The Norwegian Capricorn Line was a
cruise line
A cruise line is a company (law), company that operates cruise ships that operate on Cruising (maritime), ocean or River cruise, rivers and which markets cruises to the public. Cruise lines are distinct from Passenger ship, passenger lines whic ...
and was founded by some of Australia's foremost cruise professionals, (including Sarina Bratton who went on to found the expedition style cruise line
Orion Expedition Cruises
Orion Expedition Cruises (OEC) was an Australia-based luxury expedition cruise line that operated the German-built 4,000-gross ton cruise ship in Australasian and Antarctic waters.
History
Founded by Australian businesswoman Sarina Bratton ...
in 2004) in partnership with
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is an American cruise line founded in Norway in 1966, headquartered in Miami, Florida, and incorporated in the Bahamas. It is the List of cruise lines, fourth-largest cruise line in the world by passengers, controlling ...
.
The 1997 launch of Norwegian Capricorn Line brought something entirely new to the Asia-Pacific region -- a four star cruise ship based in Australia offering some 35 cruises throughout the year in the waters of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
NCL operated the vessel originally named Royal Viking Sea as the Norwegian Star on several affordable itineraries that included many
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
ports of call.
When the major partner in Norwegian Capricorn Line, Norwegian Cruise Lines was taken over by Malaysian owned
Star Cruises
StarCruises is a cruise line owned by the Malaysian company Resorts World Cruises.
Previously it operated in the Asia-Pacific market and was owned by Genting Hong Kong. It was the 18th largest cruise line in the world after Carnival Corpora ...
in 2000/2001 the Australian partnership was dissolved and the vessel Norwegian Star became part of Star Cruises fleet and Norwegian Capricorn Line ceased to exist.
The collapse of the company is the subject of the academic paper ’The Short, Unhappy Life of an Australia-Based Cruise Line’
Fleet
The sole vessel in Norwegian Capricorn Line's fleet was the 206m, 28,000gt Norwegian Star.
[ https://boards.cruisecritic.com.au/topic/1234523-ncl-in-australia/ Norwegian Capricorn on Cruise Critic ] The Norwegian Star was originally built as the Royal Viking Line cruise ship
Royal Viking Sea
MS ''Albatros'' was a ''Royal Viking Star''-class cruise ship, operated by the Germany-based travel agency Phoenix Reisen until 2020 when she was taken out of service, and scrapped in 2021.
History
She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä He ...
in 1973. Royal Viking Sea was transferred into the main Norwegian Cruise Line fleet in 1996 as Norwegian Star and in 1997/98 she was transferred to the then newly formed Norwegian Capricorn Line. With Norwegian Capricorn Line, the Norwegian Star carried a maximum of 800 passengers in 400 suites/staterooms. In 2001 she became part of the Star Cruises fleet.
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See also
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List of cruise ships
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As some cruise ships have operated und ...
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List of cruise lines
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships and markets cruises to the public. Cruise lines are distinct from passenger lines which are primarily concerned with transportation of their passengers. Cruise lines have a dual character; th ...
{{Former Subsidiaries of Norwegian Cruise Line
Defunct cruise lines
Norwegian Cruise Line
Transport companies established in 1997
Transport companies disestablished in 2001