On 16 May 1997 "Albatros", carrying 800 people, hit Bartholomew's Ledge, St Mary's Sound, Isles of Scilly. The ship returned to St Mary's Road to anchor, escorted by the pilot boat and St Mary's Lifeboat. After two days, the 504 German passengers were taken from the listing ship, returning home on land. Bartholomew's Ledge had torn a gash in the hull of the liner, which was manoeuvring out of the archipelago at . On 26 June 1997 "Albatros" arrived at A & P Shipyard, Southampton, for repairs and returned to service in July of the same year.