Black Watch (ship, 1972)
 The Black Watch in the Kiel Canal
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The Black Watch (dt. Black Watch ) is a cruise ship , the 2020 from the Norwegian - British shipping company Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines operates. She was built in 1972 for the Royal Viking Line and entered service as the Royal Viking Star . The current name Black Watch goes back to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland .
history
Construction and commissioning
Today's Black Watch was laid down on July 1, 1970 as hull number 395 at the Wärtsilä shipyard in Helsinki . After the launch on May 12, 1971 and completion, the ship was put into service on June 26, 1972 for the shipping company Royal Viking Line under the name Royal Viking Star under the Norwegian flag. At that time she was measured with 21,847 GRT and was used for cruises.
Used by Royal Viking Line and Royal Cruise Line
Between the end of August and mid-November 1981, the Royal Viking Star was extended from the original 177.77 m to 205.46 m at the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven by inserting a new hull section, which had been built by Schichau Seebeck , and then started up again .
In 1988 the ship was sold to the shipping company Kloster Cruise ( Nassau , Bahamas ), which renamed the ship Westward in April 1991 . After switching to the Royal Cruise Line , the ship was used in 1994 under the name Star Odyssey for cruises in the Mediterranean .
Use at Fred. Olsen Cruise Line
In October 1996, Fred took over. Olsen Cruise Line took the ship into service from November 1996 under its current name Black Watch . After more than 30 years under the Norwegian flag, she moved to the shipping register of the Bahamas . Between mid-May and mid-June 2005, the Black Watch was subjected to extensive renovation work at Blohm + Voss , with the machine system also being renewed.
Starting from the base ports in Dover , Southampton , Sydney , Singapore and Callao , it is used for cruises worldwide.
Accident during repairs in Hamburg
During a stay at the shipyard in November 2016, there was an accident that was fatal for a Blohm + Voss worker . A falling steel beam killed the worker and seriously injured another shipyard worker. The ship had been in Dock 11 in the von Blohm + Voss for repairs for about a week.
Retirement
In 2020, Fred. Olsen, the sister ships Rotterdam and Amsterdam of the Holland America Line . The Black Watch and her sister ship Boudicca then left the Fred's fleet in August 2020. Olsen Cruise Lines.
Machine system and drive
Originally, the ship was equipped with four Wärtsilä - Sulzer nine-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines of the type 9ZA40 / 48, which developed an output of 13,240 kW and operated via a gearbox on two variable-pitch propellers. During the renovation work at Blohm + Voss , the engines were replaced by more powerful seven-cylinder four-stroke engines from the MAN B&W 32/40 series. As a result, the speed of travel increased, and delays in the timetable could be better caught up.
On July 1, 2016, a fire broke out on board. It damaged three power generators. The ship ran into Funchal on Madeira Island one day later as planned . In view of the likely duration of the repair work on the wiring to the ship's diesel engines, the shipping company decided to fly the 696 passengers home over the course of a few days.
See also
literature
- Douglas Ward: Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2009 . Berlitz Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-3-493-60255-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Ship details on Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Publications. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Technical data, Black Watch résumé , accessed February 11, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e Technical and administrative details of the ship , accessed on February 11, 2011
- ↑ a b Information from the shipping company ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 11, 2011
- ↑ THB_228_16_20161123. In: digimagazin.thb.info. Retrieved November 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines confirms new ships Bolette and Borealis will take over from classic vessels Boudicca and Black Watch. August 21, 2020, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
- Jump up ↑ Fire on Fred's Black Watch. Olsen Cruise Lines. July 1, 2016, accessed July 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Fred Olsen Cruise Line Decides To Fly Passengers Home After Fire Damages Engines. Cruise Hive on July 2, 2016, accessed July 2, 2016.
