MS Tropicale
{{short description|Cruise ship built 1982}}
{{about|the cruise ship Tropicale, and later "Ocean Dream"|the Thai cruise ship "Ocean Dream" that sank in 2016|Ocean Dream (1972 ship)}}
{{redirect|Tropicale|other uses|tropical (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
| {{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = MS Tropicale 1996 im Hafen von Martinique (cropped).jpg | Ship caption = Tropicale in Martinique, December 1996 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *1981–2000: Tropicale
| Ship owner = *1981–1991: AVL Marine Inc (Aalborg Værft)
| Ship operator = *1981–2000: Carnival Cruise Line
| Ship registry = *1981–2000: Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia|civil}}
| Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark | Ship original cost = $100 millionWard 2006, p.473. | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 31 October 1980 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = 4 December 1981 | Ship maiden voyage = 1982 | Ship in service = 16 January 1982 | Ship out of service = 2021 | Ship identification = *Call sign: D6A2791
| Ship fate = Scrapped at Alang, India, in 2021 | Ship notes = First newbuild ship for Carnival Cruise Lines. }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship type = Cruise ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|36,674}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|204.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|26.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|7.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = *2 × Sulzer 7RND68M
| Ship propulsion = Two propellers | Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | Ship capacity = 1,022 passengersUnited States Coast Guard, 2008. | Ship identification = IMO number: 7915096 | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = (as Pacific Star) | Ship type = Cruise ship | Ship tonnage = {{GT|35,190}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = | Ship beam = | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 10 (passenger accessible) | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = 1,412 passengers (maximum) | Ship crew = 550 | Ship notes = }} |
MS Tropicale (also known as Costa Tropicale, Pacific Star, and Ocean Dream) was a cruise ship that entered service in 1982, and was one of the pioneering cruise ships in the modernization of the cruise industry. She was Carnival Cruises Line's first newly built ship, initially operating mainly in the Mexican Riviera and the Caribbean.
Tropicale was transferred to the Costa fleet in July 2001, and renamed the Costa Tropicale. The Costa Tropicale was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2005 as the Pacific Star in December of that year. In March 2008, P&O Cruises Australia sold the Pacific Star to Pullmantur Cruises becoming the Ocean Dream. After Pullmantur, the ship's final operator was Peace Boat, sailing as the Ocean Dream until 2020. After 38 years of service, the former Tropicale was scrapped in January 2021.{{cite web|title=Pioneering Cruise Ship Arrives in India to be Scrapped|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/pioneering-cruise-ship-arrives-in-india-to-be-scrapped|access-date=2021-01-03|website=The Maritime Executive|language=en}}
History
= Carnival Cruise Line =
File:Carnivalcruises tropicale.jpg
The vessel was originally intended to be constructed in Japan, after Carnival's most recent acquired ship the TSS Festivale had received a major refit there. However, the construction ended up being awarded to the Danish shipyard Aalborg Vaerft. The Tropicale was launched in 1981, and was the first cruise ship custom-built for the company, introducing Carnival's characteristic winged funnel, designed by Joe Farcus.{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=William|title=Informal style made Fun Ships a huge success|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19861003&id=oFkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XagFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2271,2513883|access-date=3 February 2015|work=Montreal Gazette|date=3 October 1986}}{{Cite book|last=Farcus|first=Joseph|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016152521|title=Design on the high seas: setting the scene for entertainment architecture aboard cruise ships|year=2018|isbn=978-1-86470-756-4|location=Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia|oclc=1016152521}} The interiors were also designed by Farcus, evolving Carnival's signature themed lounges.
As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruise destinations, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa. In 1985 the vessel appeared in an episode of The A-Team called "Judgement Day (part 2)".{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0504177/|title = "The A-Team" Judgement Day: Part 2 (TV Episode 1985)|website = IMDb}} The ship also appeared in a season four episode of Growing Pains.
On September 19, 1999, the vessel's engine room caught fire en route from Cozumel to Tampa.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Carnival+Reports+Engine+Room+Fire+On+Cruise+Ship+Tropicale%3B+No...-a055788057 |title=Carnival Reports Engine Room Fire On Cruise Ship Tropicale; No Injuries Reported. - Free Online Library |website=www.thefreelibrary.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021205347/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Carnival+Reports+Engine+Room+Fire+On+Cruise+Ship+Tropicale%3B+No...-a055788057 |archive-date=2012-10-21}} While disabled in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship was nearly struck by Tropical Storm Harvey.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/022300/TampaBay/Cruise_captain_feared.shtml |title=Tampabay: Cruise captain feared panic |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-date=12 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112015757/http://www.sptimes.com/News/022300/TampaBay/Cruise_captain_feared.shtml |url-status=dead }} One of the engines was restarted and the ship was able to get out of the way of the storm before it hit. No crew or guests were injured during the two days the Tropicale spent without propulsion. The vessel was slated to replace {{SS|Dolphin IV||2}} of Cape Canaveral Cruise Line in 2001, but before Carnival Tropicale could enter service, the vessel was transferred to Carnival Corporations division of Costa Cruises, where she was renamed Costa Tropicale.
= Costa Cruises & P&O Australia =
File:Costa Tropicale MN (cropped).jpg, Montenegro in 2003]]
The vessel underwent refits at Genoa over the course of 2001 and 2002, removing the iconic winged funnel, and replacing with the traditional Costa upright yellow funnel design.{{cite web|title=Costa Tropicale News|url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/maritime/costa-tropicale|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www.marinelink.com}}{{Cite book|last=Peter |first=Bruce|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794028279|title=Costa cruises|date=2012|publisher=Ferry Publications|isbn=978-1-906608-40-8|location=Ramsey, Isle of Man|oclc=794028279}} The interiors were completely renovated, transforming the Carnival themed lounges into the contemporary Italian style seen on other Costa ships.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224251201|title=Crociere nell'Arte : arte a bordo delle navi Italiane = Cruising into art : art on board Italian liners|date=2003|publisher=Tormeno|others=Piccione, Paolo., Fochessati, Matteo.|isbn=88-8480-059-5|location=Genova|oclc=224251201}} Costa Tropicale served with the company until 2005, when replacement by larger, more modern cruise ships prompted a transfer to another Carnival Corporation division: P&O Cruises Australia, where the vessel again underwent a major refit in Palermo, Italy and was renamed Pacific Star. She was formerly Queensland's latest cruise liner, based in Brisbane, performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands in the South Pacific, New Caledonia, and to New Zealand.
= Pullmantur Cruises =
In 2008 the Pacific Star was sold to Pullmantur Cruises and renamed Ocean Dream following a refit in Singapore. In June 2009, an outbreak of swine flu occurred about the Ocean Dream during a cruise around Central and South America. The ship docked in Margarita, Venezuela to allow its Venezuelan passengers to disembark, before heading to Aruba, where the remaining passengers were able to leave the ship. An earlier report had suggested that the ship had been placed in quarantine, however, the ship's owners Pullmantur later denied that this was the case.{{cite news |title=Swine flu cruise ship Aruba-bound |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-06-18 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8106311.stm |access-date=2009-06-18}}
= Peace Boat =
File:Ocean Dream at Pier 24 in Port of Tallinn 1 June 2017.jpg, Estonia in 2017]]
In 2012 Ocean Dream left the Pullmantur Cruises fleet, and was chartered to Peace Boat, replacing the {{SS|Oceanic|1965|2}}.{{cite web|last=Knego|first=Peter|title=Oceanic for Ocean Dream?|url=http://maritimematters.com/2012/01/oceanic-for-ocean-dream/|access-date=2012-04-25|date=2012-01-20}}
In September 2020 Cruise Capital informed according to Hong Kong Cruise Society, Peace Boat was to remove two ships, Ocean Dream and Zenith, from service, replacing them with one larger ship, chartered and renamed Pacific World from Spring 2021. Specifications released by Peace Boat suggested the new ship was Sun Princess, which was the only vessel to have done such deployments.{{cite web|url=https://www.cruisecapital.co.uk/peace-boat-set-to-replace-fleet/|title = Peace Boat Set to Replace Fleet|date = 15 September 2020}} Later that month, Carnival announced that they had sold Sun Princess.{{cite web|url=https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sun-princess-and-sea-princess-leave-princess-cruises-fleet|title=Sun Princess and Sea Princess to Leave Princess Cruises Fleet|date=2020-09-21|access-date=2020-11-25}}
Ocean Dream was sold for scrap and beached at Alang, India, on 1 January 2021. On March 27, the scrapping process began.{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24134-former-carnival-cruise-line-ship-scrapped-in-india.html|title=Former Carnival Cruise Line Ship Scrapped in India|date=2021-01-01|access-date=2021-01-02}}
Gallery
File:MS Tropicale 1996 Martinique Upperdeck.jpg|Tropicale
File:Costa Tropicale (4836215560).jpg|Costa Tropicale at Ajaccio, Corsica.
File:Costa Tropicale.jpg|alt=Costa Tropicale ship 2003|Costa Tropicale at Kotor, Montenegro (2003)
File:Fishing at Bulimba-01+ (228053469) (Pacific Star).jpg|Pacific Star at Bulimba
File:Ocean Dream in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta in Pullmantur livery.jpg|Ocean Dream at Valletta, Malta.
File:Ocean Dream at Civitavecchia.jpg|Ocean Dream at Civitavecchia, Italy.
File:Ocean dream seattle.jpg|Ocean Dream at Seattle 2018
Notes
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References
- {{csr|register=PSIX|id=227930|shipname=Tropicale |access-date=2008-04-24 }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/tropicale_1981.htm |title=M/S Tropicale (1981) |access-date=2008-03-19 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=sv }}
- {{cite book |title=The Pictorial Encycpedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994 |last=Miller |first=William H. Jr. |year=1995 |publisher=Dover Publications |location=Mineola |isbn=0-486-28137-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/129 129] |url=https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/129 }}
- {{cite book |title=Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2006 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=981-246-739-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug/page/473 473] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug/page/473 }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.pocruises.com.au/html/p-o-cruises-australia-renews-fleet-as-capacity-grows.cfm |title=P&O Cruises Australia Renews Fleet as Capacity Grows |access-date=2008-03-19 |date=2007-05-31 |author=P&O Cruises Australia |publisher=P&O Cruises Australia }}
External links
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