Fred Olsen's Boudicca

Curtain comes down on Olsen’s Boudicca as she languishes in a scrapyard in Turkey

The tens of thousands of Fred Olsen fans who loved to cruise on Boudicca will be saddened to learn that she has been beached for scrapping in Turkey. Following her sale in 2020 there was speculation that the 42-year-old veteran of the High Seas would become an accommodation vessel, but this proved to be wishful

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Black Watch

End of a 100-year era for Black Watch and Boudicca as Olsen “retires” much-loved favourites

Over a combined total of 40 years, Black Watch and Boudicca have carried millions of Fred Olsen guests across millions of miles. But, with the arrival of new ships Bolette and Borealis, we anticipated their journey was coming to an end. The much loved duo have been, as Olsen politely put it, “retired” to make

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Braemar in the Kiel Canal

Three Olsen cruise ships being given a multi-million-pound Christmas makeover

Three of Fred Olsen cruise ships will be given a multi-million-pound makeover in the run-up to Christmas. Braemar, Balmoral and Black Watch will undergo various engineering works, general maintenance and refurbishment during their dry docks at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, as well as the creation of several new public areas and cabin enhancements.

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Mount Fuji

Konichiwa … Fred Olsen sails into Japan with Boudicca for the first time in 2021

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines will be setting sail in Japan for the very first time in January 2021. Its inaugural 14-night Authentic Japan fly-cruise from Tokyo aboard Boudicca is one of the highlights of its 2020/21 ocean programme The Japan itinerary features maiden calls in Beppu, Hiroshima and Nagoya and focuses upon the themes of

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Fred Olsen cruise ship Boudicca at sea

Fred Olsen links with Royal British Legion for D-Day Voyage of Remembrance on Boudicca

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is linking up with the Royal British Legion for a Voyage of Remembrance cruise to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The Royal British Legion has chartered 880-guest ship Boudicca for the voyage, which will take up 300 veterans, plus relatives and carers, to a series of commemorative events in England and France.

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