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The list of ship decommissionings in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1985.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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4 January | P&O Normandy Ferries | Tiger | ![]() | Ferry | Sold to Townsend Thoresen | Renamed Tiger |
5 April | DFDS Seaways | Scandinavia | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to Sundance Cruises | Renamed Stardancer |
12 May | Rederi Ab Sally | Viking Song | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to Fred. Olsen Lines | Renamed Braemar |
31 May | ![]() | Ajax | Leander-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold for scrap in 1988 [1] | |
25 December | Jakob Lines | Fennia | ![]() | Ferry | Sold to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna | |
Date unknown | Black Sea Shipping Company | Alexandr Pushkin | ![]() | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | Transferred to Far Eastern Shipping Company | |
Date unknown | Far Eastern Shipping Company | Alexandr Pushkin | ![]() | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | Chartered to CTC Cruises | |
Date unknown | Varberg-Grenå Linjen | Europafärjan | ![]() | Ferry | Renamed Europafärjan II | Continued in same traffic |
Date unknown | Home Lines | Oceanic | ![]() | Cruise ship | Sold to Premier Cruise Line | Renamed StarShip Oceanic |
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