![]() Amadea in Split, Croatia on 11 November 2011
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan[1] |
Cost | $150 million[3] |
Yard number | 2050[1] |
Laid down | 16 April 1990[2] |
Launched | 6 April 1991[1] |
Completed | 23 October 1991[2] |
Acquired | December 1991[1] |
Maiden voyage | 24 December 1991[1] |
In service | 24 December 1991[1] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 192.82 m (632 ft 7 in)[1] |
Beam | 24.70 m (81 ft 0 in)[1] |
Draught | 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)[1] |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 propellers[3] |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[1] |
Capacity | |
Crew | 292[3] |
MS Amadea is a cruise ship owned by Amadea Shipping Company and operated under charter by the Germany-based Phoenix Reisen.[1] She was originally built in 1991 by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan as MS Asuka for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. In 2006 she was replaced by the Asuka II and sold to her current owners and entered service with Phoenix Reisen.[1] The ship is known as the setting for the German TV series Das Traumschiff which is also filmed onboard.