The Deutschland
Tuesday, 1 April 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa General , Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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MS Deutschland with German Olympic athletes coming from London 2012 in the Port of Hamburg
🔊 Listen to this Post MS Deutschland is a German-registered cruise ship owned and operated by Peter Deilmann Cruises. She is decorated in the
Art Deco style made famous by such classic ocean liners as the
SS Ile de France and
SS Normandie . The
Deutschland was launched in 1998 by
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) in
Kiel . She carries 513 passengers and 260 crew members. She has a gross tonnage of 22,400 and has seven passenger accessible decks.
The German television show Das Traumschiff (The Dream Ship ), which is similar to the US-made show The Love Boat , is set aboard the Deutschland .
MS Deutschland with German Olympic athletes coming from London 2012 in the Port of Hamburg © lemaonet/cc-by-sa-3.0
Up to now,
Deutschland travelled three times around the world. In the summer months the ship start journeys from a German base port (eg, Kiel,
Lübeck ,
Travemünde and
Hamburg ) to the Norwegian fjords and the Baltic Sea. While she spends the spring and fall usually in the
Mediterranean and the
Canary Islands , mostly targets such as Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are offered during winter in Europe.
The German Olympic Committee used the
Deutschland as a hospitality ship during the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London .
Read more on
Wikipedia MS Deutschland . Learn more about the
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