Blue Dream Star as Explorer in Lerwick
History
Name
  • 2001–2004: Olympia Explorer
  • 2004–2015: Explorer
  • 2015–2016: Celestyal Odyssey
  • 2016–2020: Glory Sea
  • 2020–present: Blue Star Dream
Operator
  • 2004–2015: V.Ships
  • 2015–2016: Celestyal Cruises
  • 2016–2020: Diamond Cruises
  • 2020–present: Blue Dream Cruises China
Port of registry
BuilderBlohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number962
Launched19 May 2000
Completed2001
Maiden voyage2001
In service2001
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage24,318 GT[1]
Length180 m (590 ft 7 in)[2]
Beam25 m (82 ft 0 in)[2] or 26 m (84 ft)
Draft7.3 m (24 ft)
Decks7 total, 6 passenger
Propulsion4 × Wärtsilä 9L46C, 45,360 bhp (33,820 kW) (11,340 bhp, 8,460 kW per engine) [3]
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Capacity836 passengers

Blue Dream Star was a Liberia-registered passenger ship. The ship was built in Germany in 2001 by Blohm + Voss and originally named Olympia Explorer'. The ship was later renamed Explorer' when it began sailing for the Semester at Sea program in 2004 and 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 had terminated their three-year contract of owning Celestyal Odyssey. The ship left the fleet in late October 2015.

The ship was replaced with MS Gemini, to be renamed Celestyal Nefeli. Celestyal Odyssey was sold to be used as the first ship of Diamond Cruises, a China-based cruise line.[4][5]

References

  1. "Explorer (9183518)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Vessel's Details". Explorer.
  3. Explorer
  4. "Latest Chinese Cruise Line: Diamond Cruise". 21 March 2016.
  5. "Explorer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.


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