Celestyal Crystal

Celestyal Crystal

Cristal in Istanbul, 2010

Ship data flag  Malta other ship names Viking Saga (1980–1986) Sally Albatross (1986–1995) Leeward (1995–2000) SuperStar Taurus (2000–2002) Silja Opera (2002–2006) Opera (2006–2007) Cristal (2007–2011) Louis Cristal (2011 –2014) Ship type Cruise ship Callsign 9HA2978 home port Valletta Owner Cristal Trading Shipping company Celestyal Cruises Shipyard Oy Wärtsilä Ab Build number 1247 Keel laying 1st August 1979 Launch 1st December 1979 Whereabouts in service

Ship dimensions and crew length 158.88 m ( Lüa ) 139.76 m ( Lpp ) width 25.20 m Side height 15.60 m Draft Max. 5.91 m measurement 25,611 GT / 12,637 NRZ

Machine system machine 4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick diesel engine (12PC2-5V) Machine performance 19,120 kW (25,996 hp) Top speed 21 kn (39 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 1703 dw Permitted number of passengers 1200 Pax cabins 480

Others Classifications Det Norske Veritas Registration numbers IMO no. 7827213

The Celestyal Crystal is a cruise ship operated by Celestyal Cruises . The ship was built in 1991/1992 on the hull of the Sally Albatross, built in 1980 as the Viking Saga .

history

The ship was built in 1980 by Wärtsilä as Viking Saga for Viking Line and used for ferry services on the Helsinki - Stockholm line. In 1986 the ship was renamed Sally Albatross and used for cruises on the Baltic Sea.

In 1988 the Sally Albatross was rebuilt in the Schichau Seebeck shipyard in Bremerhaven .

A fire in 1990 almost completely destroyed the ship. The hull was towed to Mäntyluoto in Finland , where the ship was partially scrapped. A largely new, elongated ship was built on the remaining parts of the hull with the undamaged engine, which in turn was named Sally Albatross . Since the old hull was reused, the Sally Albatross is legally the same ship despite the extensive conversion and continues to have the same IMO number . On March 23, 1992 the newly built ship was delivered. It was initially used for cruises on the Baltic Sea and to Tallinn . On March 4, 1994, the Sally Albatross ran aground in an ice-covered sea. The ship was towed to the Vuosaari shipyard, where the most necessary repairs were carried out from April 20th.

From 1994 to 2000 the ship was chartered to the Norwegian Cruise Line for cruises in the Caribbean and was named Leeward . After it had operated for Star Cruises in Malaysia under the name Superstar Taurus from 2000 to 2002 , it was transferred to the Silja Line in 2002 , where it was named Silja Opera and again used for Baltic Sea cruises and various liner services from Helsinki and Stockholm has been. After the ship was laid up in Tilbury from 2006 and changed hands twice under the name Opera , it has been used as a Cristal for Mediterranean cruises by the Greek shipping company Louis Cruises since 2007 . From 2011 to 2014, the ship was called Louis Cristal, in November 2014, as part of the renaming of Louis Cruises in Celestyal Cruises in celestyal crystal renamed.

On the night of June 27, 2015, the Celestyal Crystal collided with a tanker off the Turkish coast. The bow was severely damaged here, and the bridge was also damaged in the impact.

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  The Viking Saga in its original appearance

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  The burned out Sally Albatross

Sister ships

The Regina Baltica , which was built as the Viking Song , was identical in construction to the Viking Saga in its original form from 1980 .

Web links

Commons : Celestyal Crystal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The ship at Celestyal Cruises

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} M / S Viking Saga (1980) ( Swedish ) In: Fakta om Fartyg . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} M / S Sally Albatross (1992) ( Swedish ) In: Fakta om Fartyg . Retrieved September 21, 2013.
3. ↑ Celestyal Crystal collides with tanker. In: Ships and Cruises. June 27, 2015, accessed June 27, 2015 (German).