Mighty Ships) which documented the 2013 voyage to St Petersburg, Russia, and the Baltic States. The ship ran into a force 10 gale in The Baltic. On 1 November 2014, while docking at the port of Leknes in Lofoten, Norway, a strong breeze sent the cruise ship off course, resulting in the ship running aground at coordinates . On 20 July 2020, Cruise & Maritime Voyages entered administration. The company's administrators sold Marco Polo at auction for US$2,770,000 on 22 October 2020. Plans for Offshore Solutions Unlimited to return her to service were not realised, nor were announced plans by the buyer, Highseas Ltd., to convert her into a floating hotel in Dubai. She was resold two months later for approximately $4 million to an Indian company, reached the scrapyards of Alang, India on 13 January 2021 and was beached and scrapped. Scrapping begin on 28 March 2021 and, on 5 July 2021, it also started from the stern. References External links Deck plans of the Marco Polo under Cruise & Maritime Ocean liners Cruise ships Ships built in East Germany Passenger ships of the Soviet Union East Germany–Soviet Union relations 1964 ships Ships built in Wismar Maritime incidents in 2014 Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company