MS Melody

	MSC Melody in April 2008
History
Name	1982–1988: Atlantic; 1988–1997: StarShip Atlantic; 1997–2013: Melody; 2013–2018: Qing;
Owner	1982–1988: Home Lines; 1988–1997: Premier Cruise Line; 1997–2013: MSC Cruises; 2013–2018: Sahara India Pariwar;
Operator	1982–1988: Home Lines; 1988–1997: Premier Cruise Lines; 1997–2013: MSC Cruises;
Port of registry	1982–1997: Liberia, Monrovia; 1997–2013: Panama, Panama City; 2013–2018: India, Mumbai;
Builder	CNIM, La Seyne, France
Cost	US$100 million
Yard number	1432
Launched	9 January 1981
Completed	1982
Acquired	2 April 1982
Maiden voyage	14 April 1982
In service	14 April 1982
Out of service	2013
Identification	IMO number: 7902295
Fate	Scrapped at Alang, India in 2018.
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	35,143 GT; 7,000 DWT;
Length	204.81 m (671 ft 11 in)
Beam	27.36 m (89 ft 9 in)
Draught	7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks	9 (passenger accessible)
Installed power	Two 10-cylinder GMT-Fiat diesel engines; 22,070 kW (combined);
Propulsion	2 propellers
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum); 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) (service);
Capacity	1,062 (double occupancy); 1,600 (all berths);
Crew	535

MS Melody was a cruise ship, formerly owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 1982 by the CNIM shipyard in La Seyne, France for Home Lines as Atlantic. Between 1988 and 1997 she sailed for Premier Cruise Line as StarShip Atlantic. In 1997, the vessel entered service for MSC Cruises as Melody. In 2009 she repelled a pirate attack off Seychelles. She ended her career as an accommodation ship Qing, during which she sank in storm at her berth, and was scrapped in 2019.

History
MSC Melody in April 2008
Name	1982–1988: Atlantic 1988–1997: StarShip Atlantic 1997–2013: Melody 2013–2018: Qing
Owner	1982–1988: Home Lines 1988–1997: Premier Cruise Line 1997–2013: MSC Cruises 2013–2018: Sahara India Pariwar
Operator	1982–1988: Home Lines 1988–1997: Premier Cruise Lines 1997–2013: MSC Cruises
Port of registry	1982–1997: Liberia, Monrovia 1997–2013: Panama, Panama City 2013–2018: India, Mumbai
Builder	CNIM, La Seyne, France
Cost	US$100 million
Yard number	1432
Launched	9 January 1981
Completed	1982
Acquired	2 April 1982
Maiden voyage	14 April 1982
In service	14 April 1982
Out of service	2013
Identification	IMO number: 7902295
Fate	Scrapped at Alang, India in 2018.
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	35,143 GT 7,000 DWT
Length	204.81 m (671 ft 11 in)
Beam	27.36 m (89 ft 9 in)
Draught	7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Decks	9 (passenger accessible)
Installed power	Two 10-cylinder GMT-Fiat diesel engines 22,070 kW (combined)
Propulsion	2 propellers
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum) 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) (service)
Capacity	1,062 (double occupancy) 1,600 (all berths)
Crew	535