Blue Dream Star

MV Explorer departing Southampton, June 2013.
History
Name	2001 – 2004: Olympia Explorer 2004 – 2015: Explorer 2015 – 2016: MV Celestyal Odyssey 2016 - present: Glory Sea
Operator	2004 – 2015: V.Ships 2015 – 2016: Celestyal Cruises 2016 - present: Diamond Cruises
Port of registry	2001–2004 Greece 2004–2015 Bahamas 2015–2016 Malta 2016–Present China
Builder	Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number	962
Launched	19 May 2000
Identification	IMO number: 9183518 MMSI number: 311705000 Call sign: C6TN4
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	24,318 GT
Length	180 metres (590 ft)
Beam	25 metres (82 ft) 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.

External links

• Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
• "Explorer (9183518)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 20 May 2013.