Boudicca (ship)
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The Boudicca is a cruise ship that will be operated by the Norwegian-British shipping company Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines was operated. It was built in 1973 as Royal Viking Sky for the Royal Viking Line and is now named after the Celtic Queen Boudicca , who fought against the Roman occupation of Britain around AD 60 and is therefore very popular in England.
She was built as one of three nearly identical ships in the Royal Viking Star class . The client was the Nordenfjeldske Dampsibsselskap . The two sister ships are the by Bergen Steamship Company , Bergen ordered is Royal Viking Star , which is now called Black Watch bears, as well as Royal Viking Sea , the AF Klaveness & Co, Oslo , were ordered under the hub today Albatros is on the way .
history
Royal Viking Sky
The Royal Viking Sky was built near Wärtsilä in Helsinki . The keel of the ship was laid on December 1, 1971, the launch on May 25, 1972. On June 1, 1973 the ship was completed and handed over to the Royal Viking Line on June 5, 1973 , which it is for cruises on various routes around the world began.
In its original form, the Royal Viking Sky measured 21,891 GT and was 177.70 m long. The equipment was luxurious for its time and designed for long-distance trips to exotic destinations with a wealthy audience. The number of passengers was correspondingly low at 536, a disproportionately high proportion of whom were accommodated in suites. The crew was 324 men at that time - roughly the same as it is today.
A very popular event at the time was the first simultaneous crossing of the Panama Canal by two sister ships with Royal Viking Sky and Royal Viking Star on May 1, 1976 (albeit in opposite directions).
renewal
From September 9 to November 27, 1982, the ship at AG Weser in Bremerhaven was lengthened by 28 meters to 206 meters. In addition, the capacity was increased to 812 passengers. To the chagrin of their operators, the renovation and especially the significant increase in the number of passengers were less well received by the guests, which was also reflected in the booking figures.
In 1987 the ship was re-registered at Kloster Cruise, based in Nassau , Bahamas . On September 14, 1991, it was given a new name and was now called Sunward .
Birka Queen
In May 1992 Birka Line, Mariehamn , Åland , Finland , bought the ship and had it overhauled at Hortens shipyard in Norway. It was renamed to the name Birka Queen .
Between June 10 and October 23, 1992, it operated on the Stockholm - Riga and Stockholm - St. Petersburg routes .
Sunward
On October 27 of that year, the Kloster Cruise Line, based in Bergen, Norway, chartered the ship and renamed it Sunward again . At the same time it was registered on Birka Cruise Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.
Golden Princess
Princess Cruises chartered the ship in June 1993 . Again it was renamed and was now called Golden Princess . On June 13, 1993, the first cruise started from San Francisco towards Alaska .
On July 7, 1996, a fire broke out in the engine room, which resulted in a total failure of all computer systems on board. In Victoria , Canada , the passengers were disembarked. A little later the ship was towed to San Francisco for repairs. It arrived there on July 8, 1996.
SuperStar Capricorn
Star Cruises Private from Singapore bought the ship in early 1997 . It was now called SuperStar Capricorn .
In March 1998 the ship was used for casino cruises from New York . Two months later this operation was canceled because the journeys only resulted in losses.
Hyundai Keumgang
Hyundai Merchant Marine , Panama chartered the ship for five years on September 20, 1998 . It was renamed Hyundai Keumgang and was used for pilgrimages to North Korea from November 18, 1998 . In October 2001, Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd had to file for bankruptcy; the ship was returned to Star Cruises Private.
SuperStar Capricorn
Star Cruises Private renamed them SuperStar Capricorn again and relocated the port of departure from Tonghae , South Korea , to Port Klang , Malaysia . The first cruises started from there in December 2001.
Grand Latino
In January 2004 the Spanish Viajes Iberojet bought the ship and renamed it Grand Latino . A little later it was used for Mediterranean cruises.
Boudicca
In January 2005, Fred bought . Olsen Cruise Lines , Norway, the ship. In November 2005 it was renamed Boudicca and changed to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines registered in Santa Cruz , Tenerife . A little later it was transferred to Hamburg for extensive modernization measures. All four marine diesel engines there were replaced by new MAN B&W engines. Each has an output of 3500 kW at 750 rpm. It also received new propellers. The ship was floated on January 6, 2006 - afterwards test drives were carried out on the Elbe and the North Sea .
On February 20, 2006, the ship arrived in Dover , Great Britain . Smaller final work was carried out so that on February 23 the first cruise from Dover to Madeira and the Canary Islands could begin.
In the course of 2006 the Boudicca was re-registered to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines in Singapore.
Originally stationed in Southampton, the Boudicca has been departing from Liverpool since March 2010, where it replaced the Black Prince .
On the journey from Cádiz to Arrecife , a fire broke out in the engine room off the coast of Morocco at around 4 a.m. on the morning of January 25, 2015 .
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.
Current routes
From autumn to spring, the Boudicca is usually in the Mediterranean and between the Canary Islands. In addition, there are isolated trips to the other side of the Atlantic (Caribbean, Brazil) in winter. In summer she moves her sailing area to the north and travels to Norway, the Baltic Sea and Arctic waters. Unlike her sister ship Albatros , which operates for Phoenix Reisen , she no longer travels the world , as Fred. Olsen usually uses the more modern Balmoral for this.
Furnishing
- Denny-Brown fin stabilizers
- five bars, a casino, three menu restaurants and a café / buffet restaurant
- Shopping (perfumery / drugstore, jewelry, fashion, travel agency)
- three pools and two jacuzzis
- Library, card room
- Wellness area (sauna, steam bath, spa, beauty salon)
- Sports area (fitness center, golf tee)
See also
Web links
- Fred Olsen Cruises website
- History of the Royal Viking Sky
- Information about the Royal Viking Sky
- Photos of the Royal Viking Sky
- Details about the Royal Viking Sky
- CV of the Boudicca
Footnotes
- ↑ Publications. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Description of the ship on Fred's website. Olsen Cruise Lines ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2012 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 April 25, 2012
- ^ Ulrich, Kurt: Monarchs of the Sea - the Great Ocean Liners , Tauris IB, 1999. ISBN 1860643736
- ^ A b Dawson, Philip: Cruise Ships: An Evolution in Design , Conway Maritime Press, 2000. ISBN 0851776604
- ↑ Travemünde ship information system: Cruise arrival in Travemünde , August 23, 2011 BOUDICCA ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 311 kB), accessed April 25, 2012
- ^ Castles of the Seas , accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Liverpool's new cruise liner makes her regal entry . In Liverpool Echo February 25, 2010, accessed 25 April 2012
- ↑ Terrified British holidaymakers plunged into darkness after stricken cruise ship began to list off coast of Morocco following fire in engine room. January 25, 2015, accessed January 25, 2015 .
- ↑ 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 .
