Category:IMO 7008001
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Passenger ship, ferry, cruise ship
- Built by: Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd, Clydebank
- Yard number: 744
- Laid down: 1968.11.28
- Launched: 1970.01.10
- Completed: 1970.09.01
- Entered service: 1970.09.10
- Length overall: 149.02 m
- Beam: 20.60 m
- Draught: 6.70 m
- GT: 10419
- NT: 5540
- DWT: 3791
- Engine: 2 x Crossley-Pielstick, type 18PC2-V400, 18000 bhp (total) @ 500 rpm
- Propulsion: twin-screw
- Speed: 23 kn
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History
[edit]- 1970.09 Named Blenheim; Flag: United Kingdom
- Callsign: GNVA
- Port: London
- Owner: Fred. Olsen & Co. Ltd., London
- Operator: Fred Olsen Lines
- 1981.11 Renamed Scandinavian Sea; Flag: Bahamas
- Callsign:
- Port: Nassau
- Owner: Scandinavian World Cruises
- Manager: DFDS
- 1984.03.09 Caught fire while on a cruise from Port Canaveral, declared CTL, but rebuild for new owners
- 1985 Renamed Venus Venturer; Flag: Liberia
- Callsign: 3EJM3
- Port: Monrovia
- Owner: Sea Protector Maritime
- 1986.11 Renamed Discovery I; Flag: Panama
- Callsign:
- Port: Panama
- Owner: Discovery Cruise Line
- 1996.05.08 Caught fire while on a cruise from Freeport, again declared CTL
- 1997 Sold for scrap to Alang, India
- 1997.06 Towed/departure from Freeport
- 1997.07.13 Sheltering at Table Bay, Capetown
- 1997.08.29 Arrived at Alang, to be broken up