Engineering:Le Jacques Cartier
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 Wallis and Futuna
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| Name: | Le Jacques Cartier |
| Operator: | Ponant |
| Port of registry: |
 Mata Utu |
| Builder: |
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| Laid down: | 4 April 2018 |
| Acquired: | 10 July 2020 |
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| Status: | In service |
 Le Jacques Cartier leaving the harbourg of Marseille on October 30 2021
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ponant Explorers-class cruise ship |
| Capacity: | 184 passengers |
Le Jacques Cartier is the sixth ship of the Ponant Explorers class of cruise ships operated by Ponant. Each member of the class has been allocated the name of a famous French explorer.[1] Initially, the sixth ship in the class was named Le Surville, after Jean-François-Marie de Surville, a French trader and navigator.[2][3] However, before entering service she was renamed Le Jacques Cartier, after Jacques Cartier, a French-Breton explorer.[4]
Ponant's order for Le Surville (as she was then named) and a sister ship, the fifth of the class, was announced in March 2018.[5] The hull of each ship was constructed by VARD in the builder's Tulcea yard in Romania; the steel cutting ceremony for both ships took place on 4 April 2018.[3] Upon completion, the hulls were transferred to the builder's Søviknes facility in Ålesund, Norway, for final outfitting.[3]
Following her renaming, Le Jacques Cartier was delivered to Ponant on 10 July 2020.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Gibson, Rebecca (15 September 2017). "Ponant names four newbuilds after French explorers". Cruise&Ferry.net. http://www.cruiseandferry.net/articles/ponant-names-four-newbuilds-after-french-explorers. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ↑ Staff writer (25 May 2018). "Stunning Le Lapérouse Completes First Set of Sea Trials". Cruise Industry News. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19050-stunning-le-laperouse-completes-first-set-of-sea-trials.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cooke, Andrew (13 November 2018). "Newbuild of the Month: Le Lapérouse". https://www.shippingtandy.com/features/le-laperouse/.
- ↑ "Le Jacques Cartier deck plans". https://www.cruisemapper.com/deckplans/Le-Jacques-Cartier-1526.
- ↑ Gibson, Rebecca (7 March 2018). "Seatrade Cruise Global: Cruise lines reveal new ship orders". Cruise&Ferry.net. https://www.cruiseandferry.net/articles/seatrade-cruise-global-cruise-lines-reveal-new-ship-orders-1.
- ↑ Jainchill, Johanna (14 July 2020). "Ponant receives final Explorer-class vessel". Travel Weekly. https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Ponant-receives-final-Explorer-class-vessel-Le-Jacques-Cartier.
- ↑ Young, Susan J. (14 July 2020). "Ponant Takes Delivery Of Le Jacques Cartier, Final Ship In Explorer Series". https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/ponant-takes-delivery-le-jacques-cartier-final-ship-explorer-series.
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