AT A GLANCE
Data and facts about Azores
Stable ship data, last checked 24.07.2026.
- Year built
- 1948
- Length
- 160 m
- Passengers
- 550
- Crew
- 270
- Speed
- 17 kn
- Decks
- 8
- Tonnage
- 16.144 BRT
- Width
- 21 m
- Flag
- Portugal
- Onboard language
- Mehrsprachig
- Onboard currency
- Euro, British Pfund Sterling
- Restaurants
- 3
- Pools
- 1
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History
Azores is a historic cruise ship, whose former names mark different periods of service under the same hull identity. The recorded sequence of names includes Athena, Valtur Prima, Italia Prima and Caribe before Azores.
In 2014, two charter plans were announced. In May, a charter by Ambiente Kreuzfahrten was announced to run through September. However, the company ceased operations after the targeted booking numbers were not reached. In June, Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced that it would charter Azores from January 2015 and use it as a replacement for Discovery. The name Astoria belongs to a later CMV charter period for the same ship.
In January 2020, CMV announced that Astoria would leave the fleet and that 2020 would be its final season with the company. Later reports placed the ship laid up in the Netherlands in January 2022. A sale was reported in June 2025; the ship was due to be taken to a shipbreaking yard.
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