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''Atlantic Star'' (formerly ''FairSky'', ''Pacific Sky'', ''Sky Princess'' and ''Sky Wonder'') was a cruise ship built in 1984. She sailed for Sitmar Cruises, Princess Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, and Pullmantur Cruises. Laid up since 2010, the ship was handed over to STX France in 2013 as a partial payment for the new ''Oasis''-class cruise ship. Later, she was reportedly sold to a shipbreaker in Aliağa, Turkey, and renamed ''Antic''. ==History== ''FairSky'' was built in 1984 by Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee of La Seyne-Sur Mer in France for the Italian cruise company Sitmar Cruises. In keeping with the rest of the Sitmar fleet she was originally named ''Fairsky'' and was registered in Liberia. In September 1988, when Sitmar was purchased by P&O Cruises, she was renamed the ''Sky Princess'' for P&O's Princess Cruises subsidiary and re-registered in London. In October 2000, she was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia under the name ''Pacific Sky''. Replacing the 1957-built ''Fair Princess'', ''Pacific Sky''s modernised facilities made her popular with Australian cruise passengers. Between 2000 and 2006, ''Pacific Sky'' carried 275,000 passengers on 200 cruises. Her popularity prompted the expansion of the P&O Australia fleet to include ''Pacific Sun'' (2004), ''Pacific Dawn'' (November 2007), Pacific Jewel (2009) and Pacific Pearl (2010). In May 2006, the transfer from P&O Cruises Australia to Pullmantur Cruises in Spain was made, after a series of 33 seven-day cruises based out of Singapore. ''Sky Wonder'' was registered in Valletta, Malta. The Italian-built ''Regal Princess'' took ''Sky Wonder''s place in the P&O Cruises fleet in mid-2007 as the Pacific Dawn. From March 2009 on, ''Sky Wonder'' was laid up in Piraeus. In April 2009, she was renamed ''Atlantic Star'' and sailed for the Portuguese market. In January 2010, Kyma Ship Management expressed interest in purchasing the ship,〔http://www.shipsmonthly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168:pullmantur-future-of-atlantic-star&catid=51:cruise&Itemid=66〕 but they backed out due to the high cost of replacing the steam turbines with diesel engines. It was speculated that she would be operating on charter for a German tour operator as ''Mona Lisa'' previously did,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ATLANTIC STAR (ex FAIRSKY..) to MONA LISA II? - MaritimeMatters - Cruise and Maritime News )〕 but the vessel remained moored in Marseille, France until March 2013.〔http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=256205000〕 In January 2013, it was announced that the ship had been transferred to STX France as part of the deal with the new order of the ''Oasis''-class cruise ship ordered by Royal Caribbean International.〔 In March 2013 it was reported that the ship had departed under tow for Suez, Egypt,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Old PACIFIC PRINCESS Mired in Scrap Issues, NCL's former SOUTHWARD at breakers - MaritimeMatters - Cruise and Maritime News )〕 and on 14 April 2013, ''Atlantic Star'' arrived the shipbreaking yard in Aliaga, Turkey, under the name ''Antic''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlantic Star (cruise ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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