La Belle Des Oceans is a small, yacht-type cruise ship operated by CroisiEurope.

She has previously been operated by a number of cruise lines under different names, the most recent of which was Silver Discoverer.

[8] The following month, she commenced a program of short cruises along the Kimberley coastline between Broome and Darwin, Australia.

The vessel's owners, Florida-based SunStone Ships, subsequently announced it had been sold to the French cruise company,the transaction been fixed by Aminima Shipbrokers / France CroisiEurope, and will sail under the name La Belle Des Oceans.

[11] In August 2004, the ship ran aground in the Aleutian Islands near Dutch Harbor and the passengers and crew had to be evacuated.