MS Thomson Celebration
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 ms Noordam in Barbados, March 2003 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1984-2005: Noordam 2005-present: Thomson Celebration |
| Owner: | 1984-present: Holland America Line |
| Operator: | 1984-2005: Holland America Line 2005-present: Thomson Cruises |
| Port of Registry: | 1984-1996: Saint Maarten,  Netherlands Antilles1996-2005: Rotterdam,  Netherlands2005-present: Saint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles[1] |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Yard number: | X27[1] |
| Launched: | 21 May 1983[1] |
| In service: | 1984 - present |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 33,960 gross register tons (GRT)[2] |
| Displacement: | 4243 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)[1] |
| Length: | 214.66 m (704.27 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 27.26 m (89.44 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 7.50 m (24.61 ft)[1] |
| Decks: | 9 |
| Installed power: | 2 × Sulzer RLB66 diesels combined 21600 kW[1] |
| Speed: | 18 knots[2] (other sources claim 21 knots)[1] |
| Capacity: | 1,254 passengers[2] (1350 maximum)[3] |
| Crew: | 520 crew[2] |
MS Thomson Celebration is a cruise ship owned by Holland America Line, under long-term charter to the United Kingdom-based Thomson Cruises.
[edit] History
The Thomson Celebration was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 1984 for Holland America Line as ms Noordam. In 2005, the ship was taken out of service by Holland America, chartered to Thomson Cruises and rechristened as the Thomson Celebration.[1] Her sister ship, the Thomson Spirit, was originally the Holland America ship Nieuw Amsterdam.
