List of ship decommissionings in 1982

The list of ship decommissionings in 1982 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1982.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
8 April	Stena Line	Stena Baltica	Sweden	Ferry	Sold to D.A.N.E.	Renamed Ialyssos
18 June	Royal New Zealand Navy	*Taranaki*		Rothesay-class frigate	Sold and broken up
Date unknown (prior to 26 June)	Stena Sessan Line	Prinsessan Desirée	Sweden	Ferry	Laid up, chartered to Sally Line UK on 26 June
30 June	Royal Australian Navy	*Melbourne*		Majestic-class aircraft carrier	Sold for scrap
31 August	Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna	Wasa Star	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Laid up	Sub-chartered to Karageorgis Line, 1983
5 September	Sally Line UK	Prinsessan Desirée	Sweden	Ferry	Returned to Stena Sessan Line, laid up	Transferred to Varberg-Grenå Linjen, 1983. Renamed Europafärjan
25 October	DFDS Seaways	Tor Scandinavia	Denmark	Cruiseferry	Chartered to a Dutch company	Renamed World Wide Expo
1 November	Svea Line (Finland)	Fennia	Finland	Ferry	Laid up	Chartered to B&I Line, 1983
17 December	German Navy	*Köln*			Decommissioned	Used as a hulk at Neustadt
Date unknown	Royal Navy	*Bacchante*		Leander-class frigate	Sold to New Zealand	Renamed HMNZS Wellington

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