List of ship decommissionings in 1983

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1983.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
28 February	Stena Sessan Line	Prinsessan Birgitta	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Chartered to Sealink	Renamed St Nicholas
25 March	Unknown	World Wide Expo	Denmark	Cruiseferry	End of charter, returned to DFDS Seaways	Renamed Tor Scandinavia
28 March	German Federal Navy	Karlsruhe			Sold to the Turkish Navy	Became Gelibolu
19 May	Polferries	Rogalin	Poland	Ferry	Chartered to Faraskip H/F	Renamed Edda
30 June	German Federal Navy	Emden			Sold to the Turkish Navy	Became Gemlik
Date unknown (prior to 29 August)	Karageorgis Line	Wasa Star	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Taken over by Rederi AB Gotland due to breking of charter agreement by Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna	Sold to Larvik Line, 29 August 1983
12 September	B&I Line	Fennia	Finland	Ferry	End of charter, returned to Svea Line (Finland)	Laid up until 1984
18 September	Faraskip H/F	Edda	Iceland	Ferry	End of charter from Polferries	Renamed Rogalin
29 November	Scandinavian World Cruises	Scandinavia	Bahamas	cruiseferry	Transferred to DFDS Seaways
Date unknown	Royal Navy	Dido		Leander class frigate	Sold to New Zealand

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Ship launches:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Ship commissionings:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Ship decommissionings:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Shipwrecks:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989