references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message saga shipping type subsidiary industry shipping tourism founded 1996 headquarters folkestone england key people saga group products cruises holidays website official website saga shipping also known as saga cruises is a british based cruise line a division of the saga group . contents 1 history 1.1 spirit of adventure cruises 2 fleet 2.1 current fleet 2.2 future fleet 2.3 former saga fleet 3 references history edit the saga group decided to start operations of a holiday branch by purchasing the saga rose . 1 she operated generally as saga s flagship until her fairly similar ex fleet mate the saga ruby was purchased from cunard line in 2005 . 2 for the summer of 2003 saga cruises chartered the 1989 built mv minerva which sailed as the saga pearl . the saga rose was retired after a final 37 night mediterranean cruise . she was subsequently laid up at gibraltar and later scrapped in china . 3 while on her final cruise a planned 31 night caribbean cruise the saga ruby had one of its generators fail which disabled the ship s air conditioning plant . it was then decided cancel the cruise and sail a revised western mediterranean itinerary returning to southampton on january 9 2014 due to poor weather . while in funchal madeira the saga ruby met up with the saga sapphire for a new year s eve fireworks display . after her cruise she departed for gibraltar leaving southampton for a final time on january 10 she was handed over to her currently unknown new owners on january 13 2014 . currently saga cruises operates the saga sapphire and the saga pearl ii spirit of adventure cruises edit saga formed the brand spirit of adventure cruises in 2005 . in march 2006 the spirit of adventure ex orange melody set out on her first cruise . 4 unlike saga s sailings people 21 and older may embark on a cruise with spirit of adventure . saga sold mv spirit of adventure in august 2011 5 marking an end of the brand following the move of the quest of adventure back to the main saga fleet as the saga pearl ii . fleet edit current fleet edit ship built in service tonnage notes image saga sapphire 1981 2012 present 37 301 tons formerly bleu de france with cdf croisi res de france . originally built as europa for hapag lloyd . saga pearl ii 1981 2010 2012 2013 present 18 591 grt originally sailed as the saga pearl ii from 2010 to 2012 later became the quest for adventure ; before moving back to the saga fleet.originally built as astor for hadag . future fleet edit ship built in service tonnage notes tba 2019 2019 55 900 tons first newly build for saga cruises . 6 7 former saga fleet edit ship built in service tonnage notes image saga pearl 1989 summer 2003 12 500 grt chartered by saga cruises in briefly during summer 2003 . saga rose 1965 1996 2010 24 474 grt originally passenger cruise ship operated by norwegian america line . sold along with fleet mate vistafjord now saga ruby in 1983 . spirit of adventure 1981 2004 2012 9 570 grt originally operated by peter deilmann as berlin . sold to fti group in 2012 and renamed to fti berlin only berlin since 2014 she is now operated by fti cruises . 8 saga ruby 1973 2005 2014 24 292 grt originally passenger cruise ship operated by norwegian america line . sold along with fleet mate sagafjord formally the saga rose in 1983 . references edit saga rose saga ruby saga rose to set sail for the final time spirit of adventure cruises fti cruises bringt ms berlin zur ck nach deutschland german http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 13086 saga cruises orders new ship from meyer werft for 2019 delivery.html http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6557 fti cruises die berlin german wikimedia commons has media related to saga cruises . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saga cruises & oldid 732931940 categories cruise linesshipping companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2010all articles lacking reliable referencescommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 06 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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