Regency Cruises was a Greek cruise company operating in the late 1980s and early 1990s, created by Anastasios Kyriakides and William Schanz.

History

The company began with the MS Regent Sea, a former transatlantic ship. In 1986, the company bought 2 million container ships to convert them for passenger cruises, but this was cancelled the following year. By 1993, they had bought six ships. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1995.

M.S Regent Sea 1984 - 1995

M.S Regent Star 1986 - 1995 (M.S Regent Star In the process of modification in spite of providing service in Regency Cruises)

M.S Regent Sun (As S.S Doric) 1988 - 1995

M.S Regent Sprint (As C.S Salamis Glory) 1992 - 1995

M.S Regent Rainbow (As M.S Emerald) 1992 - 1995

M.S Regent Jewel (As M.S Calypso) 1993 - 1994

M.S Regent Sun 2 (As M.S Costa Marina) 1986 - 1987

M.S Regent Moon (As M.S Costa Allegra) 1986 - 1988

M.V Regent Sky 1989 - 2009 ( Ship under construction that was not completed due to the financial problems of Regency Cruises)

T.S.S Regent Isle 1995 - 1995 as T.S.S China Discovery (The ship did not enter service because it was planning to enter operations at Regency Cruises in 1995 but that year it went bankrupt and in the end the ship was acquired by P&O Holidays Cruises)

Following bankruptcy, Kyriakides took the M.S Regent Sun and launched a new company, Sun Venture. The other ships were sold to cruise companies.

M.S Regent Star in Eleuisis 2000 Waiting to be scrapped.

The M.S Regent Rainbow as M.S The Emerald ( Being one of the last ships that were in Regency Cruises still in operation) In Venice, Italy in 2008.

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