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MV Boudicca

MV Boudicca was a Royal Viking Star-class cruise ship that last served as accommodation vessel at Pendik, near Tuzla Shipyard. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland as Royal Viking Sky for Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap, Trondheim, which placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service. In May 2021 the ship was beached in Aliağa, Turkey, for scrapping.

Concept and construction
, West Germany in 1978 Royal Viking Sky was ordered by Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap, Trondheim from the Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. She was one of three near-identical ships ordered by different companies for Royal Viking Line service. Her sister ships were Royal Viking Star, owned by Bergenske Dampskibsselskap, Bergen, and Royal Viking Sea, owned by A. F. Klaveness & Co, Oslo. The Royal Viking Sky was launched from drydock on 25 May 1972 and delivered to her owners on 5 June 1973. ==Service history==
Service history
, 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==
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