Victory Cruise Lines said it has acquired the sister ship of
its sole vessel, the 202-passenger Victory I.
The acquired ship, to be called Victory II, will be put in
service in May 2018 starting with a series of seven-night Canada/New England
coastal itineraries between Gloucester, Mass., and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ports of call are Provincetown, Mass.; Newport, R.I.;
Plymouth, Mass.; Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.; Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine; and
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
"Our goal is to be the first choice in cruising the
Great Lakes, Canada, the St. Lawrence Seaway and New England markets,” said
Bruce Nierenberg, president and CEO of Victory Cruise Lines.
The line said it would pioneer a Lake Superior itinerary
with Victory II, visiting Marquette and Houghton, Mich.; Duluth, Minn.; and
Thunder Bay, Ontario. These itineraries also will feature Milwaukee, Green Bay
and Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.; and Muskegon, Mich.
The two Victory Cruise Lines vessels were originally built
as the Cape May Light and Cape Cod Light in 2001. Victory gained possession of
the first vessel after the bankruptcy of the defunct Haimark Line in 2016.