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Regent Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC), formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, is a luxury cruise line headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.<!--https://www.rssc.com/about-regent-seven-seas-cruises has the address "7665 Corporate Center Drive Miami, Florida 33126" - Even though the postal address has the city name "Miami", the location is outside the Miami city limits, and it is in an unincorporated area (meaning an area not in any municipality) in Miami-Dade County. The City of Houston in explained in https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html that "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries." One can check and verify whether a place is in an unincorporated area by consulting maps of counties which indicate city limits. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st12_fl/county/c12086_miami-dade/DC20BLK_C12086.pdf shows the map location of the Norwegian Holdings Miami-Dade office (a.k.a. the Regent office) on page 31/154 -->

Since September 2014, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, which also owns Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises.

Ownership

Apollo Global Management, a New York-based private equity firm, purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies for $1 billion in February 2008. Apollo also owned Oceania Cruises and 15.8% of Norwegian Cruise Line. Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around the world.

Following the purchase, Apollo made public their plans to order a new ship for Regent. The new ship was planned to be of similar dimensions and capacity as the Seven Seas Voyager and Seven Seas Mariner, but with larger accommodations and expanded public spaces. This was to be the Seven Seas Explorer.

On September 2, 2014 Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings purchased Prestige Cruise Holdings, the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for $3.025 billion.

Fleet

Current fleet

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Ship || Built || Builder

!Pax|| Gross tonnage || Flag || Image

|-

|Seven Seas Navigator || style="text-align:Center;" | 1999 || style="text-align:Center;"| T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy

|496|| style="text-align:Center;" | 28,803 GT || style="text-align:Center;" | || 200px

|-

|Seven Seas Voyager || style="text-align:Center;" | 2003 || style="text-align:Center;"| T. Mariotti, Genoa, Italy

|698|| style="text-align:Center;" | 42,363 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || 200px

|-

|Seven Seas Mariner || style="text-align:Center;" | 2001 || style="text-align:Center;"| Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France

|700|| style="text-align:Center;" | 48,075 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || 200px

|-

|Seven Seas Explorer || style="text-align:Center;" | 2016 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente, Genova

|746|| style="text-align:Center;" | 55,254 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || 200px

|-

| Seven Seas Splendor || style="text-align:Center;" | 2020 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri, Ancona

|746|| style="text-align:Center;" | 56,182 GT || style="text-align:Center;" | || 200px

|-

| Seven Seas Grandeur || style="text-align:Center;" | 2023 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri, Ancona

|744|| style="text-align:Center;" | 56,199 GT || style="text-align:Center;" | || 200px

|}

===Future fleet===<!-- name seems to be "Davinci" https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/04/per-berth-prices-rise-for-oceania-and-regent-newbuilds/ -->

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Ship || Due || Builder

!Pax|| Gross tonnage || Flag || Notes

|-

|Seven Seas Prestige || style="text-align:Center;" | 2026 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri, Marghera

|style="text-align:Center;" |822|| style="text-align:Center;" | 77,000 GT || style="text-align:Center;" | || Largest vessel ever built for Regent.<br />Construction started in October 2024.<br />keel laid on March 27, 2025<br />

Hull 6354 / TSL 76550

|-

|TBA || style="text-align:Center;" | 2029 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri

|style="text-align:Center;" |822|| style="text-align:Center;" | 77,000 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || Sister ship to largest vessel ever built for Regent.

|-

|TBA || style="text-align:Center;" | 2033 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri

|style="text-align:Center;" |822|| style="text-align:Center;" | 77,000 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || Sister ship to largest vessel ever built for Regent.

|-

|TBA || style="text-align:Center;" | 2036 || style="text-align:Center;"| Fincantieri

|style="text-align:Center;" |822|| style="text-align:Center;" | 77,000 GT || style="text-align:Center;"| || Sister ship to largest vessel ever built for Regent.

|}

Former fleet

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Ship || Built

!In service for Regent|| Builder

!Pax|| Gross tonnage || Status || Image

|-

|Song of Flower || style="text-align:Center;" | 1973/1986

|1990–2003|| style="text-align:Center;" | KMV, Kristiansand, Norway

|200|| style="text-align:Center;" | 8,282 GRT || style="text-align:Center;" |Scrapped 2024 || frameless

|-

|Radisson Diamond

|1992

|1992–2005

|Finnyards Rauma, Finland

|354

|20,295 GT

|Wrecked in 2022

|frameless

|-

|Paul Gauguin

|1997

|1997–2010

|Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France

|332

|19,200 GT

|Sailing for Ponant Cruises

|frameless

|}

See also

  • Oceania Cruises
  • Seabourn Cruise Line
  • Silversea Cruises

References

  • Official website