MV Zenith
{{Short description|Horizon-class cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Zenith_(ship,_1992).jpg | Ship caption = Zenith in 2019 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *Zenith (1992–2020)
| Ship operator = *(1992–2007): Celebrity Cruises
| Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany | Ship cost = | Ship yard number = 620{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/zenith_1992.htm |title=M/S Zenith (1992) |accessdate=14 December 2007 |author=Micke Asklander |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=sv}} | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 18 October 1990 | Ship launched = 31 October 1991 | Ship completed = 1 March 1992 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = February 1992 | Ship maiden voyage = 1992 | Ship in service = 4 April 1992 | Ship out of service = March 2020 | Ship registry = *(1992–2002): Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}}
| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8918136}}
| Ship fate = Beached for scrap in Alang, India. | Ship notes = Sister ship to {{MV|Horizon | 2}}
}} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{csr|register=GL|id=107402|shipname=Zenith|accessdate=29 July 2012}} | Ship class = Horizon-class cruise ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|47,413}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{cvt|208.00|m|ftin}} | Ship beam = {{cvt|29.00|m|ftin}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{cvt|7.70|m|ftin}} | Ship depth = {{cvt|24.10|m|ftin}} | Ship decks = 12 | Ship deck clearance = | Ship power = *2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}MAN-B&W 9L40/54 (2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}5,994{{nbsp}}kW)
| Ship propulsion = *Two shafts, controllable pitch propellers
| Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | Ship capacity = 1,828 passengers[http://www.pullmantur.es/media/pullen/pdf/barcos/empress.pdf MV Zenith] PDF | Ship notes = }} |
MV Zenith was a cruise ship built in 1992 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany for Celebrity Cruises. After a career for Pullmantur Cruises and Croisières de France she was sold for scrapping at Alang, India in 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-24 |title=Former Celebrity Zenith Takes Final Voyage to Scrapyard |url=https://cruiseradio.net/former-celebrity-zenith-arrives-cruise-scrapyard/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=cruiseradio.net |language=en-US}}
History
Zenith was built as a sister ship to Celebrity Cruises' first newbuild, {{MV|Horizon||2}}. The ship's designer was yacht designer Jan Bannenberg, with interiors designed by Michael Katsourakis and British designer John McNeece. Zenith was delivered in February 1992 and set under Liberian flag, and used for cruises from Florida to the Caribbean and Bermuda islands. She was featured in the final scene of Captain Ron. In 2002 she was re-flagged in the Bahamas. In 2007 she was transferred to Pullmantur Cruises and used for cruises around the Mediterranean.
A seven-night cruise from 11 to 18 March 1995 aboard Zenith is the subject of David Foster Wallace's 1995 essay "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (later part of a collection of the same name and originally published in Harper's as "Shipping Out"{{cite news | first=David Foster | last=Wallace |authorlink = David Foster Wallace | title=Shipping Out | url=https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf | newspaper=Harper's Magazine | date=January 1996 }}).{{cite book |last = Wallace |first = David Foster |authorlink = David Foster Wallace |title = A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again |publisher = Back Bay Books |year = 1997 |isbn = 0-316-92528-4}} Wallace refers to Zenith as Nadir throughout (although he insists "the rechristening's nothing particular against the ship itself").
In 2014, Zenith was moved to the fleet of CDF Croisières de France, joining her sister ship L'Horizon.{{cite web|url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/8667-cdf-confirms-second-ship-for-2014-season.html|title=CDF Confirms Second Ship for 2014 Season - Cruise Industry News - Cruise News|date=5 February 2013|publisher=|accessdate=3 November 2016}} CDF Croisières de France brand was discontinued in early 2017. The Zenith returned to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises in 2017.
In July 2019 it was announced the ship would Pullmantur's fleet in early 2020 to Peace Boat, with fleetmate Monarch poised to take over Zenith{{'}}s existing sailings.{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21168-zenith-to-leave-pullmantur-fleet-as-company-primes-growth-plans.html|title=Zenith to Leave Pullmantur Fleet as Company Primes Growth Plans|date=July 2019|publisher=Cruise Industry News|accessdate=4 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://besucherzentrum-meyerwerft.de/2019/07/19/zenith-wird-zum-peace-boat/|title=Zenith wird zum Peace Boat|date=19 July 2019|publisher=Meyer Werft|accessdate=19 July 2019}}
In September 2020 Cruise Capital informed according to Hong Kong Cruise Society, Peace Boat is to replace the contracts of two ships Ocean Dream and The Zenith from service, replacing them with one larger ship that they had purchased—the current {{MS|Sun Princess|1995|6}}, to be renamed Pacific World from Spring 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2044379|title = Princess Cruises confirms two Australia-based ships have been sold}}
In May 2022, Peace Boat announced that all cruises in 2022 and 2023 to be operated by The Zenith were cancelled due to a change in contract with the owner company.{{cite web |url=https://pbcruise.com/pb_02 |title=Peace Boat: Zenith |accessdate=2022-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514173906/https://pbcruise.com/pb_02 |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|title=Zenith's Future Questionable as Peace Boat Cancels Ship's Schedule|date=2022-05-14|accessdate=2022-05-15}} She was laid up at Lavrio, Greece, but left the port on 8 June as TSM Singapore heading to Hai Phong, Vietnam. In September 2022 she has been renamed to Singa and has been sold for scrap in Alang, India.{{cite web | url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/l-ancien-paquebot-zenith-quitte-la-grece-pour-la-demolition | title=L'Ancien paquebot Zenith quitte la Grèce… pour la démolition ? | Mer et Marine | date=10 June 2022 }} She never sailed for Peace Boat.{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|title=Zenith's Future Questionable as Peace Boat Cancels Ship's Schedule|date=2022-05-14|accessdate=2022-06-18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/unwanted-japanese-cruise-ship-changes-hands/2-1-1220494|title=Unwanted Japanese cruise ship changes hands|date=2022-05-17|accessdate=2022-06-18}}
Fires
The ship was damaged at the stern on 8 August 2009 when a fire broke out while it was moored at Frihamnen in Stockholm.
On 26 June 2013 there was another fire, this time in the engine room and causing a loss of power. It had to anchor 17 miles off the coast of Venice, Italy, until four tugboats came to tow it to port. One week later it went to the S. Marco shipyard in the port of Trieste.
Gallery
File:Zenith at Ocho Rios.jpg|Zenith in Celebrity livery at Ocho Rios, Jamaica
File:MV Zenith in Bermuda.jpg|Zenith in Celebrity livery at Bermuda (2007)
File:CelebrityOrientUshuaia.jpg|Zenith in Ushuaia (docked with the Marco Polo)
File:Zenith (ship, 1992) IMO 8918136; in Split, 2011-11-01 (1).jpg|Zenith in Pullmantur livery at Split, Croatia (2011)
File:The Zenith.jpg|Zenith as The Zenith at Perama (2020)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.celebritycruises.com/plancruise/ships/ship.do?shipCode=ZN Celebrity Cruises]
- [http://galutschek.at/ships/zenith/ A video clip of Zenith (in Pullmantur livery) leaving Rhodos]
- [http://cdfcareersatsea.com/pages/fleet#bzenith The Zenith page on Croisières de France website]
- [https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/zenith.jsp Meyer Werft: Zenith]
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Category:Ships built in Papenburg
Category:Ships of Celebrity Cruises
Category:Ships of Pullmantur Cruises