Five ships which operated for collapsed cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages have been put up for sale by auction.
Each vessel is to be sold by separate sealed tender, but no indication of values have been disclosed.
Deadlines of between October 8 and 22 have been set for bids to be lodged.
The sale by broker CW Kellock & Co follows court orders made last week.
The ships put up for auction are Vasco Da Gama, Columbus, Astor, Magellan and Marco Polo.
Four are laid up at the port of Tilbury and one at Bristol Avonmouth.
The Essex-based cruise line entered administration in July after failing to secure additional funding.
Verhounig has established a company called CVI Group Limited (CVI) and plans to restart operations in the future.