,
Germany in 1990, after lengthening in 1982 Following delivery to Royal Viking,
Royal Viking Sky was used for luxury cruises around the world. In 1982 she was lengthened from to at the
A.G. Weser shipyard in
Bremerhaven,
West Germany. On 25 January 2015, the ship carrying more than 1,000 people was left without power off
Morocco after an engine room fire. The fire at 04:00 BST left the ship "listing" and "in pitch black", said Dave Tonkin, whose father was on board. Fred Olsen, the company which owned the ship, said it was fully stable and had five engines running again. In March 2018,
Boudicca underwent significant renovation at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. In October 2019,
Boudicca became the first passenger ship to dock at new facilities at
Walvis Bay,
Namibia after a decade of re-development. Two
tugboats from the
Namibian Port Authority celebrated the occasion by firing water cannons and officials handed out gifts to visiting passengers. On 21 August 2020, Fred. Olsen announced that the
Black Watch and her sister ship
Boudicca were sold as accommodation ships at
Tuzla, Istanbul for shipyard workers. In April 2021, her new owner resold her for scrap. On 17 May 2021 the ship was beached in
Aliağa for scrapping. She started to be dismantled on 10 July 2021. ==References==