Ocean Gala
 As Island Escape , April 2015.
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The Ocean Gala was a former cruise ship that entered service as a ferry under the name Scandinavia in 1982 . From 2002 to 2015 the ship was in service as Island Escape for Island Cruises before it was decommissioned in autumn 2015.
history
The Scandinavia was ordered on March 12, 1980 and built at Dubigeon-Normandie in Nantes . The launching of the ship took place on 16 October 1981st After test drives in May 1982, the United Steamship Company, which belongs to Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS), took over the ship on August 20, 1982 . The ship sailed under the flag of the Bahamas with home port Nassau .
The Scandinavia was then transferred to New York , where the christening of the ship took place on September 28, 1982 . On October 2, 1982, the ship began its service on the route from New York to Freeport , from June 11, 1987 Nassau was also called. In December 1983 the Scandinavia returned to Europe to be used by DFDS between Oslo and Copenhagen .
In April 1982 the Sundance Cruise Corporation became the new owner of Scandinavia . The ship initially stayed on its old route.
Star dancer (1985-1990)
Sundance Cruise Corporation had the ship converted for cruises by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg under the new name Stardancer in April 1985 . Then it returned to the USA. In June 1985, the Stardancer began serving cruises from Los Angeles and Vancouver to Alaska and Mexico . In 1987 the ship was first sold to Admiral Cruises , before it came into service in 1988 for Royal Admiral Cruises . However, the field of application of the star dancers did not change.
Viking Serenade (1990-2002)
In January 1990 Viking Serenade Inc bought the ship and renamed it the Viking Serenade . It was used by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line on 1990. From January to June 1991, the Viking Serenade in the Southwest Marine Yard in San Diego was modernized and converted into a pure cruise ship. On June 24, 1991, Royal Caribbean International took over the ship to use it for cruises from Los Angeles to Mexico. In 1996 the ship sailed under the flag of Liberia with her home port Monrovia . In 2000 Sunshine Cruise Ltd. bought the ship, but Royal Caribbean continued to operate the ship in the same area of operation until 2002.
Island Escape (2002-2015)
In March 2002 Thomson Holidays took over the ship under the name Island Escape and founded the subsidiary Island Cruises specifically for this purpose. From then on she sailed under the flag of the Bahamas with her home port Nassau. Over the next thirteen years, was Iceland Escape for cruises in the Mediterranean used before they retired for the season 2015 and in Brest launched was. In November 2015 it was sold to Cruise Holding Inc., the new home port became Limassol , Cyprus .
Ocean Gala (2015-2016)
In December 2015 the name was changed to Ocean Gala , the new home port was Nassau, Bahamas. In February 2016, the ship was chartered to Sweden to be used as accommodation for refugees. The ship was initially laid up in Kristiansand from February 2016 to June 2016 . In June 2016, the ship finally reached the port of Utansjö , where it was to serve as refugee accommodation. The plan to use the ship as accommodation for refugees was abandoned in July 2016. From November to December 2016, the Ocean Gala was in Esbjerg to accommodate workers from offshore plants. In December 2016 it was sold to Pisces Maritime Ltd of Mumbai.
Ocean Gala 1 (2016-2018)
In December 2016 the ship was renamed Ocean Gala 1 and registered in St. Kitts and Nevis , the home port was Basseterre . In mid-May 2017, the ship arrived in Abu Dhabi , where it has been since then. On November 3, 2017, the ship left the port towing the Salvaree and was in the roadstead from Sharjah until mid-March 2018 . In 2018 the ship started sailing under the flag of the Comoros , the home port was Moroni . On March 31, 2018, the ship arrived in the Gulf of Khambhat / Bhavnagar . It was hauled into the roadstead in front of Alang on April 3, 2018 and stranded for demolition on April 4, 2018 .
Web links
- technical data and history of the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
- technical data of the ship on shipparade.com (English)
- L'ex-Scandinavia part à la casse en Inde
Individual evidence
- ^ Ocean Gala , Floating Accommodation. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ Ocean Gala , Floating Accommodation. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
- ^ M / S Scandinavia. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomson Cruises sells Island Escape , Azur - Das Kreuzfahrtmagazin, December 8, 2015. Accessed January 4, 2016.
- ↑ Lack of space: Sweden wants to accommodate refugees on cruise ships , Spiegel-Online, February 18, 2016. Accessed February 18, 2016.
- ↑ Desperate Sweden is forced to hire luxury cruise liner with theater, gym and swimming pool to house 2,000 refugees at a cost of £ 65,000 A DAY. February 17, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Sweden ditches hlan to host asylum seekers on cruise ship. July 17, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
- ↑ IMO 9206360