List_of_ship_decommissionings_in_1980 Knowpia

The list of ship decommissionings in 1980 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1980.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
17 January	Tor Line	*Tor Scandinavia*	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Chartered to Scan Arab Expo
6 March	Scan Arab Expo	*Tor Scandinavia*	Sweden	Cruiseferry	End of charter, returned to Tor Line
July	Royal Navy	*Kent*		County-class destroyer	Scrapped	Accommodation ship until 1987 and training hulk until 1993^[1]
11 July	Bore Line	Bore Star	Finland	Ferry	Sold to Effoa	Continued in Silja Line traffic
1 September	Effoa	*Silja Star*	Finland	Ferry	Renamed Silja Star	Continued in Silja Line traffic
16 December	Tor Line	*Tor Scandinavia*	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Chartered to an unknown Dutch company
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	*London*		County-class destroyer	Sold to Pakistan	Renamed PNS Babur
Date uncertain	Yugoslav Navy	*Split*	Yugoslavia	Destroyer	Decommissioned	Scrapped in 1986

Citations edit

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