Black Watch
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Black Watch at Liverpool Cruise Terminal, June 2015 · Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Black Watch no longer sails for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines: she left Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' fleet in August 2020. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' fleet today · Retired and departing ships
About Black Watch
Black Watch is a former Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines cruise ship of the Royal Viking Star class, which sailed 1996 to 2020. She measured 28,613 gross tons.
Black Watch was built by Wärtsilä in Helsinki as Royal Viking Star, the first ship of Royal Viking Line, and entered service in 1972; she was lengthened in 1981. After spells with Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Cruise Line, Fred. Olsen bought her in 1996 and she began sailing as Black Watch in November that year, a traditional name in the Olsen fleet. Her engines were upgraded and her interiors refurbished in 2005. On 21 August 2020 Fred. Olsen announced her sale, with sister Boudicca, as an accommodation ship after buying two larger ships from Holland America Line. Renamed Odin, she was beached for scrapping at Alang, India, in June 2022.
Ship facts
- Gross tons
- 28,613
- Sailed
- 1996–2020
- Left the fleet August 2020
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Black Watch at Liverpool Cruise Terminal, June 2015Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Quick answers
Which cruise line operates Black Watch?
Black Watch sailed for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and belongs to its Royal Viking Star class.
Is Black Watch still sailing for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines?
Black Watch no longer sails for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines: she left Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' fleet in August 2020.
How big is Black Watch?
Black Watch measures 28,613 gross tons.
When did Black Watch enter service?
Black Watch entered service in 1972 and was last refurbished in 2005.
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