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Inward bound for the Upper Pool of London
12,892 gt; 2,004 dwt. 350 passengers
Operator: Swan Hellenic Discovery Cruising, Market Harborough, UK. Managers: V Ships Leisure SAM, Monaco. Flag: Bahamas.
Built: 1996 by T Mariotti SpA, Genoa, Italy. Hull built by Sudostroitelny Zavod “Okean”, Nikolayev, Ukraine, USSR
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x eight-cylinder, four-stroke Pielstick 8PC2-6L-400 with a combined output of 9,400 bhp at 520 rpm for a service speed of 16 knots
1989-laid down at Nikolayev as an intended “research” ship for the Soviet Navy
1990-work halted
1994-sold before launching to Swan Hellenic
1995-to yard of Mariotti SpA, Genoa for conversion to cruise ship
2003-renamed SAGA PEARL for charter to Saga Holidays, Folkestone, UK
2005-chartered to Phoenix Reisen GmbH, Bonn, Germany and renamed ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
2008-renamed MINERVA at end of Phoenix charter
Former name(s):
- Explorer Ii (Until 2008 Mar)
- Alexander Von Humboldt (Until 2007 Nov)
- Explorer Ii (Until 2006 Jun)
- Alexander Von Humboldt (Until 2006 Jan)
- Explorer Ii (Until 2005 Mar)
- Saga Pearl (Until 2005 Feb)
- Explorer Ii (Until 2004 May)
- Saga Pearl (Until 2003 Nov)
- Minerva (Until 2003 May)
- Okean (Until 1996)
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