Majesty Cruise Line was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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that was founded in 1992 and merged into

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in 1997. Majesty was created by Dolphin Cruise Line as a more upmarket brand. Majesty's first ship, the ''Royal Majesty'', was originally ordered by competitor

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for 24-hour cruise operations out of Stockholm. Following the bankruptcy of shipbuilder

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, the contract was resold to Majesty. She initially worked three- and four-night cruises out of

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, but in 1995 opened a new

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Bermuda ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = "Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , ...

route, terminating at St George's rather than the usual Hamilton in

. ''Royal Majesty'' returned to Florida in the winter. In June 1995, she ran aground on Rose and Crown

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, due to a combination of faulty

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and inadequate watch being maintained. ''Royal Majesty'' was 17 miles off course and was situated for 24 hours before tugs towed her off. See THIS WAS ADDED today, but I am afraid I still make editing mistakes. The citation of to the article by Dekker is below. In 1997, a second ship titled ''Crown Majesty'' was added (previously ''Crown Dynasty''). For the 1997 season, she continued the same cruise operations planned for ''Crown Dynasty'', but at the end of that season both ships passed to

(NCL). ''Royal Majesty'' was sold to NCL and was renamed ''Norwegian Majesty''. ''Crown Majesty'' also had her charter transferred to NCL.

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