Vasco da Gama (ship, 1993)

Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama in Las Palmas, October 2019

Ship data flag  Bahamas Netherlands United Kingdom Bahamas       other ship names Statendam (1993-2015) Pacific Eden (2015-2019) Ship type Cruise ship class Statendam class Callsign C6EG8 home port Nassau Owner Mythic Cruise Shipping company Cruise & Maritime Voyages Shipyard Fincantieri , Monfalcone Build number 5881 Keel laying July 30, 1991 Launch April 3, 1992 takeover 5th January 1993 Commissioning January 1993 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 219.21 m ( Lüa ) width 30.80 m Draft Max. 7.72 m measurement 55,819 GT   crew 557

Machine system machine Sulzer Grandi diesel engines Machine performance 34,560 kW (46,989 hp) Top speed 20.3 kn (38 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 7,637 dw Permitted number of passengers 1,613

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 8919245

The Vasco da Gama is a cruise ship that was commissioned as Statendam for Holland-America Line in 1993 and has been in service for Cruise & Maritime Voyages since 2019 .

history

The Statendam was under the yard number 5881 at Fincantieri in Monfalcone built and from on 3 April 1992 stack left. After the takeover by Holland America, the ship was put into service in January 1993.

The ship initially flying the flag of the Bahamas was reflagged to the Netherlands in April 1996 . In 2002 the Statendam was modernized and equipped with new restaurants, lounges and common rooms.

In autumn 2015 the Statendam was sold to P&O Cruises Australia together with the sister ship Ryndam and renamed Pacific Eden . The ship completed its first voyage for the new operator on November 15, 2015 and was officially renamed on November 25, 2015.

In 2018 the ship was sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages and was handed over in Singapore on April 5, 2019 . Since April it has been called Vasco da Gama and sails under the flag of the Bahamas . Since the summer of 2019, the ship has been used by Transocean Cruises in the summer months in the northern hemisphere in (northern) European waters and in the summer months in the southern hemisphere from Australia.

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  As Statendam , June 1998

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  As Vasco da Gama in Kiel ( Ostseekai ), July 2019

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  As Vasco da Gama in front of Kiel

Web links

Commons : Vasco da Gama  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website of the ship
• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• technical data and photos of the ship on shipparade.com (English)
• For the TransOcean brand as MS Vasco da Gama (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SMHD, Statendam ID 6179
2. ↑ Welcome Vasco da Gam a. April 5, 2019, accessed April 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Pacific Eden. (No longer available online.) March 17, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 28, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ^ Vasco da Gama Cruise Ship. Retrieved September 28, 2018 . 
5. ^ Pacific Eden Sold to Cruise and Maritime Voyages. Cruise Industry News, March 17, 2018, accessed March 7, 2018 .