Sagafjord

Sagafjord in Hamburg, 1969.
History
Name
  • 1965–1996: Sagafjord
  • 1996–1997: Gripsholm
  • 1997–2009: Saga Rose
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
Ordered24 September 1962
BuilderSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, France
Cost$30 million
Yard number1366
Laid down21 June 1963
Launched13 June 1964
Completed1965
Maiden voyage1965
In service1965
Out of serviceOctober 2009
IdentificationIMO number: 6416043
FateScrapped 2010 in Jiangyin, China
NotesBeached for scrap
General characteristics
Tonnage24,528 GT
Length189 m (620.1 ft)
Beam24.4 m (80.1 ft)
Draft8.25 m (27.1 ft)
Capacity584 (double occupancy), 620 (full occupancy)
Crew350
NotesData from 'Cruise Reviews' and 'Passenger Ship Society'

MS Sagafjord was an ocean liner built in 1965 by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée for Norwegian America Line as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship. Between 1983 and 1996 the Sagafjord was operated by Cunard Line. In 1996–1997 she was briefly operated by Transocean Tours as MS Gripsholm prior to being sold to Saga. She was last owned and operated by Saga Cruises on worldwide cruises targeted at the senior market out of the United Kingdom, known as the MS Saga Rose . She was retired in 2009 and scrapped in 2010.

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