MS Thomson Celebration
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 ms Noordam in Barbados, March 2003 | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1984–2005: Noordam 2005-present: Thomson Celebration |
| Owner: | 1984-present: Holland America Line |
| Operator: |
1984–2005: Holland America Line 2005-present: Thomson Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
1984-1996: Saint Maarten, 22x20px Netherlands Antilles 1996–2005: Rotterdam,  Netherlands 2005–2009: Saint Maarten, 22x20px Netherlands Antilles[1][2] 2009–present:  Malta[2][3] |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Yard number: | X27[1] |
| Launched: | 21 May 1983[1] |
| In service: | 1984 - present |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 33,960 gross register tons (GRT)[3] |
| Displacement: | 4,243 metric tons deadweight (DWT)[1] |
| Length: | 214.66 m (704.27 ft)[3] |
| Beam: | 27.26 m (89.44 ft)[3] |
| Draught: | 7.50 m (24.61 ft)[1] |
| Decks: | 9 |
| Installed power: |
2 × Sulzer RLB66 diesels combined 21600 kW[1] |
| Speed: | 18 knots[3] (other sources claim 21 knots)[1] |
| Capacity: | 1,254 passengers[3] (1350 maximum)[4] |
| Crew: | 520 crew[3] |
MS Thomson Celebration is a cruise ship owned by Holland America Line, under long-term charter to the United Kingdom-based Thomson Cruises. She was built in 1984 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Holland America Line as MS Noordam.
History
The Thomson Celebration was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 1984 for Holland America Line as MS Noordam. In 2005, the ship was taken out of service by Holland America, chartered to Thomson Cruises and rechristened as the Thomson Celebration.[1] Her sister ship, the Thomson Spirit, was originally the Holland America ship MS Nieuw Amsterdam (1983).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Fakta om Fartyg: MS Noordam (1984) (Swedish), retrieved December 8, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Faergelejet – Noordam (Danish), retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Thomson Cruises – Vital statistics for Thomson Celebration, retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ↑ Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. pages 615–616. ISBN 981-246-739-4.
