MS Marella Spirit

Thomson Spirit in the Bay of Kotor
History
Name
  • 1984–2000: Nieuw Amsterdam
  • 2000–2002: Patriot
  • 2002: Nieuw Amsterdam
  • 2002–2003: Spirit
  • 2003–2018: Thomson Spirit
  • 2018: Marella Spirit
  • 2018: Mare S
  • 2018: La Spirit
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderChantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint Nazaire, France[1]
Cost$150 million [5]
Yard numberV27[1]
Launched20 August 1982[1]
Christenedby HRH Princess Margriet [5]
Completed1983
AcquiredJuly 1983[1]
Maiden voyage1983
In serviceJuly 1983[5]
Out of service2018
IdentificationIMO number: 8024014[1]
FateScrapped at Alang, India in 2018
General characteristics (as Thomson Spirit)
Typecruise ship
Tonnage33,930 GT[4][5]
Length214.66 m (704 ft 3 in)[5]
Beam27.26 m (89 ft 5 in)[5]
Draught7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)[5]
Decks10[5]
Installed power2 × Sulzer RLB66 diesel engines, combined 22,400 kW[1]
Propulsion2 propellers[5]
Speed21 knots (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph)[1]
Capacity1350[5] in 627 staterooms[6]
Crew520[5]

MS Marella Spirit was a cruise ship owned by Holland America Line and operated under charter by the United Kingdom-based Marella Cruises. She was built in 1983 at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in France for Holland America Line as MS Nieuw Amsterdam.[7] Between 2000 and 2001 she sailed for United States Lines, a subsidiary of American Classic Voyages, as MS Patriot.[2] In 2002 she returned under Holland America Line ownership and reverted to the name Nieuw Amsterdam, but was not used in active service. During the same year she was chartered to Louis Cruise Lines, who in turn sub-chartered the ship to Thomson Cruises, with whom she entered service under MS Thomson Spirit in 2003.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Asklander, Micke. "M/S Nieuw Amsterdam (1983)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. ^ a b Boyle, Ian. "Nieuw Amsterdam". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b Faergelejet – Nieuw Amsterdam (in Danish), retrieved 20 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b Thomson Cruises – Vital statistics for Thomson Spirit, retrieved 20 May 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ward, Douglas (2008). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. London: Berlitz. pp. 656–657. ISBN 978-981-268-240-6.
  6. ^ "SUMMER CRUISES WITH THOMSON SPIRIT". Louis Cruises. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b Plowman, Peter (2007). Australian Cruise Ships. Rosenberg. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-877058-50-9.