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MV Deutschland – Past and Present

IMO Number: 9141807

MV Deutschland

ex World Odyssey, Deutschland

© Gena Amfimov

© Gena Amfimov

Steel twin screw motor vessel assembled in 1998 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, from a bow constructed at Rendsburg; stern sections from Bremerhaven and Helsinki and mid-sections and engines built by HDW (Yard No 328) as a Passenger (Cruise) Ship for Peter Deilmann-Reederei

Technical Data

  • Original Cost: Dm 225 million
  • Length: 172.7m (overall)
  • Breadth: 22.7m (extreme)
  • Depth: 16.2m
  • Draught: 5.8m (maximum)
  • Tonnage: 22,496 gross/8,264 – 8,402 gross/3460t deadweight
  • Engines: Two 6-cylinder Krupp MAK 6M32 and two 8-cylinder Krupp MAK 8M32 diesels
  • Power/Propellers: 12,320kW – 16,740 hp/2
  • Speed: 21 knots (service)
  • Capacity: 620 passengers (1998), 520 (1999)
  • Passenger Decks: 10
  • Crew: 260
  • Navigation Officers: German
  • Call Sign: DMMC, C6BZ6
  • IMO Number: 9141807
  • Official Number: 7000809
  • MMSI Number: 311000410
  • DNV GL ID: G93135
  • Registry: Neustadt in Holstein/Germany 🇩🇪, Nassau/Bahamas 🇧🇸


Current AIS Location


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History

December 1st 1996: Keel laid.

January 16th 1998: Launched.

© Tim Vogel

© Tim Vogel (Fitting Out)

May 1st 1998: Completed.

© Cees De Bijl  © Cees De Bijl

© Cees De Bijl

May 13th 1998: Displayed in Hamburg.

May 16th 1998: Maiden cruise from Kiel to Norway.

1998: Rebuilt with extra cabins.

May 1999: First overhaul with HDW, Rendsburg. Some alterations by law and rebuilt with additional cabins.

© Nigel Thornton  © Nigel Thornton

© Nigel Thornton  © Nigel Thornton

© Nigel Thornton (31/07/2004)

© Carsten Dettmer

© Carsten Dettmer (01/08/2004)
 
© Aleksi Lindström

© John Mavin  © Nigel Thornton

© John Mavin (Left) and © Nigel Thornton (Right)

© Jens Boldt  © Jens Boldt

© Jens Boldt

© Jens Boldt (29/06/2008)

May 23rd 2010: In the Norwegian port of Eidfjord, Norway, a fire was detected in the engine room. All passengers and most of the crew and two Norwegian pilots were unhurt.

May 24th 2010: Towed from Eidfjord to Bergen.

May 30th 2010: Towed to the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg to for docking and repair.

2010: Returned to service.

January 15th 2010: Grounded in the Beagle Channel at the tip of South America. No one was injured and the ship was able to continue its journey.

July 14th 2011: Announcement that she would go to the London Docklands, acting as a Hotel Ship for the 2012 Olympic Games.

July 2012: To London for the Olympic Games.

 

© Aleksi Lindström

© Ken Smith  © Ken Smith

© Ken Smith

December 2014: Laid up in Gibraltar.

May 2015: Sold to Absolute Nevada LLC, Las, Vegas, USA (management V Ships Leisure).

June 9th 2015 – July 29th 2015: Chartered to Plantours.

June 9th 2015 – July 29th 2015: Sailed under the Bahamas flag, and its funnel was painted into Plantours yellow branding.

July 27th 2015: The new owners of ship announced that the ship would alternate between two roles. For part of the year the ship would travel as WORLD ODYSSEY transporting “Semester at Sea” students; and for the other part of the year it would be chartered to the German cruise company Phoenix Reisen, sailing under its traditional DEUTSCHLAND. For this period the ship would carry two names, one for winter, other for summer.

© Gena Amfimov

© Gena Amfimov

© Bob Scott

© Bob Scott

September 2015 – April 2016: Sailing as WORLD ODYSSEY.

    

© Juergen Braker

April 2016: Chartered to Phoenix Reisen, Germany renamed DEUTSCHLAND.

© John White

© John White

 

© Aleksi Lindström

September 2016: Renamed WORLD ODYSSEY

April 2017: Renamed DEUTSCHLAND (seasonal charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany)

September 2017: Renamed WORLD ODYSSEY.

April 2018: Renamed DEUTSCHLAND (seasonal charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany)

May 11th 2018: Arrived in Dover.

© Wolfgang Fricke  © Wolfgang Fricke

© Wolfgang Fricke (Hamburg, 06/08/2018)

September 2018 : Renamed WORLD ODYSSEY

April 2019: Renamed DEUTSCHLAND (seasonal charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany)

© Carsten Dettmer

© Carsten Dettmer (Riga, 25/07/2019)

© Willem Oldenburg  © Willem Oldenburg

© Willem Oldenburg (Ijmuiden, 29/05/2019)

November 2019: Renamed WORLD ODYSSEY

April 25th 2022: Due at Dover.

May 1st 2022: Renamed DEUTSCHLAND (seasonal charter to Phoenix Reisen, Germany).

August 20th 2022: Called at Dover.

 

 

 

 

© As indicated, courtesy of Dover Strait Shipping

August 14th 2024: Whilst in Bremerhaven changed her funnel livery to Semester and renamed WORLD ODYSSEY in readiness for her annual season long change. 

© Willem Oldenburg © Willem Oldenburg © Willem Oldenburg © Willem Oldenburg

🆕 © Willem Oldenburg (Ijmuiden, 08/09/2024)

 


All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Gena Amfimov, Cees De Bijl, Jens Boldt, Juergen Braker, Carsten Dettmer, Wolfgang Fricke, Mike Jackson, Aleksi Lindström, John Mavin, Willem Oldenburg, Nigel Scutt @ Dover Strait Shipping/Fotoflite, Ken Smith, Tim Vogel, John White and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

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