Fleet of Azalea Cruises
Azalea Cruises is a cruise line based out of New Singapore and operating in the New World. Azalea Cruises was founded in December 1993 as a luxury cruise line. Originally headquartered in Hytown (lore only), Azalea is now based in New Singapore.
Red class
Azalea Red (1994-2017)
Azalea Red was the first ship that Azalea Cruises purchased. She was 85m long and weighed 9,857 GT.
She was initially built for Aqua Cruises as Sun Aqua in March 1989 before Aqua Cruises cancelled the order due to financial constraints, which was picked up by Azalea. Both ships were completed in their original design, and by February 1994, Azalea began using her on the Miu Wan to Elecna Bay route. Azalea Red continued sailing until June 2017, when she was sold to Mokupuni Cruises as Mokupuni Sun.
Azalea Blue (1994-2001)
Azalea Blue was identical to her sister Azalea Red, and like Red was also 85m long and weighed 9,857 GT.
She was initially built for Aqua Cruises as Star Aqua in July 1989 before Aqua Cruises cancelled the order due to financial constraints, which was picked up by Azalea. Both ships were completed in their original design, and by March 1994, Azalea began using her on the Shahai to Stone Bay route. Azalea Blue retired from service with Azalea Cruises earlier than her sister in December 2001 and was sold to Windferry and renamed to Kaze Edo. Windferry later converted her into a gambling ship in March 2003 before she was sold to Mokupuni Cruises as Mokupuni Sea in August 2004. On 17 July 2011, the ship hit a reef and sank, killing 18 of the 112 onboard.
Azalea Green (1996-2019)
Azalea Green was a 87m cruise ferry and had 50 staterooms to fit in more facilities, such as a buffet area and a balcony.
She was built for Aqua Cruises as Moon Aqua in October 1991. In 1996, as Aqua Cruises went under a major liquidation process, Moon Aqua and her sister Galaxy Aqua had to be sold to Azalea. She began sailing on the Wenyanga to Stone Bay route that same year, but was later transferred to the Wenyanga to Cape Cambridge route in October 1999. Azalea Green was sold to Mokupuni Cruises as Mokupuni Star in December 2019.
Azalea Yellow (1997-2018)
Azalea Yellow was longer than the Azalea Green by 2m and had two more staterooms.
She was built for Aqua Cruises as Galaxy Aqua in May 1992. In 1996, as Aqua Cruises went under a major liquidation process, Galaxy Aqua and her sister Moon Aqua had to be sold to Azalea. She began sailing on the Dogwood to Titsensaki route the next year. Between June 2003 and February 2006, she was briefly relocated to Miu Wan due to renovation works in Madison Beach Ferry Terminal. Azalea Yellow was sold to Mokupuni Cruises as Mokupuni Sky in June 2018.
Azalea Orange (2012-2020)
Azalea Orange is the only Azalea ship to have been acquired from Royal Nanseisian and is 84m long.
She originally sailed for Royal Nanseisian as MS Jubilation of the Seas from 1992, the third of the groundbreaking Destiny class of ships, the first non-NCL megaships. Royal Nanseisian sold the ship in 2010 to pay for costs covering Unity of the Seas and Resonance of the Seas, and was bought by a group of cruise enthusiasts who wanted to convert it into a floating mall in Titsensaki. However, they ran out of funds and in February 2012, Azalea bought the ship and renamed it Azalea Orange. However, the high operating costs meant that it was taken out of service as Azalea was hit hard by the MRT coronavirus outbreak of 2020, and laid up, much to the dismay of those that wanted to keep her as a floating mall/hotel yet again. However, in late 2021, Azalea announced that Azalea Orange will be used for the upcoming cruise line Zee Village.
Arctic class
Azalea Arctic (2016-2021)
Azalea Arctic is the first Arctic-class cruise ship for Azalea Cruises. She is 101m long and has 36 staterooms and 8 suites.
Her keel was laid in October 2013 and construction finished in August 2015. She entered service on October 13, 2016 and sailed on the Wenyanga to Dogwood route. She was temporarily used as a hotel ship to quarantine migrant workers during COVID-20. In September 2021, Azalea was met with high demand of cruises since COVID-20, and Azalea retired the Arctic in favour of Azalea Island. Azalea Arctic was later sold to the newly formed Kagawa Cruises and re-entered service as the Kagawa Sobu in November that year.
Azalea Taiga (2017-)
Azalea Taiga is the second ship in the Arctic class. She is 12m longer than Azalea Arctic.
She was laid down on 8 July 2015 and was completed on 22 September 2017. Her maiden voyage occurred on November 15, 2017.
Azalea Plains (2018-)
Azalea Plains is the third ship in the Arctic class, as well as the last one to use the original design before newer Arctic class ships got revamped. She is yet another 12m longer than Azalea Taiga.
She was laid down on 8 July 2015 and was completed on 17 August 2018. She was christened on September 24, 2018 before entering service on October 26th that same year.
Azalea Valley (2019-)
Azalea Valley is the first of three Arctic Plus-class vessels, which is a redesigned sub-class of the Arctic-class. She is 151m long, 50m longer than the Kagawa Sobu.
She was laid down on 18 June 2018, about two years after Azalea announced its intention to build the Arctic Plus-class. She was completed and launched on 17 May 2019, before she began her inaugural voyage from Wenyanga on July 1, 2019. Azalea Valley supplemented the Azalea Arctic and later the Azalea Island on the Wenyanga-Dogwood itineraries.
Azalea Forest (2020-)
Azalea Island (2021-)
Northern class
This is a sub-class of Ecstasy-class.
Azalea Northern (2021-)
Azalea Northern is the current flagship and largest ship of Azalea Cruises.
She was ordered in July 2016 as part of the Ecstasy-class, a class of cruise ships ordered by both Azalea and NCL through a partnership which later became the Azalea Group. She was laid down on 25 November 2018 and was launched on 19 May 2020. Due to the impact of the MRT coronavirus outbreak, the ship's maiden voyage was delayed from July 2020 to early 2021, before finally sailing a week-long cruise on 3 March 2021.