Henna (ship)
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The Henna was a cruise ship from the Chinese travel company HNA Cruises . She was delivered to the US shipping company Carnival Cruise Lines in 1986 under the name Jubilee and belonged to the three-unit Holiday class . The ship remained in service for Carnival until 2004 and then served as Pacific Sun for P&O Cruises Australia until 2012 . The January 2013 cruises to Vietnam used Henna was retired in November 2015 and 2017 as Hen in Indian Alang scrapped.
When it went into service in 1986, the Jubilee was the largest passenger ship ever built, which was designed exclusively for cruises. As Henna , she became the largest cruise ship under Chinese management in 2012.
Planning and construction
The Jubilee was built under hull number 596 near Kockums in Malmö and was undocked on October 26, 1985. A classic launch did not take place because the construction was carried out in a dry dock. The ship belonged to the three-unit Holiday class, which was the Carnival Cruise Line's first major new build project since the single ship Tropicale in 1981. The Jubilee had a higher tonnage and a slightly larger overall length than its sister ship Holiday, which was put into service in July 1985 . This was due to a higher number of passenger cabins and an enlargement of the on-board casino. The cost of building the ship was $ 140 million. At the time of her commissioning, the Jubilee was the largest ship ever built for cruise purposes. Only former liner passenger ships like the Norway and the Queen Elizabeth 2 surpassed them as the largest cruise ship.
period of service
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The ship was taken over by Carnival Cruise Lines in June 1986. It came under the flag of Liberia with home port Monrovia in service. The ship then completed its maiden voyage from Miami via Cozumel and Grand Cayman to Ocho Rios on July 6, 1986 . It then took on the cruise service from Miami to the Caribbean. It complemented the somewhat smaller Holiday there . In March 1987, the Celebration was followed by the third sister ship, which corresponded to the Jubilee in terms of tonnage .
In March 1989 the Jubilee undertook her first cruise from Miami through the Panama Canal with a stopover in Costa Rica to Los Angeles . It replaced the older and smaller Tropicale , which was instead moved to the Caribbean. From then on, the ship was used for seven-day cruises from Los Angeles to Mexico.
In 1996 Panama City became the home port of the Jubilee previously registered in Liberia . From 2000 the ship sailed under the flag of the Bahamas with home port Nassau . In June 2003 the Carnival Cruise Line announced the transfer of the Jubilee to P&O Cruises Australia, which also belong to Carnival Corporation & plc . The ship was last used for short trips from Galveston to Mexico . In the winter months it was used for Caribbean trips.
In September 2004 the Jubilee finished her last cruise for the Carnival Cruise Line after eighteen years of service. It was the first Holiday- class unit to be sold by Carnival. Her sister ships followed in 2008 (Celebration) and 2009 (Holiday) .
P&O Cruises Australia
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In the same month the ship went to P&O Cruises Australia under the name Pacific Sun. London became the new home port . During the subsequent renovation and modernization work in Freeport , the side wings of the chimney, which are the trademark of the Carnival Cruise Line, were removed. One month later, the Pacific Sun began cruise operations from Sydney on October 27, 2004 . It complemented the Pacific Sky , which went into service in 1984 and joined the shipping company founded in the same year in 2001. Both ships were marketed under the name "Australian Fun Ship Duo".
For the 2008 season, the hull colors of the Pacific Sun were changed. The hull, previously painted with blue-yellow stripes, was given a uniform white color. The ship's chimney, which was previously blue, was also painted white.
On August 1, 2008, the Pacific Sun got into a severe storm four hundred nautical miles off New Zealand , injuring more than forty passengers, three of whom had to be rushed to hospital after arriving 24 hours late in Auckland . Large parts of the interior were damaged during the storm. The incident made the news again two years later when footage from the on-board security cameras was posted on the Internet in September 2010.
In the years that followed, the Pacific Sun was involved in other incidents. In March 2010, a fortnightly cruise by the ship in Sidney was delayed by two days after problems with the machinery. Due to further technical problems, the trip had to be ended three days earlier than planned. In September 2010, another Pacific Sun departure was delayed due to an accident while loading in the port of Newcastle . In February 2011, the ship suffered a machine failure that had to interrupt a planned cruise in New Zealand.
In July 2010 the flag of the ship changed from Great Britain to Malta , home port became Valletta . In December 2011 P&O Cruises Australia announced the sale of the Pacific Sun as the oldest unit of the fleet to China. On July 1, 2012, the now 26-year-old ship completed its last cruise in Australian waters.
In her eight years of service for P&O Cruises Australia, the Pacific Sun carried more than half a million passengers on a total of 332 cruises. The ship had more than a thousand port stops in Australia and New Zealand.
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After a two-month layover, the Pacific Sun was taken over by the Chinese travel company HNA Cruises in September and renamed Henna . The ship then went to Singapore , where it was modernized for 80 million US dollars.
On January 26, 2013, the Henna began her first cruise from Sanya to Vietnam. At the time of its commissioning, it was the largest cruise ship under Chinese management. In September 2013, the ship was arrested in Jeju-do because of unpaid bills amounting to 2.76 million US dollars and was only able to leave the port after three days. The passengers on board have already been flown out.
In November 2015, HNA decided to give up its cruise business due to excessive losses. The reason given for this was the increasing competition from large foreign shipping companies such as Costa Crociere , Norwegian Cruise Line , Royal Caribbean International or AIDA Cruises , all of which had stationed ships in Asia in previous years. The initially high travel prices in China could no longer be enforced. On November 16, 2015, the Henna finished its last cruise. It was then launched and offered for sale for $ 35 million. After no buyer was found; HNA announced the expected scrapping of the ship in June 2016.
In the same month, the henna was dragged to Daishan , China, for the planned demolition . Instead, the ship was anchored there for several months and was still for sale, this time at a much lower price of twelve million US dollars. In January 2017, the henna was finally sold to a demolition yard in Alang, India, which it renamed Hen for the transfer trip . The ship arrived in Alang on April 28, 2017, where it was pulled onto the beach for demolition on the same day. In August 2017, the henna was scrapped up to the navigating bridge.
The Henna was the first Holiday class ship and the first newbuild of the Carnival Cruise Line to be scrapped. Her sister ships are still in use today under the names Magellan (formerly Holiday ) and Grand Celebration (formerly Celebration ).
Furnishing
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The interior of the Jubilee was designed by the Miami-based architect Joseph Farcus , who had been responsible for the Carnival Corporation's new buildings in previous years. The works of art on board the ship were made by the Danish artist Bjørn Wiinblad .
The Jubilee had a total of six passenger decks. The center of the ship was the lobby called Park Lane , which was at the level of the promenade deck and stretched the entire length of the ship. The Jubilee also features two dining rooms with 375 and 490 seats, as well as several lounges, bars and cafes. The leisure activities on board included a disco, a library and a casino including an arcade with machines and video games. The ship also had a shopping center called the Galleria Shopping Mall .
On deck, the Jubilee had, among other things, a pool deck in the middle of the ship and two smaller swimming pools at the stern area.
Machine system
The Jubilee was powered by two seven-cylinder Sulzer diesel engines of the type 7RND68M, which together produced an output of 23,500 kilowatts. The cruising speed of the ship was 21.7 knots. During the test run of the Jubilee before its delivery in June 1986, a top speed of 22.83 knots was achieved.
The ship's drive consisted of two controllable pitch propellers , and the Jubilee also had two bow thrusters .
literature
- Edgar & Patricia Cheatham: Carnival Cruise Lines JUBILEE A Beautiful New Dimension In Caribbean Cruising . In: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, No. 4 . Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Jan 1987, pp. 34-41 .
- Laurence Miller: On the run with the JUBILEE . In: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, No. 2 . Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Sep 1986, pp. 24-27 .
- Peter Plowman: Australian Cruise Ships . Rosenberg Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9781877058509
Web links
- The ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
- The ship on shipparade.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Peter Plowman: Australian Cruise Ships . Rosenberg Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9781877058509 , page 98.
- ^ Laurence Miller: On the run with the JUBILEE . in: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, Number 2, Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Sep 1986, 25.
- ^ A b Laurence Miller: On the run with the JUBILEE . in: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, Number 2, Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Sep 1986, 24.
- ^ Carnival Sails Trans-Canal . in: Cruise Travel . Volume 10, Number 6, Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Jun 1989, 55.
- ^ A b Carnival To Transfer Jubilee. In: Cruise Critic. June 24, 2003, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ^ Goodbye to a Good Ship the Jubilee. In: cruisetalkshow.com. June 14, 2016, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ^ Paul Chapman: Passengers hurt as storm rocks New Zealand cruise ship. In: The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, August 1, 2008, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Oliver Pickup: P&O cruise ship horror: CCTV footage captures moment when severe storm sends passengers and furniture flying. In: Daily Mail . Daily Mail and General Trust , September 8, 2010, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Martin Cox: PACIFIC SUN Delayed. In: Maritime Matters. March 17, 2010, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ^ Naomi Davidson: P & O's Pacific Sun voyage cut short. In: The Newcastle Herald. Fairfax Media , February 27, 2011, accessed December 13, 2017 .
- ^ Sue Bryant: P&O Australia's Pacific Sun to Leave the Fleet. In: Cruise Critic. December 20, 2011, accessed December 13, 2017 .
- ^ Farewell Pacific Sun. In: cruiseabout.com. June 26, 2012, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ a b MS Henna is sold: HNA Cruises gives up in China. In: Ships and Cruises. November 30, 2015, accessed December 14, 2017 .
- ↑ HNA Tourism Cruise and Yacht Management: China: HNA Cruises Presents Luxury Cruise Ship Henna. In: World Maritime News. November 28, 2012, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ^ Chinese Cruise Ship Arrested in South Korea; 2,300 people onboard. In: The Maritime Executive. September 16, 2013, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Pascal Quast: Cruise ship HENNA (JUBILEE): scrapped in Alang. In: Schiffsjournal.de. April 30, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Emrys Thakkar: The Old Carnival Jubilee Cruise Ship To Be Scrapped. In: Cruise Hive. June 7, 2016, accessed December 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Henna Scrapped in India. In: Cruise Industry News. August 26, 2017, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Tom Stieghorst: For ships entering their golden years, a variety of fates. In: Travel Weekly. Northstar Travel Media, August 19, 2016, accessed December 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Edgar & Patricia Cheatham: Carnival Cruise Lines JUBILEE A Beautiful New Dimension In Caribbean Cruising . in: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, Number 4, Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Jan 1987, 35.
- ↑ Shirley Slater, Harry Basch: Carnival Launches Its Latest Jewel. In: Los Angeles Times . tronc, Inc., August 24, 1986, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Edgar & Patricia Cheatham: Carnival Cruise Lines JUBILEE A Beautiful New Dimension In Caribbean Cruising . in: Cruise Travel . Volume 8, Number 4, Lakeside Publishing Company, Evanston Jan 1987, 37.
- ^ A b Brian J. Cudahy: The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America . Cornell Maritime Press, 2001, ISBN 9780870335297 , page 252.