List of ship decommissionings in 1985
The list of ship decommissionings in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1985.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
| 4 January | P&O Normandy Ferries | ' | Ferry | Sold to Townsend Thoresen | Renamed Tiger | |
| 5 April | DFDS Seaways | ' | Cruiseferry | Sold to Sundance Cruises | Renamed Stardancer | |
| 12 May | Rederi Ab Sally | ' | Cruiseferry | Sold to Fred. Olsen Lines | Renamed Braemar | |
| 31 May | ' | Decommissioned | Sold for scrap in 1988 | |||
| 25 December | Jakob Lines | ' | Ferry | Sold to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna | ||
| Date unknown | Black Sea Shipping Company | ' |  Soviet Unionsclass|Ivan Franko|passenger ship|2MS|Alexandr Pushkin||2 |