Where is Regal Empress now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Regal Empress in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Regal Empress?

Regal Empress is a cruise ship, built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen and Sons. The vessel is 186.1 m long with a beam of 24.1 m and has a gross tonnage of 21,909.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Regal Empress?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Regal Empress from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Regal Empress. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Regal Empress

Cruise ship · built 1953

IMO5262835No AIS position on record

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In short

Regal Empress (Cruise ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. It can carry up to 1,307 passengers (source: Wikidata).

Vessel type: Cruise ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1953
Gross tonnage: 21,909
Size (length × beam): 186 m × 24 m
Registered owner: —

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Identity & particulars

Name: Regal Empress
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 5262835
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: Cruise ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 21,909
Length overall: 186.1 m
Beam: 24.1 m
Year built: 1953
Passengers (maximum): Source: Wikidata, record Q11675847. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.1,307

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

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Builder: Alexander Stephen and Sons
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
Mar 11, 2009	Reported departure from Port EvergladesAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Mar 9, 2009	Reported departure from Port EvergladesAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Mar 9, 2009	Reported arrival at Port EvergladesAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Mar 11, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Mar 9, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Mar 9, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Mar 6, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Mar 6, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Mar 4, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Mar 4, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Mar 2, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Feb 27, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Feb 25, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Arrival	Feb 25, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Port Everglades USPEF	Departure	Feb 23, 2009(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 2, 2002.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About Regal Empress

MS Regal Empress was a cruise ship most recently operated for Imperial Majesty Cruise Line until being retired in 2009 and scrapped in 2010. She was built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen & Sons at Glasgow, Scotland as the ocean liner SS Olympia for the Greek Line. Greek Line withdrew the Olympia from service in 1974. Following an extended lay-up period and reconstruction into a diesel-engined Caribbean cruise ship, the ship re-emerged in 1983 as MS Caribe I for Commodore Cruise Line. In 1993 she was sold to Regal Cruise Line and received her final name. She operated for Imperial Majesty Cruise Line from 2003 until 2009. The Regal Empress was also the last vintage passenger ship to regularly sail from the United States.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Regal Empress now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Regal Empress in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Regal Empress?: Regal Empress is a cruise ship, built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen and Sons. The vessel is 186.1 m long with a beam of 24.1 m and has a gross tonnage of 21,909.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Regal Empress?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Regal Empress from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Regal Empress. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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