EXHIBIT 23.1





                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Sea Containers Ltd. on Form S-3 of our report dated March 6, 2003
(May 15, 2003, as to Note 20) (which report on the consolidated financial
statements expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph referring to the adoption by Sea Containers Ltd. of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ('FAS') No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets, and SFAS No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44 and 64,
Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections, effective January
1, 2002, and SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities, as amended by SFAS No. 137 and 138, effective January 1, 2001)
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Sea Containers Ltd. and
subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2002 and to the reference to us
under the heading 'Experts' in the Prospectus which is part of such Registration
Statement.




/s/  Deloitte & Touche LLP


New York, New York
February 20, 2004