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	2001–2004  Greece 2004–2015  Bahamas 2015–2016  Malta 2016–2020  Bahamas 2020–present  Liberia
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: 636020005 Call sign: D5XF2
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	24,318 GT[1]
Length	180 m (590 ft 7 in)[2]
Beam	25 m (82 ft 0 in)[2] or 26 m (84 ft)
Draft	7.3 m (24 ft)
Decks	7 total, 6 passenger
Propulsion	4 × Wärtsilä 9L46C, 45,360 bhp (33,820 kW) (11,340 bhp, 8,460 kW per engine) [3]
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Capacity	836 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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Explorer (ship, 2001) and IMO 9183518.

• Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
• "Explorer (9183518)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 20 May 2013.