teak-covered lido with two large pools and airy, modern interiors with upmarket, original Midcentury fittings by designers such as Eero Saarinen and Raak Fuga, among others.

In 1977, she was purchased by Epirotiki Lines and renamed HOMERIC RENAISSANCE and in 1978, she became the WORLD RENAISSANCE for a charter to Costa Cruises that lasted until 1985, when she returned to the Epirotiki fold.

In 1995, she became the Indonesian-based AWANI DREAM for a short time, then returned to service for Epirotiki and later Royal Olympic as WORLD RENAISSANCE in the late 1990s.

After the collapse of ROC, she sailed as the GRAND VICTORIA before being chartered by short-lived Monarch Classic Cruises as the BLUE MONARCH in 2007. In 2008, she was laid up and eventually sold for scrap, arriving at Alang in 2010 under the delivery name MAESTRO.

AVAILABLE ITEMS:

ANASTASIS   APOLLON   ARGENTINA   ASSEDO   ATALANTE   AUGUSTUS   AUREOL   AUSONIA   BERMUDA STAR   BLUE MONARCH   BREMERHAVEN   CARNIVALE   CARIBE I   ELLINIS   EMPRESS OF BRITAIN  

EMPRESS OF CANADA   ENCHANTED ISLE   EUGENIO C   FEDOR SHALYAPIN   FESTIVALE   FIESTA MARINA   FRANCONIA   ISLANDBREEZE   IVERNIA   IVORY   JEAN MERMOZ   LURLINE   MADAGASCAR   MARDI GRAS   MARGARITA L   MARIANNA VI   MARIANNA 9   MAYAN EMPRESS   MERMOZ   MONARCH STAR   MONTEREY   MS PHILIPPINES   OLYMPIA   OLYMPIC   PRINCIPE PERFEITO   PRINCESA VICTORIA   REGAL EMPRESS   RENAISSANCE   RHAPSODY   REGENT STAR   S. A. VAAL   SAPPHO   SERENADE   SHOTA RUSTAVELI   SPERO   STATENDAM   STELLA    MARIS II   STELLA OCEANIS   STELLA SOLARIS   TAHITIEN   THE BIG RED BOAT II  

THE BIG RED BOAT III   THE TOPAZ   THE VICTORIA   VIKING BORDEAUX   TRANSVAAL CASTLE   VEENDAM   VICTORIA (Incres)   VICTORIA (Lloyd Triestino)   WINDSOR CASTLE   WINSTON CHURCHILL  

WORLD RENAISSANCE (Costa)   WORLD RENAISSANCE (Epirotiki)