MS Adriana

Adriana at Sevastopol on August 31, 2013
History
Name	1972–1987: Aquarius 1987–2008: Adriana 2008–2010: Adriana III 2010–present: Adriana
Owner	1972–1987: Hellenic Mediterranean Lines 1987–1997: Jadranska Linijska Plovidba 2008–2012: Tapas Inc 2012–2013: TBS 2013 onwards: Adriana Shipping
Operator	1972–1987: HML 1987–1997: Jadrolinija Cruises 2010–2013: Tropicana Cruises 2013–2015: B&BS 2015 onwards: Adriana Cruises
Port of registry	1972–1987: Pireaus, Greece 1987–199?: Rijeka, Yugoslavia 199?–2008: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2008: Panama City, Panama 2008–2010: Port Vila, Vanuatu 2008 onwards: Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Builder	United Shipping Yard, Perama, Greece
Yard number	54
Launched	15 September 1971
Completed	June 1972
In service	June 1972
Identification	Call sign: V4CH2 IMO number: 7118404 MMSI number: 341857000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	4,591 GRT 1,100 DWT
Length	103.71 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam	14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught	4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
Decks	4
Installed power	2 × Pielstick-Atlantique 8PC2V 5,885 kW (combined)
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Capacity	312 passengers
Crew	100

MS Adriana is a mid-sized cruise ship with old fashion interior in French style, currently owned and operated by Adriana Shipping. She sailed the Caribbean Sea under flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis from Port of Spain for Adriana Cruises in 2015.

Ship history

The ship was built for Hellenic Mediterranean Lines (HML) as Aquarius in 1972. She was the first HML cruise ship, and also the first cruise ship purpose-built in Greece. Aquarius was ordered and laid down at United Shipping Yard in Perama as yard number 54. She was launched on 15 September 1971 and commissioned in June 1972. The vessel was 4591 gross tons, 103,71 metres long and could carry 312 passengers.

In 1987, after a poor season following the Achille Lauro hijacking, Aquarius was sold to Yugoslav Jadranska Linijska Plovidba in Rijeka and renamed Adriana. The ship ran cruises for Jadrolinija in the Adriatic and charters to other cruise companies such as HAPAG. In 1997 she was sold to Marina Cruises and passed to Nice-based Plein Cap, care of Marina Cruises. Between April 2008 and September 2010, the ship was sold to Tapas and sailed as Adriana III. Since September 2010, Adriana sailed under flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis with (mainly) Russian crew under the command of ship owner, captain Sergey Ponyatovsky, for Tropicana in the Caribbean Sea from Havana in 2011 and 2012, for Black & Baltic Seas Cruise Company (B&BS) in the Black Sea from Odessa in 2013 and Sochi in 2014, chartered by West Indies Cruise Line for cruises from Port of Spain in 2015.

External links

• Adriana Cruises