Majesty Cruise Line was a

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that was founded in 1992 and merged into Norwegian Cruise Line in 1997. Majesty was created by Dolphin Cruise Line as a more upmarket brand. Majesty's first ship, the ''Royal Majesty'', was originally ordered by competitor Birka Line for 24-hour cruise operations out of Stockholm. Following the bankruptcy of shipbuilder

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, the contract was resold to Majesty. She initially worked three- and four-night cruises out of

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, but in 1995 opened a new summer

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route, terminating at St George's rather than the usual

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. ''Royal Majesty'' returned to Florida in the winter. In June 1995, she ran aground on Rose and Crown shoal of

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, due to a combination of faulty

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and inadequate watch being maintained. ''Royal Majesty'' was 17 miles off course and was situated for 24 hours before tugs towed her off. See THIS WAS ADDED today, but I am afraid I still make editing mistakes. The citation of to the article by Dekker is below. In 1997, a second ship titled ''Crown Majesty'' was added (previously ''Crown Dynasty''). For the 1997 season, she continued the same cruise operations planned for ''Crown Dynasty'', but at the end of that season both ships passed to Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). ''Royal Majesty'' was sold to NCL and was renamed ''Norwegian Majesty''. ''Crown Majesty'' also had her charter transferred to NCL.

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