- Oriental Dragon
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As the Omar III.
The Sun Viking was one of the three original ships ordered by then Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, as part of their early fleet, and was put into service in the year 1972. Along with her sister ships, the Song of Norway and Nordic Prince, the class comprised the first purpose built ships intended for Caribbean based, cruise travel. The Sun Viking cruised the Mexican Riviera on a 7 day itinerary out of L.A. in the early 1990s. Along with her sister ships, the Sun Viking was retired in the latter 1990s, but remains in service with other cruise lines.[1]
In 1998 the Sun Viking was sold to Star Cruises and renamed SuperStar Sagittarius. It was later renamed Hyundai Pongnae in 2003, sailing for the Hyundai Merchant Marine Company, before being renamed Omar III for Asia Cruises.[2] The ship was renamed Long Jie in 2007.[3] The Long Jie was put up for sale on June 10, 2010.[4] After being dry docked in Singapore, the Long Jie was transformed into the Oriental Dragon and left Singapore for the last time on 24/03/11 bound for Guangzhou, China.[5]References
- ^ Beneath Crown and Anchor, a History of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines First 25 Years. [Maxtone Ghram]
- ^ shippingdatabase.com
- ^ http://www.shipparade.com/az/Long_Jie/Long_Jie.htm
- ^ http://commercial.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=141007
- ^ http://www.singaporecruise.com/cruiseschedule.aspx
cruise ship Ocean Pearl · Aquamarine · Long Jie
Quail Cruises · Louis Cruise Lines Royal Caribbean International Fleet Sovereign class 
Vision class Voyager class Radiance class Freedom class Oasis class Former ships Song of Norway · Nordic Prince · Sun Viking · Song of America · Viking Serenade · Empress of the Seas · Sovereign of the Seas
Categories:- Ships built in Finland
- 1971 ships
- Ships of Royal Caribbean International
- Cruise ship stubs
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