Minerva (ship)

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The first Minerva was originally built in 1989 as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean. The deal to purchase her fell through and she was purchased by Swan Hellenic (at the time a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation PLC) in 1996, and the ship was renamed Minerva. She is 436 feet long, has a beam of 65.6 feet and measures 12,500 gross tons. She sailed with Swan Hellenic until her lease ran out in 2003. Then she briefly sailed with Saga Cruises as the Saga Pearl Then she was chartered to Abercrombie & Kent as the Explorer II. For them, she makes voyages to Antarctica and South America from December to April. From May to November, she sails for the German-owned travel company Phoenix Reisen as the Alexander von Humboldt.

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Ward, Douglas: Berlitz Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships 2005-2007