MV Balmoral (2008)
| History | |
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| Bahamas | |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany |
| Cost | $178 million |
| Yard number | 616 |
| Launched | 1 November 1987 |
| Christened | 14 May 1988 |
| Acquired | June 1988 |
| In service | 1988–present |
| Identification | IMO number: 8506294 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics (as rebuilt, 2007) | |
| Tonnage | 43,537 GT |
| Length | 217.91 m (714 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in) |
| Decks | 10 (passenger accessible) |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,325 passengers |
| Crew | 530 |
| Notes | Otherwise the same as built |
| General characteristics (as built, 1988) | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 187.71 m (615 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 28.21 m (92 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) |
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| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,230 passengers (maximum) |
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Balmoral is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built in 1988 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany, as Crown Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line. She has also sailed for the Norwegian Cruise Line as Norwegian Crown and Orient Lines as Crown Odyssey. In 2007–2008 she was lengthened by 30 m (98 ft) at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg prior to entering service with her current operator.