The German cruise operator Riverside Collection, based in Hamburg, Germany announced it has acquired the remaining four Crystal river ships.

In October 2022, the cruise company acquired the 110-passenger ships Cristal Bach, Cristal Ravel, Cristal Mahler, and Cristal Debussy from The Seaside Collection, a German company that owns and operates boutique hotels in Europe and the Maldives.

The quartet was built at Genting's in-house MV Werften shipyard and delivered in 2017 and 2018. Each cost $18 million. Riverside bought Crystal's much older but extensively refurbished 150-passenger Mozart (built in 1987) when it was first launched.

The renamed Riverside Mozart is due to start sailing on the Danube in April, while the renamed Riverside Ravel and Riverside Debussy will also be back in service in time for this year's summer cruise season and will operate on the Rhine and several French rivers.

The remaining pair will be laid up until the 2024 cruise season.

Crystal's river cruise ships were not included in the 2022 deals in which Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidia's A&K Travel Group acquired the Crystal Cruises brand and its two ocean cruise ships, the 68,900-ton Crystal Serenity (built 2010.00). -gt Crystal Symphony (built 1995).

The revived Crystal Cruises has announced that it will begin cruises this fall.

Meanwhile, both ships are in shipyards in Europe undergoing extensive renovations while the company recruits executives from the luxury cruise market for its new headquarters in Monaco.

Most of the company's once large fleet of cruise ships have been sold for further trade or for recycling.

With Crystal's cruise lines gone, only two Asia-based Dream Cruises brands have yet to find a new purpose.