Engineering:MV Glory Sea

Glory Sea as Explorer in Lerwick
History
Name:	2001–2004: Olympia Explorer 2004–2015: Explorer 2015–2016: Celestyal Odyssey 2016–present: Glory Sea
Operator:	2004–2015: V.Ships 2015–2016: Celestyal Cruises 2016–present: Diamond Cruises
Port of registry:	2001–2004 Greece 2004–2015 Bahamas 2015–2016 Malta 2016–Present China
Builder:	Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number:	962
Launched:	19 May 2000
Completed:	2001
Maiden voyage:	2001
In service:	2001
Identification:	IMO number: 9183518 MMSI number: 311705000 Call sign: C6TN4
General characteristics
Type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	24,318 GT
Length:	180 metres (590 ft)
Beam:	25 metres (82 ft) or 84 feet (26 m)
Draft:	24 feet (7.3 m)
Decks:	7 total, 6 passenger
Propulsion:	4 × Wärtsilä 9L46C, 45360 bhp (11340 bhp per engine) = 37800 KW (9450 KW per engine) http://myship.com/imo/9183518/EXPLORER
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Capacity:	836 passengers

MV Glory Sea is a China -registered passenger ship. The ship was built in Germany in 2001 by Blohm + Voss and originally named Olympia Explorer. The ship was later renamed MV Explorer when it began sailing for the Semester at Sea program in 2004. The ship remained with them until 2015.

In May 2015, the ship was renamed Celestyal Odyssey and began sailing for Celestyal Cruises, under the flag of Malta.

Explorer departing from Southampton on 17 June 2013

In September 2015 it was announced that Celestyal Cruises has terminated their three-year contract of owning the Celestyal Odyssey. The ship will leave the fleet late October 2015.

The ship will be replaced with MS Gemini which will be renamed Celestyal Nefeli. The ship was sold to be used as the first ship of Diamond Cruises a new Chinese based cruise line.

External links

• Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
• "Explorer (9183518)". French Ministry for Transport. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipInfo?fs=Search&P_IMO=9183518.