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Giant cruise ships beached at scrapyard to be broken up – Traveller
With cruising all but suspended worldwide, videos have emerged of several large cruise ships being beached in Aliaga, Turkey to be scrapped.
A video shot from the bridge of the MS Monarch shows the ship being beached ahead of its scrapping. Photo: YOUTUBE
With cruising all but suspended worldwide, videos have emerged of several large cruise ships being beached in Aliaga, Turkey to be scrapped.
The ships include MS Sovereign, formerly Sovereign of the Seas, considered by many to be the world’s first “mega cruise ship” when it launched in 1988 with capacity for 2278 passengers.
Two other ships are seen in the videos, MS Monarch and …
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