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The MS Arkona tied up to the wharf in St. John's harbor on December 1997. At the time she was owned/operated by Arkona Touristik. She is now owned by Saga Cruises and is in the process of being refitted at Swansea, Wales; due for delivery March 2010. A few years after I saw the vessel in 1997, she was sold to Transocean Tours and renamed the Astoria. An interesting tidbit is that this vessel is due to replace the Saga Rose, a much loved cruise ship, which has being taken out of service due to new strict SOLAS rules.
Principal Particulars:
Built: 1981 at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany
Call Sign: C6SI2
Owner/Operator: Arkona Touristik (merged with P&O in 1999)
Length: 164.34 m
Breadth: 22.89 m
Draught: 6.1 m
GT: 18590
Power: 15,400 kW
Top Speed: 21.4 kn
Former names: Astor : 1981 ~ 1984
Preceeding names: Astoria: ~2002 - 2009
Saga Pearl II - 2010
Former name(s):
- Pearl Ii (Until 2022 Jul)
- Saga Pearl Ii (Until 2019 Mar)
- Quest For Adventure (Until 2013 Nov 23)
- Saga Pearl Ii (Until 2012 May)
- Astoria (Until 2010 Feb)
- Arkona (Until 2002 Feb 21)
- Astor (Until 1985 Sep)
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