MS Amadea

{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 1991}}

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|Ship image=Amadea (ship, 1991) IMO 8913162; in Split, 2011-11-14 (2).jpg

|Ship caption=Amadea in Split, Croatia on 11 November 2011

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|Ship name=*1991–2006: Asuka

  • 2006 onwards: Amadea{{cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/asuka_1991.htm |title=M/S Asuka (1991) |accessdate=22 February 2009 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101213920/http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/asuka_1991.htm |archivedate=1 January 2009 }}

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|Ship owner=*1991–2006: Nippon Yusen Kaisha

|Ship operator=*1991–2006: Nippon Yusen Kaisha

|Ship registry=*1991–2006: Tokyo, {{flag|Japan}}

  • 2006 onwards: Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}

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|Ship builder=Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan

|Ship original cost=$150 million{{cite book |title=Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2008 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-268-240-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00ward/page/188 188–189] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00ward/page/188 }}

|Ship yard number=2050

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|Ship laid down=16 April 1990[https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV35826/details LR Class Direct]

|Ship launched=6 April 1991

|Ship completed=23 October 1991[https://classdirect.lr.org/assets/LRV35826/details LR Class Direct]

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|Ship acquired=December 1991

|Ship maiden voyage=24 December 1991

|Ship in service=24 December 1991

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|Ship identification = *Call sign: C6VE9

  • {{IMO Number|8913162}}
  • {{MMSI|308445000}}

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|Ship status=In service

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|Ship type=cruise ship

|Ship tonnage=*{{GT|28,856}}

  • {{DWT|2,248}}

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|Ship length={{convert|192.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|24.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught={{convert|6.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship power=*2 × MAN-Mitsubishi 7L58/64

  • 17,300 kW (combined)

|Ship propulsion=2 propellers

|Ship speed={{convert|21|kn}}

|Ship capacity=*604 passengers (as Asuka){{cite book |title=Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994 |last=Miller |first=William H |year=1995 |publisher=Dover |location=Mineola |isbn=0-486-28137-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/11 11] |url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/11 }}

  • 624 passengers (as Amadea)

|Ship crew=292

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MS Amadea is a cruise ship owned by Amadea Shipping Company and operated under charter by the Germany-based Phoenix Reisen. She was originally built in 1991 by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan as MS Asuka for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. In 2006 she was replaced by the Asuka II and sold to her current owners and entered service with Phoenix Reisen. The ship is known as the setting for the German TV series Das Traumschiff which is also filmed onboard.

Cabins

The Amadea contains 2 royal suites, 40 suites, and 254 cabins. 106 cabins have a private balcony.{{cite web|url=http://www.kreuzfahrten-pool.de/amadea-436-S.html |title=MS Amadea Kreuzfahrten |publisher=Kreuzfahrten-pool.de |date=25 March 2010 |accessdate=10 June 2012}}

Gallery

File:Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha asuka takamatsu.jpg|MS Asuka

File:17-12-15 AMADEA IMO 8913162 17-08-29.jpg|MS Amadea, off Ilulissat, Greenland 2017

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