an extended cruise from St Petersburg, calling at 20 ports around Europe and in the Mediterranean ending at Odessa. It was her last cruise, and in 1995 she was laid up at Ilichevsk, a Black Sea port 40 km southwest of Odessa. She remained there until February 2004, when, as the Salona, she sailed to Alang in India, and was scrapped. Her three sister ships also ended their careers in Alang – Saxonia in 1999, Sylvania in January 2004, and Carinthia in November 2005. References Ships built on the River Clyde Ships of the Cunard Line Cruise ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Passenger ships of the Soviet Union Soviet Union–United Kingdom relations 1954 ships Maritime incidents in 1961 Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company