Engineering:MS Jubilee
 Jubilee docked at Miami, Florida in 2000.
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| Builder: | Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden |
| Cost: | US$134 million |
| Yard number: | 596 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1985 |
| Acquired: | June 1986 |
| Maiden voyage: | 6 July 1986 |
| In service: | 6 July 1986 |
| Out of service: | 6 June 2016 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, May 2017[2] |
| Notes: | [3][4][5] |
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| Class and type: | Holiday-class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 223.4 m (732 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 28.2 m (92 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Decks: | 9 passenger decks[6] |
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| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 21.7 knots (40.2 km/h; 25.0 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,486 passengers |
| Crew: | 670 |
The MS Jubilee (also known as Pacific Sun and Henna) was a cruise ship that was originally built for Carnival Cruise Line. She was the second out of three ships to be built for Carnival's Holiday class of cruise ships. She was last owned by the Chinese company HNA Cruise Company, Limited around the West Pacific region. At 47,000 tons, Ju was a medium-sized ship, and was the first and largest luxury cruise liner in mainland China, with 739 passenger cabins and a maximum passenger capacity of 1,965, including nine suites with balconies, 432 ocean-view staterooms and 298 interior staterooms.[7]
History
Henna was built in 1986 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden, for Carnival Cruise Line as Jubilee, along with near-sister ship Celebration. The other near-sister ship of the class, Holiday, was built earlier by Aalborg Værft in Aalborg, Denmark.
In 2004, the vessel was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Sun. Pacific Sun arrived in Australia in 9 November 2004, and began year-round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific and Tropical North Queensland. From late 2007, she was based at Brisbane, and was then the largest year-round liner to be based in Queensland. After receiving a multimillion-dollar makeover, she sailed in all white colours, like P&O's other ships, along with new amenities.[8] Pacific Sun was the only ship of three sisters (with Grand Celebration and Grand Holiday) whose funnel was changed upon leaving the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet; her sister's funnels were simply painted over and not changed, while Sun had both Carnival's iconic wings and a part of shielding removed. Carnival's first new build ship, the slightly older Tropicale (Now MS Ocean Dream), also had her Carnival funnel removed, and replaced with Costa Cruises's round stove-pipe funnel, which she still retained until the end of her career.
In late July 2008, 42 passengers were injured in a storm.[9] The event became widely known when video footage was reposted on the internet two years later.[10]
On 18 December 2011, P&O announced that Pacific Sun would leave its fleet in July 2012.[11] Her farewell cruise was an 8-day roundtrip from Portside Wharf in Brisbane, Australia, and stopping at Nouméa, Lifou in New Caledonia, and Port Vila in Vanuatu with three days at sea. Pacific Sun had completed between 314 and 332 cruises, with 2,707 nights at sea and an estimated 586,000 passengers carried.[6]
The ship was sold to Chinese interests under the newly formed cruise line, HNA Cruises. On 13 September 2012, the ship was renamed Henna. The ship made her maiden voyage under Chinese ownership on 26 January 2013 from Sanya to Vietnam. During its operation with HNA Cruises, the ship sailed to locations in Vietnam and in South Korea .[7][12]
In September 2013 the ship was detained at a port on the South Korean island of Jeju after Chinese shipping service company Jiangsu Shagang International applied for a seizure. After several days stuck on board, the 1,659 passengers were flown home via HNA Group's China Hainan Airlines, leaving their cruise uncompleted but safe.[13]
In November 2015, HNA shut down its cruise ship operation after three years of losing money due to newer vessels being deployed to the region. Since the Henna's last cruise with HNA, she was laid up and was placed for sale for $35 million USD.[14][15] With there being no interested buyers, Henna was sold for scrapping in Alang, India, it was photographed at the ship breaking yard in Alang as the Hen, ready to be scrapped on 1 May 2017.[16][17] By late June, scrapping of the Hen began.[18] By late August, half of the vessel has been scrapped.[19] Scrapping of the vessel was finished by late 2017.
See also
References
- ↑ "Henna (8314122)". French Ministry for Transport. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipInfo?fs=Search&P_IMO=8314122.
- ↑ "Old Carnival Cruise Ship Waiting to be Scrapped". 1 May 2017. https://www.cruisehive.com/old-carnival-cruise-ship-waiting-scrapped/16703.
- ↑ Ward, Douglas (2008). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. London: Berlitz. pp. 515–516. ISBN 978-981-268-564-3. https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00doug/page/515.
- ↑ Micke Asklander. "M/S Jubilee (1986)" (in sv). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/jubilee_1986.htm.
- ↑ "Pacific Sun – Vessel's Details and Current Position". MarineTraffic. 2011. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=248708000.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Pacific Sun". P&O Cruises. http://www.pocruises.com.au/AboutUs/Pages/Pacific-Sun.aspx.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Covey, Claudette (28 January 2013). "China's First Luxury Cruise Ship Henna Makes Maiden Voyage". TravelPulse. http://www.travelpulse.com/chinas-first-luxury-cruise-ship-henna-makes-maiden-voyage.html.
- ↑ "Pacific Sun". P&O Cruises. 2011. http://www.pocruises.com.au/OurShips/Pages/PacificSun.aspx.
- ↑ Paul Chapman (1 August 2008). "Passengers hurt as storm rocks New Zealand cruise ship". The Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/2484612/Passengers-hurt-as-storm-rocks-New-Zealand-cruise-ship.html.
- ↑ Laura Trowbridge (9 September 2010). "Shocking footage of havoc onboard cruise ship caught in big storm". Digital Journal. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/297248.
- ↑ "P&O Australia sells Pacific Sun". Seatrade Insider. 19 December 2011. http://www.cruise-community.com/News/News-Headlines/PO-Australia-sells-Pacific-Sun.html.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "China's largest cruise ship Henna takes maiden voyage, from Sanya to Vietnam". 29 January 2013. http://www.whatsonsanya.com/sanya-travel-2279.html.
- ↑ "Henna dispute: Chinese cruise ship passengers evacuated". BBC News. 15 September 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24098783.
- ↑ "HNA Shuts Down Cruise Operation in China". 25 November 2015. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/13331-hna-shuts-down-cruise-operation-in-china.html.
- ↑ "Henna - 1960pax Luxury Cruise Ship". http://www.nautisnp.com/passenger/cruise-ships/606-henna.
- ↑ https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18119575_1690321357651481_7567142604754458319_n.jpg?oh=bf82a6e2f97644985a64b070c863deb8&oe=5986C1FB[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Old Carnival Cruise Ship Waiting to be Scrapped". 1 May 2017. https://www.cruisehive.com/old-carnival-cruise-ship-waiting-scrapped/16703.
- ↑ "Pictures of the Ex Pacific Sun at Alang". https://www.cruisingtalk.com/threads/pictures-of-the-ex-pacific-sun-at-alang.36353/.
- ↑ Staff, C. I. N. (26 August 2017). "Henna Scrapped in India". https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/17668-henna-scrapped-in-india.html.
External links
- Henna page at HNA Tourism Cruise and Yacht Management
- Pacific Sun historical page at P&O Cruises (mirror)
- Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
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