List of ship decommissionings in 1987

The list of ship decommissionings in 1987 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1987.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
1 January	Royal Navy	*Galatea*		Leander-class frigate	Scrapped
1 January	Finnlines	Finnjet	Finland	cruiseferry	Transferred to Effoa (Silja Line)	Finnlines remained technical managers until 1989
March	Lion Ferry	Europafärjan II	Sweden	Ferry	Renamed Lion Princess	Continued on same traffic
April	Polferries	Rogalin	Poland	ferry	Chartered to Swansea-Cork Ferries	Renamed Celtic Pride
April	Club Sea Inc	Club Sea	Antigua and Barbuda	cruise ship	End of charter, returned to Sea Containers Ltd	Renamed Orient Express
June	Royal Navy	*Fife*		County-class destroyer	Sold to Chile	Renamed Blanco Encalada (D15)
28 April	Royal Navy	*Aurora*		Leander-class frigate	Sunk as target
October	Rederi Ab Sally	Viking Sally	Finland	cruiseferry	Chartered to Rederi AB Slite	Continued in Viking Line traffic.
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	*Leander*		Leander-class frigate	Sunk as target
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	*Naiad*		Leander-class frigate	Sunk as target
Date uncertain	Sundance Cruises	Stardancer	Bahamas	cruiseferry	Transferred to Admiral Cruises

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