Blue Dream Star
![]() MV Explorer departing Southampton, June 2013.
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Builder | Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany |
Yard number | 962 |
Launched | 19 May 2000 |
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Status | in active service |
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Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 24,318 GT[2] |
Length | 180 metres (590 ft)[1] |
Beam | 25 metres (82 ft)[1] or 84 feet (26 m) |
Draft | 24 feet (7.3 m) |
Decks | 7 total, 6 passenger |
Propulsion | 4 x Wartsila 9L46C, 45360 bhp (11340 bhp per engine) = 37800 KW (9450 KW per engine) http://myship.com/imo/9183518/EXPLORER |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Capacity | 836 passengers |
MV Glory Sea is a China-registered passenger ship. The ship was built in Germany in 2001 by Blohm + Voss and originally named Olympia Explorer. The ship was later renamed MV Explorer when it began sailing for the Semester at Sea program in 2004. The ship remained with them until 2015.
In May 2015, the ship was renamed Celestyal Odyssey and began sailing for Celestyal Cruises, under the flag of Malta.
In September 2015 it was announced that Celestyal Cruises has terminated their three-year contract of owning the Celestyal Odyssey. The ship will leave the fleet late October 2015.
The ship will be replaced with MS Gemini which will be renamed Celestyal Nefeli. The ship was sold to be used as the first ship of Diamond Cruises a new Chinese based cruise line.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Vessel's Details". Explorer.
- ^ "Explorer (9183518)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-magazine/feature-magazine-articles/13976-spring-2016-latest-chinese-cruise-line-diamond-cruise.html
- ^ "Explorer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
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- Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
- "Explorer (9183518)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 20 May 2013.