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The list of ship decommissionings in 1981 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1981.
Operator
Ship
Flag
Class and type
Fate
Other notes
February
Sessan Linjen
Prinsessan Desirée
Sweden
Ferry
Transferred to Stena Sessan Line
7 March
Royal Navy
Norfolk
United Kingdom
County-class destroyer
Sold to Chile
Renamed Capitán Prat
March
Unknown
Tor Scandinavia
Sweden
Cruiseferry
End of charter, returned to Tor Line
27 March
Royal Navy
Bulwark
United Kingdom
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
Towed to Cairnryan 10 April 1981
Scrapped in 1984[1]
30 April
Jakob Lines
Borea
Finland
Ferry
Chartered to Folkline
April
Stena Sessan Line
Prinsessan Desirée
Sweden
Ferry
Chartered to Bandi Line
6 May
Bandi Line
Prinsessan Desirée
Sweden
Ferry
End of charter from Stena Sessan Line
Re-chartered to B&I Line
13 May
Folkline
Borea
Finland
Ferry
End of charter; returned to Jakob Lines
15 May
Olau Line
Olau Finn
Finland
Ferry
Laid up at end of charter; sold to Folkline in May 1982
Renamed Folkliner
7 June
B&I Line
Prinsessan Desirée
Sweden
Ferry
End of charter from Stena Sessan Line
Re-chartered to Sealink
10 August
Sealink
Prinsessan Desirée
Sweden
Ferry
End of charter from Stena Sessan Line
Returned to Stena Sessan traffic
3 October
Jakob Lines
Borea
Finland
Ferry
Chartered as a housing ship to Algeria
Sold to Helsingfors Steamship Company, 1984
1 December
Tor Line
Tor Scandinavia
Sweden
Cruiseferry
Sold to DFDS Seaways
Date unknown
Polferries
Gryf
Poland
Ferry
Sold to Fraglines
Renamed Eolos
^Hobbs, p. 250
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Sweden
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Finland
Poland