Comments on: KRISTINA REGINA — A Fitting Finnish Finish?

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:23:51 +0000

If this is tue, it’s excellent news for a grand old lady of the seas. I got married on this wonderful ship in 2004 and the atmosphere was really special as was the crew too. I was fearful that she might end up in Alang!

By: David

David — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:19:49 +0000

A True miniture Trans-Atlantic liner ! I sailed on a 4 day cruise to Leningrad (St Petersberg) and Tallinin (Estonia) she is truly a classic little ship. Much like that of the Canadian Pacific liner “princess patricia” or the Canadian National “prince george” Glad somebody say fit to save her .

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:19:12 +0000

Solas 2010 is not bogus. It actually does help, and ships can’t sail forever, lest they rot and sink. Thankfully we are sending some into preservation. But I agree…taking them out of service is sad. Hey! Saw the Queen Mary last week. She looked beautiful. Plus there were hundreds of tourists. She looks like shes doing well.

By: Avery

Avery — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:14:33 +0000

Wonderful news! I will have to go visit her someday. Kudos to Mr. Sid for rescuing this lovely little ship.

By: Peter Knego

Peter Knego — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:48:16 +0000

Indeed, the sale seems to have been confirmed. So, here’s to a happy retirement for the lovely BORE. Definitely worth a trip to Turku in the near future!

By: Kalle Id

Kalle Id — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:14:40 +0000

An update on this: Turun Sanomat, one of the largest newspapers in Finland, as well as the Cruise Business Review website, reported two days ago that the sale of Kristina Regina to Oy S/S Borea Ab has been confirmed and apprently the city of Turku has granted the ship a permanent berth (though I’ve yet to read any confirmation from the actual city itself…). Kristina Regina will be restored to her original name BORE and the corn-hulled SS Co. Bore livery. If all goes to plan, she will be opened as a hotel, restaurant and museum in September this year.

By: Joseph Sturges

Joseph Sturges — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:39:46 +0000

Thankfully another charming small liner may be saved. Kristina Regina is a real ship – she looks the part, has sheer and camber and a storied past.
A fitting end to a seagoing career would grace whatever port winds up being her final home. Let’s hope and pray it happens.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:17:00 +0000

This is great news, now for once three liners from the 50s to 60s era (Bore, United States, and Kungsholm) have a chance! I hope they repaint her to look like she did while she was owned by the Bore Shipping Company.
PS Peter do you know if scrap work on Saga Rose has started yet?

By: Avery

Avery — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:43:24 +0000

Glenn-I couldn’t agree more. Beautiful ships like Kristina Regina, ships with real character and history are falling victim to a set of rules that seem to be largely superfluous. All serious accidents these days seem to happen either on ferries or cargo ships. The last serious incident to occur aboard a major cruise ship was a fire aboard a ship which conformed to SOLAS 2010-the Star Princess.

By: Glenn Paull

Glenn Paull — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:26:26 +0000

What a beautiful little ship – SOLAS makes me sick – when is the last time you have lost a friend at sea? We don’t have to worry about it anymore, our ships are gone. The only disasters are people getting drunk and falling off their balcony’s. The last passenger ship I worked on was the S.S.South American, my cabin was right over the engine room, the steady rhythm of her triple expansion steam engine put me to sleep many a night. There were 4 berths in the cabin. I had an upper and a steam pipe was above me no more then 12 inches, the insulation had broken and there was about 6in. of exposed pipe, I suffered a burn I won’t forget for awhile. A/C ? are you kidding. passengers had to share bathrooms at the end of the passageways. She had a steel hull (built 1914) and a wooden superstructure. She had to be taken out of service because of new Coast Guard regulations. The option was given that if we ceased operations the Delta Queen would have a fighting chance for a few more years, which proved correct.