| Career | |
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| Name: | 1989–1990: MS Delfin Clipper 1990–1992: MS Sally Clipper 1992: MS Baltic Clipper 1992–1997: MS Delfin Star 1997–2002: MS Dream 21 2002–2004: MS World Discoverer 2004–2008: MS World Adventurer 2008-2011: MS Prince Albert II 2011–present: M/V Silver Explorer |
| Owner: | 2002?–2007: Society Expeditions 2007-2011: Silversea Cruises 2011-present: German owner |
| Operator: | 2002?–2007: Society Expeditions 2007-present: Silversea Cruises |
| Builder: | Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland |
| Yard number: | 304 |
| Launched: | 3 February 1989 |
| Completed: | June 1989 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8806747 Callsign: C6TA8 MMSI Number: 311562000 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6,130 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Displacement: | 1905 MT |
| Length: | 108 m (354 ft 4 in) (overall) 96.99 m (318 ft 3 in) (pp) |
| Beam: | 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 4.38 m (14 ft 4 in) |
| Depth: | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
| Ice class: | Swedish/Finnish Ice Class 1A (DNV) |
| Propulsion: | Wartsila - 2x2250kW |
| Speed: | 14kn |
| Capacity: | 132 passengers |
| Crew: | 115 crew |
M/V 'Silver Explorer is an expedition ship currently operated by Silversea Cruises.
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The ship was built by the yards of Rauma-Repola, of Rauma, Finland, and launched on 3 February 1989. She operated under several names before being acquired by Society Expeditions, who operated her under the names World Adventurer and World Discoverer.[1]
She was purchased by Silversea Cruises in autumn 2007, and underwent a multi-million pound refit at Fincantieri, Trieste. In June 2008, at a ceremony in Monte Carlo attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco, she was re-christened Prince Albert II.[2] She then sailed to London to embark passengers for an inaugural cruise.[3]
Prince Albert II will be renamed Silver Explorer in late April 2011 in order to align with the fleet's other vessels which all have the word Silver in their name.[4]
M/V Silver Explorer operates polar adventure cruises lasting between 10 and 21 days.[3] In the summer she cruises in the Arctic Circle with calls at the Svalbard archipelago, Iceland and Greenland. During the northern hemisphere autumn and winter, she cruises off South America and Antarctica.[5]
M/V Silver Explorer is a 1A ice-rated vessel.[6] She carries up to 132 passengers in 66 cabins, and is equipped with a library, lecture theatre and internet centre.
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