MV Star Pride
 Star Pride as Seabourn Pride at Quay in Bergen on August 1, 2009 | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1988-2014: Seabourn Pride 2014-present: Star Pride[1] |
| Owner: |
1988-2014: Seabourn Cruise Line Limited [2] 2014-Present: Windstar Cruises[3] |
| Operator: |
1988-2014: Seabourn Cruise Line Windstar Cruises 2014-present[3] |
| Port of registry: |
1988–2001: Oslo,  Norway2001-Present: Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Builder: | Schichau-Seebeckwerft |
| Yard number: | 1065 |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1987[2] |
| Launched: | 1988 |
| Completed: | 18 November 1988[2] |
| Acquired: | 1988 |
| In service: | 1988 |
| Identification: |
Call sign: C6FR5 IMO number: 8707343 MMSI number: 311084000 |
| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pride-Class Ships |
| Tonnage: | 9,975 GT[4] |
| Length: | 133.4 m (438 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 20.5 m (67 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 5.42 m (18 ft)[2] |
| Draft: | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Decks: | 5 passenger |
| Installed power: | 7,280 kW |
| Propulsion: | two propeller shafts and two fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) (maximum) 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (service) |
| Capacity: | 208 passengers |
| Crew: | 164 |
Star Pride is one of three German built cruise ships, was built for Seabourn Cruise Line as Seabourn Pride and now operated for Windstar Cruises and was the first of her class.
Seabourn Pride set out on her maiden voyage in November, 1988 as Seabourn Pride, after being christened by Shirley Temple Black.
She is identical to her sister ships Seabourn Legend and Seabourn Spirit, the latter gaining attention when her sister, Seabourn Spirit was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, in November 2005. Like her sister ships, Seabourn Pride is fitted with a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), designed as a non-lethal method to fend off attackers. During 2005, she was refurbished along with the other two vessels in Seabourn Cruise Line, to keep up with the luxurious image of the Seabourn cruises.
In 2006, a Forbes.com article declared Seabourn Pride's New Year cruise as the most expensive in the category [5]
In 2013 Windstar Cruises announced that Seabourn Pride would be renamed Star Pride. The ship's former owner, Seabourn Cruise Line was her operator until the transfer was completed in May, 2014.[6] She departed the Seabourn fleet on March 30, 2014 and entered service for Windstar Cruises on May 5, 2014.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.windstarcruises.com/new-star-pride-luxury-yacht.aspx
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Seabourn Pride (15536)". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Windstar-acquisition-of-Seabourn-ships-shakes-up-yacht-cruising/
- ↑ Results for Vessel: Seabourn Pride, United States Coast Guard Maritime Information Exchange
- ↑ Most Expensive Cruises 2006 - Most Expensive New Year's Cruise, Forbes.com, retrieved March 14, 2008
- ↑ http://www.windstarcruises.com/fleet-expansion.aspx
- ↑ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/8724-windstar-completes-purchase-of-three-seabourn-ships-.html
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