MV Minerva

The Minerva is a cruise ship built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean. The deal to purchase her fell through and Swan Hellenic (at the time a subsidiary of P&O Cruises) purchased her in 1996 and renamed her Minerva.

For other ships with the same name, see Minerva (ship).

Minerva at Krasnodarskiy Kray 8 October 2015.
History
Name: MS Minerva
Operator: Swan Hellenic
Port of registry: Nassau,  Bahamas
In service: 29 April 1996
Identification: IMO number: 9144196
Status: Laid-up
General characteristics
Tonnage: 12,892 GT[1]
Length: 436 ft (133 m)
Beam: 66.5 ft (20.3 m)
Draught: 18.9 ft (5.8 m)
Decks: 6 (passenger decks)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity: 350 passengers
Crew: 160

She sailed with Swan Hellenic until her lease ran out in 2003. She briefly sailed with Saga Cruises as the Saga Pearl, and was then chartered to Abercrombie & Kent as the Explorer II, making voyages to Antarctica and South America from December to April with up to 198 passengers.[2] From May to November, she sailed for the German-owned travel company Phoenix Reisen as the Alexander von Humboldt.

In July 2007 it was announced that the ship had been acquired by the relaunched Swan Hellenic line and the name would revert to Minerva. In early 2012, Minerva received a multi-million-pound, 83-day refit.[3][4]

In January 2017, Swan Hellenic went into administration and cancelled cruises on Minerva until further notice.[5]

References
  1. Leonardo Info, RI 73986
  2. "Minerva tours". Abercrombie & Kent. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. http://www.sirencomms.com/news/43/%5B%5D
  4. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/6491-minerva-enters-lloyd-werft.html
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/04/swan-hellenic-cruises-owner-collapses-400-holidaymakers-abroad/

Bibliography
  • Ward, Douglas. Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships 2005-2007. Berlitz.
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