Oceanic was built at Monfalcone for the now defunct Home Lines. In 1985 she was sold to Premier Cruises and named StarShip Oceanic. In 2000 she was sold to the Spanish operator Pullmantur, from March 2009 Oceanic has been chartered by Peace Boat. Oceanic was scrapped in 2012 at Zhoushan, China. An aerial view of her dismantling is available at Google Maps.
A more detailed history of Oceanic is found at wikipedia, postcards and photos are found at Simplon Postcards or at Pam Massey's webpage. Plans of Oceanic can be purchased at Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi. The material for the video clips presented on this page was recorded in June 2009 during Oceanic's last visit to New York after an absence of twenty-four years.
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