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MS ''Sovereign'' (formerly ''Sovereign of the Seas'') was one of three large
She sailed on her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, and was initially based at the 
In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ''Sovereign'' and were placed into "cold lay-up" and Pullmantur Cruises filed for financial reorganization.
According to reports, the interiors of the ships were stripped of "everything of value." On 23 July 2020 she was beached in Aliağa alongside her sistership ''Monarch'', which was beached one day before. Scrapping began in August. Scrapping was finished in February 2021.
cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on tours known as "s ...
s of the operated by Pullmantur Cruises
Pullmantur Cruises was a cruise line headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It began operations in the late 1990s as an offshoot of the Madrid-based travel agency Pullmantur. In 2006, Pullmantur Cruises, through its parent company, was purchased by U. ...
and formerly by Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International (RCI), also formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organised as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997. Based in Miami, Flo ...
. On 24 June 2020 ''Sovereign'' arrived and was beached at Aliağa
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, Turkey
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, where she was dismantled.
History
She sailed on her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, and was initially based at the Port of Miami
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.
In 1998 and 1999, the Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International (RCI), also formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organised as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997. Based in Miami, Flo ...
cruise company was fined US$9 million because ''Sovereign of the Seas'' had repeatedly dumped oily waste into the ocean and tried to hide this using false records, including fake piping diagrams given to the US Coast Guard
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. Because the company was and is incorporated in Liberia
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, Royal Caribbean argued that this case was not in the jurisdiction of US courts.
Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the Travel Channel
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mini-series ''Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn''. Throughout her time with Royal Caribbean she sailed cruises to the Bahamas
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and the Caribbean
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out of Miami
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and Port Canaveral
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, Florida
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. These cruises visited Coco Cay
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, one of RCI's privately owned islands, in the Berry Islands
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The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays, often referred t ...
group.
In November 2008 ''Sovereign of the Seas'' was transferred to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises
Pullmantur Cruises was a cruise line headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It began operations in the late 1990s as an offshoot of the Madrid-based travel agency Pullmantur. In 2006, Pullmantur Cruises, through its parent company, was purchased by U. ...
, a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd subsidiary, and renamed MS ''Sovereign''. ''Sovereign'' set sail on its first voyage with Pullmantur Cruises on March 23, 2009. Similar to other ships in the same class, ''Sovereign'' had a multi-deck atrium lobby and a top-deck, funnel-mounted lounge with panoramic views of the sea. The ship's facilities included nine bars, five restaurants, four pools, a spa and a casino.
In 2018, the ship was featured in the film ''Yucatán'', filmed by Telecinco Cinema
Telecinco Cinema, S.A.U. is the film production division of Mediaset España. It produces both feature films and television films.
History
Telecinco Cinema is a subsidiary film company of Mediaset España. Formerly known as Estudios Picasso, the ...
.
In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ''Sovereign'' and were placed into "cold lay-up" and Pullmantur Cruises filed for financial reorganization.
According to reports, the interiors of the ships were stripped of "everything of value." On 23 July 2020 she was beached in Aliağa alongside her sistership ''Monarch'', which was beached one day before. Scrapping began in August. Scrapping was finished in February 2021.
See also
* ''Yucatán'', a 2018 Spanish comedy film set on MS ''Sovereign''. * ''Dil Dhadakne Do
''Dil Dhadakne Do'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment banner. The film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Shefali Sh ...
'', a 2015 Indian family feature film was set on MS ''Sovereign''.
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sovereign 1987 ships Ships of Royal Caribbean International Ships built in France Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique