MS Bahamas Celebration
Prinsesse Ragnhild in July 2005.
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| Builder: | HDW, Kiel, West Germany |
| Yard number: | 164 |
| Laid down: | 29 February 1980 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1980 |
| Completed: | 30 January 1982 |
| In service: | 1981 |
| Out of service: | 2014 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7904891 |
| Fate: | Irreparably damaged, replaced with the MS Grand Celebration. |
| Status: | Scrapped 2015 |
| General characteristics (as built, 1980) | |
| Type: | Cruiseferry |
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| Length: | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 Controlable pitch propellors |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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| General characteristics (as rebuilt, 1992) | |
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| 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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| Notes: | Otherwise the same as built |
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Bahamas Celebration was a mid-size cruise ship 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 She was withdrawn from service with Color Line on 6 May 2008.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 October 31, 2014 and replaced by the MS Grand Celebration.
From 1981 to 2004 MS Prinsesse Ragnhild operated on the Oslo–Kiel route, first for Jahre Line and, from 1990 onwards, for their successor Color Line. In 1992 she was radically rebuilt at Astilleros Españoles, Cadiz, increasing her length by 35.25 meters and passenger capacity by 858. On 8 July 1999, there was a fire in the engine room, resulting in a complete evacuation of the ship. With the Scandinavian Star disaster fresh in mind, a full emergency was called and all ships in the area came to the rescue. Helicopters and firecrews from Norway, Sweden and Denmark all participated in the rescue effort,and the evacuation was described by most passengers as "controlled". However, one woman died after the fire as a result of a heart attack. After repairs at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany, the ship resumed operations on the third of September. On 1 March 2002, the ship suffered another engine room fire, which was quickly extinguished.
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