Azamara Journey
{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Azamara Journey, Fremantle, 2018 (04).jpg |Ship caption=Azamara Journey in Fremantle, Australia, in 2018 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=*2000–2003: R Six
|Ship country=Malta |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Malta|civil}} |Ship owner=
|Ship operator= 2000-2001: Renaissance Cruises 2001-2003: laid up 2003-2007: Pullmantur Cruises 2007-present: Azamara Cruises |Ship registry=*2000–2001: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}}
|Ship route= |Ship ordered=1997 |Ship builder=Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=20 September 1999 |Ship launched=17 January 2000 |Ship completed=24 June 2000 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired=2000 |Ship maiden voyage=2000 |Ship in service=2000 |Ship identification=*Call sign 9HOB8
|Ship out of service= |Ship renamed=2007 |Ship fate= |Ship status=In service |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{Sclass|R|cruise ship}} |Ship tonnage={{GT|30,277}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|181.00|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|25.46|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught=5.8 metres |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|5.80|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship decks=11 |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=two propeller shafts and two fixed pitch propellers |Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|0}} |Ship capacity=694 passengers |Ship crew=407 |Ship notes= }} |
Azamara Journey is an {{Sclass|R|cruise ship}} owned and operated by Azamara Club Cruises. Gross register tonnage is 30,277, with a capacity of 694 passengers (double occupancy), plus 390 crew members. She was built in 2000 for Renaissance Cruises as R Six. After the bankruptcy of Renaissance Cruises, she sailed for Pullmantur Cruises who renamed her Blue Star in 2003 and Blue Dream in 2005.
History
File:Azamara Journey Hamilton.jpg , Bermuda in August 2007]]
File:Azamara Journey.jpg after leaving White Bay Cruise Terminal in 2024]]
File:Cruise Ship Azamara Journey at Cartagena, Spain.jpg, Spain, docked at the main cruise terminal in September 2024]]
The ship was built in 2000 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, the sixth ship of the comprehensive eight ships "R-Class" for Renaissance Cruises shipping company and was named R Six. The ship was sold in early 2001 to the Cruise Company Invest. Due to illiquidity turned Renaissance Cruises end of September 2001 the operation and the R Six was launched mid-2003. She was then chartered to the cruise line Pullmantur Cruises and use of this under the marketing name for Blue Star Cruises (but not yet officially renamed). Since July 2005, the ship was called the Blue Dream.
From 2006, the ship was used by Pullmantur. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the parent company of Pullmantur, transferred the Blue Dream on 15 December 2008 its new subsidiary Azamara Cruises, where it was renamed Azamara Journey; and since then with her sister ship Azamara Quest, the former R Seven, and since 2018 with her sister ship Azamara Pursuit, the former R Eight, is used worldwide for cruises.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18713-azamara-signs-for-ownership-of-pursuit.html|title=Azamara Signs for Ownership of Pursuit|last=Staff|first=CIN|date=2018-03-14|access-date=2018-03-14|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19356-mjm-putting-final-touches-on-azamara-pursuit-conversion.html|title = MJM Putting Final Touches on Azamara Pursuit Conversion|date = July 13, 2018| access-date = May 28, 2019}} Azamara Cruises has been renamed Azamara Club Cruises.
In 2015, the Azamara Journey and the Azamara Quest were the ships used by television presenter and biologist Nigel Marven for his UKTV documentary/travel programme "Cruise Ship Adventures with Nigel Marven", during which Nigel showed areas with outstanding wildlife that can be visited in popular cruise destinations.{{cite web|url=http://www.portsofcall.co.uk/cruise-ship-adventures-nigel-marven/|title=Reasons To Cruise Blog - Cruising Tips For First Timers|website=Reasons To Cruise|accessdate=30 September 2017}}
During the COVID-19 pandemic Journey and two of her sisterships Azamara Pursuit and Azamara Quest berthed in Glasgow's King George V Dock between June 2020 and July/August 2021 with Journey being the last to leave on 9 August 2021.{{cite news | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19501832.final-glasgow-cruise-ship-azamara-journey-sets-sail-tonight/ | title=Final Glasgow cruise ship Azamara Journey sets sail tonight | first=Catriona | last=Stewart |date=9 August 2021 | accessdate=2022-11-18 }}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
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{{Azamara Ships}}
Category:Ships of Azamara Cruises