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|Ship image= "Zoe" - Eleusis, 2009.jpg
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|Ship caption= The ''Regent Sky'' laid up at Eleusis.
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|Ship name=*1984–1990: ''Stena Baltica''
*1990–??: ''Regent Sky''
*??–2011: ''Zoe''
|Ship owner=*1984–1989: [[Stena Line]] (planned)
*1989–1996: [[Regency Cruises]]
*1996–1999: [[Bank of Greece]]
*1999–2004: [[Sea Nomad Maritime]]
*2004–2011: Prince Nomad
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|Ship registry=*{{flag|Greece}} (1996–2011?)
*{{flag|Comoros}} (2011)
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|Ship builder=Stocznia Gdanska SA, Gdansk
|Ship yard number=B494/04
|Ship laid down=1985
|Ship launched=16 October 1990
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|Ship in service=1997/98 (planned)
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|Ship identification={{IMO Number|7907685}}
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|Ship fate=Never finished; broken up in 2011<ref name="scrap">{{cite web | url=http://merseyshipping.blogspot.com/2011/07/ship-demolitions-23rd-july-2011.html | title=Ship Demolitions 23rd July 2011 | publisher=The Ship Scrapping List | date=23 July 2011 | accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref>
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|Ship tonnage=55,000 tons
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|Ship length=*174.9 meters (1986)
*228 meters (1990)
|Ship beam=27.7 meters
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|Ship draught=6.7 meters
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|Ship capacity=1,600 passengers (planned)
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'''MV ''Regent Sky''''' was an unfinished cruise ship that travelled to several locations during her incomplete construction. She was initially being built in Poland as the cruise ferry ''Stena Baltica'', one of four sister ships planned for the [[Stena Line]]. Still incomplete, she was purchased by [[Regency Cruises]] and moved to Greece, but her new owners filed for bankruptcy in 1995.

The unfinished ship was [[shipbreaking|sold for scrap]] in July 2011.<ref name="scrap" />

==History==
''Regent Sky'' was originally ordered in 1979 and laid down in 1985 under the name ''Stena Baltica''.<ref>[http://maritimematters.com/2010/10/the-emerald-of-eleusis-and-piraeus-to-petrola-ing/ Some sources] state ''Stena Polonica''</ref> She was one of four fairly identical [[cruiseferry|cruise ferries]] being built by Stocznia im Lenina, in [[Gdańsk]], a Polish [[seaport]] on the Baltic coast, for [[Stena Line]], [[MS Stena Vision|''Stena Germanica'']], [[MS Stena Spirit|''Stena Scandinavica'']] and ''[[El. Venizelos (ship)|Stena Polonica]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_baltica_1984.htm |title=M/S Stena Baltica (1988) |publisher=Fakta om fartyg |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519170233/http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_baltica_1984.htm |archivedate=19 May 2011 }}</ref> In 1986, her construction was cancelled (and her sisters' delayed) because of problems with the shipyard.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://uglyships.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/regent-sky/| title=Regent Sky| publisher=Ugly Ships| accessdate=19 June 2011}}</ref>

The unfinished hull was purchased in 1989 by A. Lelakis, owner of [[Regency Cruises]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=252247| title=Regent Sky| publisher=Ship Spotting| accessdate=19 June 2011}}</ref> Regency planned to put her into service as their first new ship, having previously purchased and converted [[ocean liner]]s.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/RegencyCruises.html| title=Regency Fleet| author=Ian Boyle| publisher=Simplon Postcards| accessdate=19 June 2011}}</ref> ''Stena Baltica'' was towed to the [[Avlis Shipyards]] at [[Perama]], Greece (also owned by Lelakis), where a US$200&nbsp;million process to convert her into a [[cruise ship]] began. The vessel was renamed ''Regent Sky'' at this time, and 7,000 tons of steel were installed after she was lengthened 50 meters at [[Elefsis Shipyards]] in Greece.

In 1995, while ''Regent Sky'' was at the Avlis Shipyards of [[Chalkis]], Greece and about 60% finished, Regency Cruises ceased operations. The vessel was seized by the [[National Bank of Greece]] and Hellenic Industrial Development Bank in July 1999. Since then, ''Regent Sky'' moved from one lay up berth to another, including Perama, [[Ambelakia]] and then [[Kinossoura]]. All attempts to sell the vessel at auction failed. The ''Regent Sky'' was later moved to anchorage off [[Eleusis]], Greece, until July 2011 when she was sold for scrapping.<ref name="scrap" /><ref>{{cite web| url=http://maritimematters.com/2010/10/the-emerald-of-eleusis-and-piraeus-to-petrola-ing | title=THE EMERALD of Eleusis And Piraeus To Petrola-ing| publisher=Martin Cox's Maritime Matters| date=22 September 2011}}</ref> This ship, the longest-lived passenger liner that was never completed, finally arrived for demolition in [[Aliağa|Aliaga]], [[Turkey]] on 16 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://recyclingships.blogspot.com/2011/07/uncompleted-cruise-ship-regency-sky-zoe.html | title=Uncompleted Cruise Ship Regency Sky (Zoe) off for Scrapping!| publisher=Ship Recycling| date=25 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ut8YaFOfvQ  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_Ut8YaFOfvQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live| title=Video: Ship Breaking Yards Turkey Izmir Aliaga Ship Breaking}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Condition==
[[File:Regentskyfuture.jpg|thumb|left|A rendering of ''Regent Sky'' as ''Zoe''.]]
Since her construction was halted, ''Regent Sky'' had rusted heavily. During her conversion [[Wärtsilä]] main engines were installed. After the bankruptcy of Regency, the engines were removed, leaving ''Regent Sky'' unable to move without being towed. The foremost part of her bow was never completed. There were several renderings of the completed ship, with one depicting her as ''Zoe'', sporting a white hull and red funnel.

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