MV Ocean Majesty

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{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Ocean Majesty arriving in Tallinn 24 May 2017.jpg | Ship caption = Ocean Majesty arriving in Tallinn on 24 May 2017 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Portugal | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Portugal}} | Ship name = *1966–1985: Juan March 1985–1986: Sol Christina 1986–1988: Kypros Star 1988–1994: Ocean Majesty 1994–1995: Olympic 1995: Homeric 1995–present: Ocean Majesty | Ship owner = *1966–1985: Trasmediterránea 1985–1986: Sol Mediterranean 1986–1987: Opale Lines 1989 – present: Majestic International Cruises | Ship operator = | Ship registry = *1966–1985: Valencia, {{flag|Spain}} 1985–1989: Limassol, {{flag|Cyprus}} 1989–2003: Piraeus, {{flag|Greece}} 2003–2022: Madeira, {{flag|Portugal}} | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = {{ill|Unión Naval de Levante|es}} | Ship yard number = 93[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/juan_march_1966.htm MS Juan March. Byggd 1966] {{in lang|sv}} | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 4 December 1965 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = 27 July 1966 | Ship in service = 1966 | Ship out of service = | Ship nickname = | Ship identification = *Call sign CQSC {{IMO Number|6602898}} {{MMSI|255717000}} | Ship status = In service | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|10,417}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|135|m}} | Ship beam = {{convert|15.8|m}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = 18 knots | Ship capacity = *535 (normal) 621 (maximum) | Ship crew = 257 | Ship notes = }}

MV Ocean Majesty is a cruise ship, originally built in 1966 as the ferry Juan March.

The ship is now registered in the International Shipping Register of Madeira (MAR), Portugal.

==History==

Ocean Majesty was launched as Juan March for the Madrid based ferry operator Trasmediterránea.{{Cite web|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Trasmed2.html#anchor22724|title = Trasmediterranea - Ferry Postcards and Photographs}} She was the first of two near identical Albatros-class sisters, the other being the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Trasmed2.html#anchor424477 Trasmed2] During her service with her original owners Juan March was mainly used to ferry passengers from Spain to the Balearic Islands. In 1985 Juan March was sold to the Sol Mediterranean and became Sol Christina.[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/MajesticInternational.html#anchor1180272 Sol Christina] She was not operated long by these owners, and was sold to become the Kyros Star of Opale Lines.[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/OceanMajesty.html#anchor2643458 Kyros Star] She was then sold to Majestic International Cruises, who rebuilt her from her original ferry-like form into a cruise ship, and she received her current name Ocean Majesty.{{Cite book|title = Cruise Travel|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LTEDAAAAMBAJ|publisher = Lakeside Publishing Co.|date = 1996-12-01|language = en|first = Lakeside Publishing|last = Co}} Majestic International operated her for several years, until they chartered Ocean Majesty to Epirotiki in 1994, the latter company renamed her Homeric.[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/OceanMajesty.html#anchor2643723 Homeric] Homeric operated for a year until her charter expired, and she was subsequently returned to Majestic International and named Ocean Majesty once again. Majestic International has chartered her to many different companies since 1995, most frequently to the British vacation company Page & Moy.[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/OceanMajesty.html Ocean Majesty] Since 2013 she has been operated by German cruise company Hansa Touristik between May and October. During 2021 was laid up at Chalkis Shipyard, Greece before returning to service.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

After being laid up for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ocean Majesty sailed for Hansa during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. In August 2023, the ship was taken out of service in order to serve as an asylum hotel in Velsen. There, it replaced Silja Europa.https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/Region/Dieses-traumhafte-Kreuzfahrtschiff-soll-bald-ein-Fluechtlingsheim-sein-154354.html