History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany[1] |
Yard number | 328[1] |
Launched | 16 January 1998[1] |
Christened | 11 May 1998[1] |
Acquired | 11 May 1998[1] |
Maiden voyage | 11 May 1998[1] |
In service | 16 May 1998[1] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 175.30 m (575 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 5.79 m (19 ft 0 in) |
Decks | 10 (7 passenger accessible)[3] |
Installed power | 2 × MaK-Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock |
Propulsion | Twin propeller |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity | 650 passengers (maximum capacity) |
MS Deutschland (starting in 2015 also sailing as World Odyssey from September until April each year) is a cruise ship launched in 1998 and owned and operated by Peter Deilmann Cruises until 2015. She is decorated in the 1920s style as it could be seen in SS Columbus of Norddeutscher Lloyd. The ship can carry up to 650 passengers and 260 crew members. She has a gross tonnage of 22,496 and has seven passenger accessible decks.[3]