1 October 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Museums, Exhibitions , Yacht of the Month
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HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century
ironclad ram ship . She was one of the main attractions of the
Maritime Museum Rotterdam , also known as the Prince Hendrik Museum, named after its founder,
Prince Henry (Hendrik) “The Navigator” , who had a naval career and established the basis of the museum back in 1874. In October 2013 the ship moved to
Hellevoetsluis and is again open for public.
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1 September 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MV
Viking Sea is a
cruise ship built by Italian
shipbuilders Fincantieri for
Viking Ocean Cruises . It is the second ship to grace the name
Viking Sea , the first being
Viking Sky which was originally assigned this name. Homeport is
Bergen .
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1 August 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the
East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vessels belonging to the
Austrian ,
Danish ,
Dutch ,
English ,
French ,
Portuguese , or
Swedish companies. Some of the East Indiamen chartered by the British East India Company were known as
“tea clippers” .
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1 July 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated
Roald ; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer
Roald Amundsen ), originally named
Vilm , is a German steel-ship built on the
Elbe River in 1952. Having worked in different areas, she was refitted in 1992 to 1993 as a
brig (two-masted
square-rigged sailing ship) and now serves as a
sail training ship. During summer, she usually operates in the
Baltic Sea , and usually embarks for journeys to farther destinations for winter, including several trans-Atlantic crossings.
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1 June 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MSC Meraviglia is a
cruise ship owned and operated by
MSC Cruises , built at the
Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in
St. Nazaire , France, by
STX France .
MSC Meraviglia is the
lead ship of MSC’s new “Vista Project” vessels, the
Meraviglia class, with
MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500. When it entered service in June 2017, it was the sixth
largest cruise ship in the world , behind
Royal Caribbean’s Oasis -class cruise ships and
AIDAnova .
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1 May 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Pioneering Spirit (formerly
Pieter Schelte ) is a
catamaran crane vessel owned by the
Switzerland -based
Allseas Group designed for the single-lift installation and removal of large oil and gas platforms and the installation of record-weight pipelines. The 382-metre-long (1,253 ft), 124-metre-wide (407 ft) vessel is the
world’s largest vessel by gross tonnage and was built in South Korea by
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering at a cost of €2.6 billion. It commenced offshore operations in August 2016. Home port is
Valletta on
Malta .
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1 April 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Symphony of the Seas is an
Oasis -classcruise ship owned and operated by
Royal Caribbean International . She was built in 2018 in the
Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in
Saint-Nazaire , France, the fourth in Royal Caribbean’s
Oasis class of cruise ships. At 228,081
GT , she is the
largest cruise ship in the world by
gross tonnage , surpassing her
sister ship Harmony of the Seas , also owned by Royal Caribbean International.
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1 March 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Carnival Pride is a
Spirit -classcruise ship operated by
Carnival Cruise Line . Built by
Kværner Masa-Yards at its
Helsinki New Shipyard in
Helsinki ,
Finland , she was laid down on March 30, 2000, launched on March 29, 2001 and completed and delivered to Carnival on December 12, 2001. She was christened by American scientist and astronaut
Tamara Jernigan in
Port Canaveral , Florida, on January 7, 2002.
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1 February 2021 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Enchantment of the Seas is a
Vision -classcruise ship operated by
Royal Caribbean International . In September 2017,
Enchantment of the Seas evacuated the company’s employees and their families from
Miami when they had been endangered by
Hurricane Irma . In the 2021 season, the
Enchantment of the Seas will operate from
Baltimore ,
Maryland . Home port is
Nassau in the
Bahamas .
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