.jpg) Columbus in Hook of Holland on 29 July 2018.
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Launched | 28 May 1988 |
| Completed | 15 March 1989 |
| Maiden voyage | 1989 |
| In service | 1989 |
| Out of service | 2020 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2021.[1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 63,500 GT[3] |
| Length | 247 m (810 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 32 m (105 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Decks |
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| Installed power | Four diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
| Speed | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,400 (Normal), 1,856 (Maximum) |
| Crew | 700 |
MV Columbus was a cruise ship. She was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, at their shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and launched in 1988 as Sitmar Fair Majesty. Originally ordered for Sitmar Cruises, with the merger of Sitmar Cruises into Princess, she first entered service with Princess Cruises as Star Princess in 1989. From 1997 to 2003, she served in the P&O Cruises fleet as MV Arcadia. She was renamed Ocean Village in 2003 when the brand was established.[4] Ocean Village was the sole cruise ship of the Ocean Village brand after the Ocean Village Two became the Pacific Jewel. In 2010 the Ocean Village brand ceased its operations and she was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Pearl. She served in the P&O Cruises Australia fleet until 2017 when she was sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages and renamed MV Columbus. Following CMV entering administration in 2020, the Ship was auctioned by CW Kellock & Co. in London on 12 October 2020, for US$5,321,000 to Marios Iliopoulos of Seajets, and some months later resold to scrap in Eleusis Bay.[5][6][7] In 2021 she was sold for scrap in Alang, India where she will be beached and dismantled.[2]
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- ^ a b Boonzaier, Jonathon (4 March 2021). "Marios Iliopoulos to profit on cruiseship scrap deal". Tradewinds. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Cruise Ships & Cruise Liners | P&O Cruises". Oceanvillageholidays.co.uk. 30 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "M/S STAR PRINCESS (1989)". Faktaomfartyg.nu. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Columbus Sold, Ship to Stay in Limbo Status". Cruise Industry News. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Birkett, Holly (21 October 2020). "Seajets buys two more ex-CMV cruiseships at auction but has no plan for them". Tradewinds. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "International Ship Auctions". Eggar Forrester. Retrieved 14 August 2021.