MS Amadea is a cruise ship owned by Amadea Shipping Company and operated under charter by the Germany-based Phoenix Reisen.[1] She was originally built in 1991 by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan as MS Asuka for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. In 2006 she was replaced by the Asuka II and sold to her current owners and entered service with Phoenix Reisen.[1] The ship is known as the setting for the German TV series Das Traumschiff which is also filmed onboard.
Amadea in Split, Croatia on 11 November 2011
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Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan[1] |
Cost | $150 million[2] |
Yard number | 2050[1] |
Laid down | 16 April 1990[3] |
Launched | 6 April 1991[1] |
Completed | 23 October 1991[3] |
Acquired | December 1991[1] |
Maiden voyage | 24 December 1991[1] |
In service | 24 December 1991[1] |
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Status | In service |
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Type | cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 192.82 m (632 ft 7 in)[1] |
Beam | 24.70 m (81 ft 0 in)[1] |
Draught | 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)[1] |
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Propulsion | 2 propellers[2] |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[1] |
Capacity | |
Crew | 292[2] |
Cabins
editThe Amadea contains 2 royal suites, 40 suites, and 254 cabins. 106 cabins have a private balcony.[5]
Gallery
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MS Asuka
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MS Amadea, off Ilulissat, Greenland 2017
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Asklander, Micke. "M/S Asuka (1991)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Ward, Douglas (2008). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 188–189. ISBN 978-981-268-240-6.
- ^ a b LR Class Direct
- ^ Miller, William H (1995). Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994. Mineola: Dover. p. 11. ISBN 0-486-28137-X.
- ^ "MS Amadea Kreuzfahrten". Kreuzfahrten-pool.de. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
External links
editMedia related to Category:IMO 8913162 at Wikimedia Commons