She is still going strong at age 38 as SAPPHIRE for Louis Cruise Lines and hopefully she'll still be around for some years to come.
Sadly, her gorgeous original interiors were almost entirely destroyed when she was bought by Ocean Cruise Lines in 1983 and became OCEAN PRINCESS, but some of the cabins and the dining room retain some original design features.
I was on the Sapphire in August.
Actually she is still in a rather good shape, considering the age.
The ship is small and is not so high, so you can have easily enjoy the panorama form the deck when sailing trough the Greek Islands.
The ship was built in a very modern way, the lifeboats are located much lower than similar ships of those years.
We could feel some "personality" in that ship ...
Louis Cruise is keeping her in considerable good shape; one officer told me that the company has plans to run a major refurbishment in the next future.
I would be curious to have a look at the original interiors, anybody knows where can I find some old photos ?
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I was on the Sapphire in August.
Actually she is still in a rather good shape, considering the age.
The ship is small and is not so high, so you can have easily enjoy the panorama form the deck when sailing trough the Greek Islands.
The ship was built in a very modern way, the lifeboats are located much lower than similar ships of those years.
We could feel some "personality" in that ship ...
Louis Cruise is keeping her in considerable good shape; one officer told me that the company has plans to run a major refurbishment in the next future.
I would be curious to have a look at the original interiors, anybody knows where can I find some old photos ?