List of ship decommissionings in 1985

The list of ship decommissionings in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1985.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
4 January	P&O Normandy Ferries	*Tiger*	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	Ferry	Sold to Townsend Thoresen	Renamed Tiger
5 April	DFDS Seaways	*Scandinavia*	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas	Cruiseferry	Sold to Sundance Cruises	Renamed Stardancer
12 May	Rederi Ab Sally	*Viking Song*	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	Cruiseferry	Sold to Fred. Olsen Lines	Renamed Braemar
31 May	File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy	*Ajax*		Leander-class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold for scrap in 1988^[1]
25 December	Jakob Lines	*Fennia*	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	Ferry	Sold to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna
Date unknown	Black Sea Shipping Company	*Alexandr Pushkin*	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship	Transferred to Far Eastern Shipping Company
Date unknown	Far Eastern Shipping Company	*Alexandr Pushkin*	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship	Chartered to CTC Cruises
Date unknown	Varberg-Grenå Linjen	*Europafärjan*	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Ferry	Renamed Europafärjan II	Continued in same traffic
Date unknown	Home Lines	*Oceanic*	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	Cruise ship	Sold to Premier Cruise Line	Renamed StarShip Oceanic

Citations

Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.