 The "Homeric" suffered a major fire in the galleys and restaurants in 1973, and had to be withdrawn from service and scrapped.As a replacement Home Lines purchased the second "Hanseatic" from German Atlantic Line (Hamburg Atlantic Line after a name change), renaming her "Doric".At the same time Home Lines had also considered purchasing the "Bergensfjord" from Norwegian America Line, but the deal was not realised.