Engineering:MS Tropicale
 Tropicale anchored off of Nassau, Bahamas in 1986
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| Builder: | Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark |
| Cost: | $100 million[4] |
| Yard number: | 234[1] |
| Launched: | 31 October 1980[1] |
| Acquired: | 4 December 1981[1] |
| In service: | 16 January 1982[1] |
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| Fate: | Scrapped in Alang, India, in 2021 |
| Notes: | First newbuild ship for Carnival Cruise Lines. |
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| Length: | 204.76 m (671 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 26.45 m (86 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in) |
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| Propulsion: | Two propellers[5] |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,022 passengers[6] |
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| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 35,190 GT[6] |
| Decks: | 10 (passenger accessible) |
| Capacity: | 1,412 passengers (maximum) |
| Crew: | 550 |
The MS Tropicale (also known as Costa Tropicale, Pacific Star, Ocean Dream) was a cruise ship that entered service in 1982, and was one of the pioneering cruise ships in the modernization of the cruise industry. The Tropicale was Carnival Cruises Line's first newly built ship, initially operating mainly in the Mexican Rivera and the Caribbean.
The Tropicale was transferred to the Costa fleet in July 2001, and renamed the Costa Tropicale. The Costa Tropicale was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2005 as the Pacific Star in December of that year. In March 2008, P&O Cruises Australia sold the Pacific Star to Pullmantur Cruises becoming the Ocean Dream. After Pullmantur, the ship's final operator was Peace Boat, sailing as the Ocean Dream until 2020. After 38 years of service, the former Tropicale was scrapped in January 2021.[7]
History
Carnival Cruise Line
The vessel was originally intended to be constructed in Japan , after Carnival's most recent acquired ship the TSS Festivale had received a major refit there.[8] However, the construction ended up being awarded to the Denmark shipyard Aalborg Vaerft. The Tropicale was launched in 1981, and was the first cruise ship custom-built for the company, introducing Carnival's characteristic winged funnel, designed by Joe Farcus.[9][8] The interiors were also designed by Joe Farcus, evolving Carnival's signature themed lounges.[8]
As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruise destinations, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa. In 1985 the vessel appeared in an episode of the A-Team called "Judgement Day (part 2)".[10] The ship also appeared in a season four episode of Growing Pains.
On September 19, 1999, the vessel's engine room caught fire en route from Cozumel to Tampa.[11] While disabled in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship was struck by Tropical Storm Harvey.[12] No crew or guests were injured during the two days the Tropicale spent without propulsion. The vessel was slated to replace the SS Dolphin IV of Cape Canaveral Cruise Line in 2001, but before Carnival Tropicale could enter service, the vessel was transferred to Carnival Corporations division of Costa Cruises, where she was renamed Costa Tropicale.
Costa Cruises & P&O Australia
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The vessel underwent refits in Genoa over the course of 2001 and 2002, removing the iconic winged funnel, and replacing with the traditional Costa upright yellow funnel design.[13][14] The interiors were completing renovated, transforming the Carnival themed lounges into the contemporary Italian style seemed on other Costa ships.[15] Costa Tropicale served with the company until 2005, when replacement by larger, more modern cruise ships prompted a transfer to another Carnival Corporation division: P&O Cruises Australia, where the vessel again underwent a major refit in Palermo, Italy and was renamed Pacific Star. She was formerly Queensland's latest cruise liner, based in Brisbane, performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands in the South Pacific, New Caledonia, and to New Zealand.
Pullmantur Cruises
In 2008 the Pacific Star was sold to Pullmantur Cruises and renamed Ocean Dream following a refit in Singapore. In June 2009, an outbreak of swine flu occurred about the Ocean Dream during a cruise around Central and South America. The ship docked in Margarita, Venezuela to allow its Venezuelan passengers to disembark, before heading to Aruba, where the remaining passengers were able to leave the ship. An earlier report had suggested that the ship had been placed in quarantine, however, the ship's owners Pullmantur later denied that this was the case.[16]
Peace Boat
In 2012 the M/S Ocean Dream , left the Pullmantur Cruises fleet, and was chartered to Peace Boat, replacing the SS Oceanic.[17]
In September 2020 Cruise Capital informed according to Hong Kong Cruise Society, Peace Boat is to replace the contracts of two ships Ocean Dream and Zenith from service, replacing them with one larger ship, chartered and renamed Pacific World from Spring 2021. Specifications released by Peace Boat suggested the new ship is the current Sun Princess, which is the only vessel to have done such deployments.[18] Later this month, Carnival announced that they have sold the Sun Princess.[19]
The Ocean Dream was sold for scrap and beached in Alang, India, on 1 January 2021. On March 27th 2021, the scrapping process started on her.[20]
Gallery
Costa Tropicale in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Costa Tropicale in Kotor, Montenegro (2003)
Ocean Dream in Valletta, Malta.
Ocean Dream in Civitavecchia, Italy.
Ocean Dream in Seattle 2018
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Asklander, 1981.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 P&O Cruises Australia 2007.
- ↑ http://maritimematters.com/2012/01/oceanic-for-ocean-dream/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ward 2006, p.473.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Miller 1995, p. 129.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 United States Coast Guard, 2008.
- ↑ "Pioneering Cruise Ship Arrives in India to be Scrapped" (in en). https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/pioneering-cruise-ship-arrives-in-india-to-be-scrapped.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Farcus, Joseph (2018). Design on the high seas: setting the scene for entertainment architecture aboard cruise ships. Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. ISBN 978-1-86470-756-4. OCLC 1016152521. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016152521.
- ↑ Davis, William (3 October 1986). "Informal style made Fun Ships a huge success". Montreal Gazette. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19861003&id=oFkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XagFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2271,2513883.
- ↑ ""The A-Team" Judgement Day: Part 2 (TV Episode 1985)". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0504177/.
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Carnival+Reports+Engine+Room+Fire+On+Cruise+Ship+Tropicale%3B+No...-a055788057
- ↑ http://www.sptimes.com/News/022300/TampaBay/Cruise_captain_feared.shtml
- ↑ "Costa Tropicale News". https://www.marinelink.com/news/maritime/costa-tropicale.
- ↑ Peter, Bruce. (2012). Costa cruises. Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications. ISBN 978-1-906608-40-8. OCLC 794028279. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794028279.
- ↑ Crociere nell'Arte : arte a bordo delle navi Italiane = Cruising into art : art on board Italian liners. Piccione, Paolo., Fochessati, Matteo.. Genova: Tormeno. 2003. ISBN 88-8480-059-5. OCLC 224251201. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/224251201.
- ↑ "Swine flu cruise ship Aruba-bound". BBC News. 2009-06-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8106311.stm.
- ↑ Knego, Peter (2012-01-20). "OCEANIC For OCEAN DREAM?". http://maritimematters.com/2012/01/oceanic-for-ocean-dream/.
- ↑ https://www.cruisecapital.co.uk/peace-boat-set-to-replace-fleet/
- ↑ "Sun Princess and Sea Princess to Leave Princess Cruises Fleet". 2020-09-21. https://www.carnivalcorp.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sun-princess-and-sea-princess-leave-princess-cruises-fleet.
- ↑ "Former Carnival Cruise Line Ship Scrapped in India". 2021-01-01. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24134-former-carnival-cruise-line-ship-scrapped-in-india.html.
References
- "Tropicale (227930)". United States Coast Guard. https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx.
- Asklander, Micke. "M/S Tropicale (1981)" (in sv). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/tropicale_1981.htm.
- Miller, William H. Jr. (1995). The Pictorial Encycpedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994. Mineola: Dover Publications. p. 129. ISBN 0-486-28137-X. https://archive.org/details/pictorialencyclo0000mill/page/129.
- Ward, Douglas (2006). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. p. 473. ISBN 981-246-739-4. https://archive.org/details/berlitz2006compl00doug/page/473.
- P&O Cruises Australia (2007-05-31). "P&O Cruises Australia Renews Fleet as Capacity Grows". P&O Cruises Australia. http://www.pocruises.com.au/html/p-o-cruises-australia-renews-fleet-as-capacity-grows.cfm.
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