Victory II
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The Victory II is a passenger ship flying the flag of the Bahamas . The ship will be used by Victory Cruise Lines, based in New Albany , Indiana , for cruises on the Great Lakes , St. Lawrence River and New England . The ship is managed by Cruise Management International.
history
The ship was built under hull number 243 at the Atlantic Marine shipyard in Jacksonville , Florida , for American Classic Voyages . The ship was named after the lighthouse in the north of the Cape Cod peninsula in the US state of Massachusetts . American Classic Voyages wanted to use the ship, the shape of which is supposed to be reminiscent of the package ships of the late 19th century, on the Great Lakes in summer , along the US east coast in spring and autumn and in the Caribbean in the winter months , but reported before the Delivery of the ship in October 2001 bankruptcy.
The on the shipyard on 17 November 2000 christened the ship was completed in December 2004 and initially in Green Cove Springs on St. Johns River launched . The cost of building the ship was estimated at $ 37 million and ended up being $ 38.5 million. In June 2008, the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation sold the ship together with its sister ship Cape May Light for a total of 18 million US dollars.
The ship was used by various shipping companies for cruises from US ports and was sold to the Clipper Group in 2011. The Clipper Group chartered the ship, renamed Sea Discoverer , to Comfort at Sea, which uses it as a hotel ship for the construction of offshore wind farms .
Victory Cruise Lines bought the ship in July 2017. The ship's new name was Victory II .
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by two four-stroke - diesel engines from manufacturer Caterpillar : each with 1491 (Type 3516 TA) kW power driven. The motors drive two rudder propellers . The ship reaches a speed of up to 14 knots . It is equipped with a bow thruster with an output of around 740 kW.
Two generators , which are driven by two Caterpillar auxiliary diesels (type: 3516B), as well as a Caterpillar emergency generator are available for the power supply. The generators each have an output of 1901 kW ( apparent power 2261 kVA ), the emergency generator has an output of 315 kW (apparent power 394 kVA).
The ship has six decks . 110 double cabins are available for passengers, so that 220 people can be accommodated on board. 101 of the cabins are outside cabins, nine inside cabins. There are seven single cabins and 36 double cabins available for the crew members .
Web links
- Our Fleet , Victory Cruise Lines
- GA map of the ship (PDF, 3.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 9213131 Sea Discoverer , Maritime-Connector.com. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ BAE Systems Southeast, Jacksonville FL , US Shipbuilding History (as of January 4, 2019). Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Victory Cruise Lines . Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Our Fleet , Cruise Management International. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ a b AMCV completes $ 76.4 million financing for coastal cruise ships , Marine Log, October 19, 2000. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ Cruiseship Designed for Great Lakes Calls to Dublin Port , Afloat, February 17, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Delta Queen Coastal Voyages Launches Second Ship , MarineLink, Nov. 21, 2000. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Atlantic Marine building two boats for Delta Queen ( Memento January 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), The Florida Times-Union, September 10, 1999.
- ↑ Rebecca Mowbray: Last two American Classic Voyages vessels sold off , The Times-Picayune, June 18, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Maritime Administration Sells Two Cruise Ships , Cruise Industry News, June 15, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Coastal cruise ship gets Haiti mission , MarineLog, March 19, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ Sea Discoverer , Offshore Accomodation, Comfort at Sea. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ↑ Anne Kalosh: It's official: Victory Cruise Lines acquires a second ship , Seatrade Cruises, July 25, 2017. Retrieved on June 28 of 2019.
- ↑ a b c M / V Sea Discoverer - Technical Specifications , SunStone Ships Inc. Retrieved June 28, 2019.