List of ship decommissionings in 1981

The list of ship decommissionings in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1981.

Operator Ship Flag Class and type Fate Other notes
February Sessan Linjen Prinsessan Desirée  Sweden Ferry Transferred to Stena Sessan Line
7 March  Royal Navy Norfolk  United Kingdom County-class destroyer Sold to Chile Renamed Capitán Prat
March Unknown Tor Scandinavia  Sweden Cruiseferry End of charter, returned to Tor Line
27 March  Royal Navy Bulwark  United Kingdom Centaur-class aircraft carrier Towed to Cairnryan 10 April 1981 Scrapped in 1984[1]
30 April Jakob Lines Borea  Finland Ferry Chartered to Folkline
April Stena Sessan Line Prinsessan Desirée  Sweden Ferry Chartered to Bandi Line
6 May Bandi Line Prinsessan Desirée  Sweden Ferry End of charter from Stena Sessan Line Re-chartered to B&I Line
13 May Folkline Borea  Finland Ferry End of charter; returned to Jakob Lines
15 May Olau Line Olau Finn  Finland Ferry Laid up at end of charter; sold to Folkline in May 1982 Renamed Folkliner
7 June B&I Line Prinsessan Desirée  Sweden Ferry End of charter from Stena Sessan Line Re-chartered to Sealink
10 August Sealink Prinsessan Desirée  Sweden Ferry End of charter from Stena Sessan Line Returned to Stena Sessan traffic
3 October Jakob Lines Borea  Finland Ferry Chartered as a housing ship to Algeria Sold to Helsingfors Steamship Company, 1984
1 December Tor Line Tor Scandinavia  Sweden Cruiseferry Sold to DFDS Seaways
Date unknown Polferries Gryf  Poland Ferry Sold to Fraglines Renamed Eolos

Citations

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  1. ^ Hobbs, p. 250

Bibliography

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  • Hobbs, David (2013). British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service Histories. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-138-0.