MS Bahamas Celebration
Bahamas Celebration as Prinsesse Ragnhild. | |
| History | |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | HDW, Kiel, West Germany |
| Yard number | 164 |
| Laid down | 29 February 1980 |
| Launched | 31 July 1980 |
| Completed | 30 January 1982 |
| Maiden voyage | 1981 |
| In service | 1981 |
| Out of service | 31 October 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7904891 |
| Fate | Scrapped in Alang, India, 2015 |
| General characteristics (as built, 1980) | |
| Type | Cruiseferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Ice class | 1B 0 |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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| General characteristics (as rebuilt, 1992) | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 205.25 m (673 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Depth | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Ice class | 1B |
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| Propulsion | Two controllable pitch propellers |
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| Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
MS Bahamas Celebration was a cruiseferry formerly operated by Celebration Cruise Line. Between March 2009 and October 2014, she operated two- and three-day cruises from Port Everglades to the Bahamas. In March 2010 she started operating two-day cruises from the Port of Palm Beach.
The ship was built in 1981 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany, as MS Prinsesse Ragnhild for Jahre Line. In 1990 she was transferred to Color Line. In 1992 she was extensively rebuilt at Astilleros Españoles in Cadiz, Spain. She was withdrawn from service with Color Line on 6 May 2008. She was irreparably damaged after a collision with a submerged object on 31 October 2014 and replaced by the MS Grand Celebration.