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Discovery Cruises
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards of the Discovery Cruises, operators of short gambling/partying trips out of Florida. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in chronological order.
 
Note: The UK-based cruise ship Discovery, previously Princess Cruises' Island Princess, is run by Voyages of Discovery.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Discovery I - 1986-1996
Discovery Sun - 1994-
 
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

Other names

 Built
 Discovery I  Blenheim, Scandinavian Sea, Venus Venture

 1970
 Discovery Sun  Freeport, Svea Star, Caribe, Scandinavian Sun, Balanga Queen

 1968
 
 
 
 
 
Fleet List
 
 
Discovery I
(Discovery Cruises: 1986-96)
 
Discovery I was built in 1970 by Upper Clyde Shipsbuilder Ltd, Clydebank, as the Blenheim (3), a larger version of Black Prince (2) and Black Watch (2). Registered owners were Fred Olsen Ltd, London, and she had a British crew. Between September and May she cruised to the Canary Islands, on a route London-Funchal-Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Las Palmas, whilst during the summer months May-September she ran ferry crossings from Kristiansand to Amsterdam or Harwich. In 1981 Blenheim (3) was sold to Scandinavian World Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas (controlled by DFDS) and renamed Scandinavian Sea. She operated short cruises to Freeport from Port Canaveral and Jacksonville. In 1984 she was burnt out and declared a constructive total loss. The remains for sold "as is" for further use. Registered ownership changed a number of times, and in 1985 she was renamed Venus Venture, whilst rebuilding occurred in Valencia. In 1986 she was sold to Discovery Cruises, and renamed Discovery I, returning to short cruises from Florida. She was withdrawn in 1996 after a fire, and was scrapped in 1997.
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery I
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery I
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery I
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery I
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery I
 
 
Ramsey postcard 91 of Discovery I.
 
 
 
 
 
Discovery Sun
(Discovery Cruises: 1913-46)
 
Discovery Sun was built in 1968 by Orenstein-Koppel und Lübecker Machinenbau, Lübeck, as the Freeport I for the Miami Terminal Transport Co (Freeport Cruise Line), running between Miami-Freeport. In 1973, she was sold to Oy Birka Line Ab, Mariehamn, and renamed Freeport for cruises between Stockholm-Helsinki. Later the same year, Freeport was sold again to Stockholms Rederi AB Svea, for the Trave-Line service Helsingborg-Tuborg (Copenhagen)-Travemünde as Svea Star. After a period as Caribe Bremen, she was sold to Scandinavian World Cruises as the Scandinavian Sun for a Miami-Freeport service. She was chartered to SeaEscape Cruises in 1985, followed by purchase in 1988. In 1992, Scandinavian Sun was sold to Belle Meade Shipping, and renamed Balanga Queen for the Corona Line between Karlskrona-Gdynia. In 1994 Balanga Queen was chartered to Hansatee, Tallinn, Estonia, and used on a Tallink route Tallinn-Helsinki-Tallinn-Travemünde. The same year, she returned to the Caribbean as Discovery Sun for Discovery Cruise Line. She is the sole ship in the Discovery fleet.
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery Sun
 
 
Official Discovery Cruises postcard of Discovery Sun
 
 
Discovery Sun at Ft.Lauderdale
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1999.
 
 
Discovery Sun leaving Ft.Lauderdale
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1999.
 
 
 
 
 
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