List of ship decommissionings in 1982

The list of ship decommissionings in 1982 includes a chronological list of all ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

s decommissioned in 1982.

	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
8 April	Stena Line Stena Line Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,...	*Stena Baltica*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Sold to D.A.N.E.	Renamed Ialyssos
18 June		*Taranaki* HMNZS Taranaki (F-148) HMNZS Taranaki was a modified Rothesay class frigate in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1960 to 1982. She, along with her sister ship Otago, formed a core part of the RNZN escort force throughout the 1960s and 1970s...	Rothesay class Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy.... frigate	Sold and broken up
Date unknown (prior to 26 June)	Stena Sessan Line	*Prinsessan Desirée*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Laid up, chartered to Sally Line UK on 26 June
30 June		Melbourne HMAS Melbourne (1945) HMAS Melbourne was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy . Operating from 1955 until 1982, she was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN...	Majestic class aircraft carrier	Sold for scrap
31 August	Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna	*Wasa Star*	Cruiseferry Cruiseferry A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of...	Laid up	Sub-chartered to Karageorgis Line, 1983
5 September	Sally Line UK	*Prinsessan Desirée*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Returned to Stena Sessan Line, laid up	Transferred to Varberg-Grenå Linjen, 1983. Renamed Europafärjan
25 October	DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways is a large Danish shipping company operating passenger and freight services across Northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions into the previously passenger only operation of DFDS Seaways.-History:The company has...	*Tor Scandinavia*	Cruiseferry Cruiseferry A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship with a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of...	Chartered to a Dutch Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... company	Renamed World Wide Expo
1 November	Svea Line (Finland)	*Fennia*	Ferry Ferry A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...	Laid up	Chartered to B&I Line, 1983
17 December		*Köln*		Decommissioned	Used as a hulk at Neustadt Neustadt in Holstein Neustadt in Holstein is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck , approx...
Date unknown		Bacchante HMS Bacchante (F69) HMS Bacchante was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Bacchante was built by Vickers on the Tyne, launched on 29 February 1968 and commissioned on 17 October 1969....	Leander class Leander class frigate The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973... frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to New Zealand

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