Grand Celebration
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| Career | |
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| Name: | 1987—2008: Celebration 2008 onwards: Iberocruceros Grand Celebration |
| Owner: | 1987—present: Carnival Corporation & plc[1][2] |
| Operator: | 1987—2008: Carnival Cruise Lines 2008 onwards: Iberocruceros |
| Port of registry: | 1987—2000: Monrovia,  Liberia2000—2008: Panama City,  Panama2008 onwards: Madeira,  Portugal |
| Builder: | Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden |
| Cost: | $130 million[3] |
| Yard number: | 597[2] |
| Launched: | 9 August 1986[2] |
| Acquired: | February 1987[2] |
| In service: | 14 March 1987[2] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8314134[2] |
| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics (as Celebration)[2] | |
| Class and type: | Holiday class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | gross tonnage (GT) of 47,262 tons[1] |
| Displacement: | 6,405 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 223.37 m (732 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 28.20 m (92 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in) |
| Decks: | 10 (passenger accessible)[3] |
| Installed power: | 2 × 7-cylinder Sulzer diesels combined 23510 kW |
| Propulsion: | 2 propellers[3] |
| Speed: | 21.7 kn (40.19 km/h; 24.97 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,486 passengers (lower berths)[3] 1,896 passengers (all berths)[3] |
| Crew: | 670[3] |
Grand Celebration is a Holiday class cruise ship that is operated by Iberocruceros. She was built in 1986 by Kockums Varv in Malmö, Sweden for Carnival Cruise Lines as Celebration. The Grand Celebration has 2 sister ships. The Holiday which just retired from Carnival Cruise Lines, joined Iberocruceros in 2010 as the Grand Holiday, and the Pacific Sun operates for P&O Cruises Australia. The Celebration was retired from the Carnival fleet in April 2008. The Grand Celebration had an extensive refit before re-entering service. The refit included new hull artwork. Unlike her sister ship, retired Carnival ship Jubilee, the trademark whale tail funnel on Grand Celebration was not altered or removed, but only painted over. The Grand Celebration entered into service for Iberocruceros in the summer of 2008.
[edit] Gallery
- Close up views of the ship as the MS Celebration (Carnival Cruise Lines)
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Celebration". cruise-community.com. Seatrade Communications Limited. http://www.cruise-community.com/Search/FL_detail.asp?itemnav=ship_ship_0034. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g Asklander, Micke. "M/S Celebration (1987)" (in in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/celebration_1987.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ a b c d e f Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 235–236. ISBN 981-246-739-4.
[edit] External links
- Grand Celebration Website (Spanish)
- Cruise Business Online: New Ibercruceros brand to launch with three-ship fleet
- Cruise Critic Review page
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