MS Marella Dream

Homeric as Marella Dream in 2019
History
Name
  • 1986–1988: Homeric
  • 1988–2002: Westerdam
  • 2002–2010: Costa Europa
  • 2010–2017: Thomson Dream
  • 2017–2021: Marella Dream
  • 2021–2022: Ella
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderMeyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany
Cost$150 million[4]
Yard number610[1]
Launched28 September 1985[1]
Completed1986
Acquired6 May 1986[1]
Maiden voyage1986
In service1986
Out of service2020
Identification
FateScrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2022.
NotesBeached for scrap
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Typecruise ship
Tonnage
Length204 m (669 ft 3 in)
Beam29.73 m (97 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × 10-cyl, B&W-MAN diesels
  • combined 23800 kW
PropulsionTwo propellers[4]
Speed22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) service speed[6]
Capacity1,132 passengers
General characteristics (as Thomson Dream)[2]
Typecruise ship
Tonnage
Length243.2 m (798 ft)[5]
Beam29 m (95 ft 2 in) (waterline)/32 m (105 ft 0 in) (max)[1][5]
Draught7.214 m (23 ft 8.0 in)[5]
Decks12 (9 passenger accessible)[7]
Installed power
  • 4 × MaK 8M 453B diesel engines (2308 kW each)
  • 1 × MaK 6M 453B diesel engines (1800 kW)
  • 1 × Deutz BA12 M816 emergency generator (550 kW)
  • 2 × B&W-MAN 10 L 55 GB propulsion engines (11,898 kW each)
Propulsion
  • 2 × controllable pitch propellers
  • 3 × Wärtsilä CT175 G maneuvering thrusters (2 forward, 1 aft)
Speed
  • 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) service speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum speed[7]
Capacity1,506 passengers
Crew600[7]

MS Marella Dream was a cruise ship built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany as Homeric for Home Lines, and their last newbuild to remain in active service. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line, renamed Westerdam, and in 1990 lengthened by 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in) at Meyer Werft. In 2002 she was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises and renamed Costa Europa.[1][8] In April 2010 she was taken on a ten-year charter by Thomson Cruises, under the name Thomson Dream.

Following the 2017 renaming of Thomson Cruises to Marella Cruises, TUI Group also changed the ship's name to Marella Dream. She was retired from Marella Cruises in November 2020 and was sold,[9] then broken up in 2022.

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  2. ^ a b "Fleets – Costa Europa". Cruise Community. Seatrade Communications Limited. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  3. ^ Niemelä, Teijo (6 July 2009). "Costa charters Costa Europa for Thomson Cruises". Cruise Business Review. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 260–261. ISBN 981-246-739-4.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Thomson Dream (G142990)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. ^ Miller, William H. Jr. (1995). The Pictorial Encycpedia of Ocean Liners, 1860–1994. Mineola: Dover Publications. p. 59. ISBN 0-486-28137-X.
  7. ^ a b c d "Our Fleet – Costa Europa". Costa Cruises. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  8. ^ Boyle, Ian. "Homeric". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  9. ^ "Marella Dream Retirement". 1 October 2020.