MS Ocean Endeavour
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 2015-09-18 MS OCEAN ENDEAVOUR - IMO 7625811, at Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord), Greenland.jpg | Ship caption = Expedition ship, MS Ocean Endeavour, at Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord), Greenland }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *Konstantin Simonov (1982–1996)
| Ship owner = 2010–2014: Achieva SF-One Ltd | Ship operator = Kristina Cruises | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego,{{Cite web|url=http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=970|title=Ocean Endeavour (ex. Konstantin Simonov), IMO 7625811|website=www.faergelejet.dk}} Szczecin, Poland | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 17 April 1981{{Cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/konstantin_simonov_1982.htm|title=M/S KONSTANTIN SIMONOV (1982)|website=www.faktaomfartyg.se}} | Ship completed = | Ship maiden voyage = April 1982 | Ship out of service = | Ship registry = *1982: Vladivostok, {{USSR|1982}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = {{Ship in active service}} | Ship identification = *Call sign: CQEJ6
| Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = *Dmitriy Shostakovich-class ferry
| Ship tonnage = {{GT|12,907}}Equasis{{cite web |url=http://www.kristinacruises.com/?a=laivat&s=188&i=1161 |title=M/S Kristina Katarina / Specifications |publisher=Kristina Cruises |accessdate=11 April 2011}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|137.61|m|0|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|21.01|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|5.6|m|1|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 9 total, 6 passenger decks | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 12,800kW | Ship propulsion = Twin propellers | Ship speed = {{convert|15|kn|km/h mph|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = 199 passengers | Ship notes = }} |
MS Ocean Endeavour is a cruise ship built in Poland in 1981.
History
The ship was built by Stocznia Szczecinska im A Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland in 1981 and operated as Konstantin Simonov in the Baltic Sea from construction, undergoing a refit in 1988. From 1996 to 2001, the ship operated as Francesca in the Mediterranean Sea. Until 2010, the ship was owned by Israeli Mano Cruise (after a refit in 2001) and operated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea under the name The Iris, during which time she was registered in Malta.
The ship was refitted again and joined Kristina Cruises as Kristina Katarina in late 2010, taking over as flagship from the much smaller Kristina Regina.{{cite web |url=http://www.kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com/kristinakatarina.htm |title=Kristina Katarina |author= |date= |publisher=kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com |accessdate=13 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104230/http://www.kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com/kristinakatarina.htm |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} (German){{cite web |url=http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/68040/ |title=Kristina Cruises shipping company to acquire a new flagship |author= |date=18 December 2009 |publisher=Transport Weekly |accessdate=13 March 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kristinacruises.com/index.php?a=laivat&s=188 |title=M/S Kristina Katarina / Introduction |author= |date= |publisher=Kristina Cruises |accessdate=13 March 2010}} On 8 January 2014,{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/kristina_cruises_lays_off_150_sells_ship/7020253|title=Kristina Cruises lays off 150, sells ship|website=Yle Uutiset|date=8 January 2014 }} the ship was sold and renamed Ocean Endeavour with a capacity of 199 passengers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.peregrineadventures.com/en-au/ocean-endeavour|title=Ocean Endeavour overview|last=|first=|date=|website=Peregrine Adventures|language=en-au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019033544/https://www.peregrineadventures.com/en-au/ocean-endeavour|archive-date=2019-10-19|access-date=2019-10-19}}
Operation activities
The vessel has operated in the northern summer season on the east coast of Canada, Greenland and the Canadian Arctic by Adventure Canada, and in the southern summer season to Antarctica from Ushuaia by a joint venture between Intrepid Travel and Chimu Adventures.{{cite web |url=http://www.adventurecanada.com |title=Adventure Canada |publisher=Adventure Canada}} Adventure Canada is an independent, family-owned expedition cruise company from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Chimu Adventures and Intrepid Travel are Australian-owned Adventure travel companies.
Wreck of the ''Erebus'' visit
On 5 September 2019, passengers of Adventure Canada on Ocean Endeavour were the first members of the public to visit the site of the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of the two ships of the ill-fated Franklin expedition which aimed to traverse the North-West Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancourier.com/living/northwest-passage-cruise-stops-to-see-franklin-s-shipwrecked-erebus-1.23945719|title=Northwest Passage cruise stops to see Franklin's shipwrecked Erebus|last=Bain|first=Jennifer|website=Vancouver Courier|access-date=2019-10-04}}
The wreck site is within the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site and is managed by Parks Canada, which does not normally permit public access to the site.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nu/epaveswrecks|title=Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site|last=Parks Canada Agency|first=Government of Canada|date=2019-06-06|website=www.pc.gc.ca|access-date=2019-10-04}} The visit by Adventure Canada passengers was a trial by Parks Canada in creating a visitor experience for the wreck site.
Gallery
File:The Ocean Endeavour in Hamburg, the move into the dock of Blohm & Voss in June 2015.jpg|Ocean Endeavour in Hamburg, 2015
File:MS Ocean Endeavour moored off the coast of Jenny Lind Island, Canada, 2019.jpg|Ocean Endeavour off Jenny Lind Island, Canada, 2019
See also
- {{sclass|Dmitriy Shostakovich|ferry|1}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|IMO 7625811}}
{{Dmitriy Shostakovich class}}
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