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OEC now plans to expand beyond its one-ship operation in the Oceania region through the building of new ships and/or other acquisitions. On the evening of 20 January 2013, the ship rescued a round-the-world yachtsman, Alain Delord, from his liferaft located 487 nautical miles SSW of Hobart (S49.47.93 E144.20.47) in the Southern Ocean .
The ship's maiden voyage was a 'shakedown cruise' (not open to the public) which departed from Rome, Italy and ended in Barcelona, Spain. [5] The first commercial voyage departed Barcelona on June 19, 2018. [6] On January 2, 2023, the ship was asked to leave New Zealand waters due to excess algae and barnacles. [7]
RMS Orion was an ocean liner launched by the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1934 and retired from the water in 1963 after carrying about 500,000 passengers. A 23,371 ton passenger ship, the Orion was built to carry 486 first class, 653 tourist class passengers and 466 crew from Europe through the Pacific to Australia.
The luxury expedition ship MV Orion, the backbone of OEC, has been described by the Berlitz Guide to Cruising as "the latest in the quest to build the perfect expedition vessel". Owned by the Marshall Islands registered company Explorer Maritime and leased under a long-term agreement by OEC, the vessel was previously operated, albeit for a ...
Cruise ship classes are sets of ships that have similar tonnage, height, length, passenger capacity and accommodation. Belorussiya-class cruiseferry; Breakaway-class cruise ship; Concordia-class cruise ship; Conquest-class cruise ship; Destiny-class cruise ship; Dream-class cruise ship; Edge-class cruise ship; Excellence-class cruise ship ...
Viking Sky is one of a series of cruise ships built by Fincantieri in Ancona, Italy, for Viking Ocean Cruises.As of 2019, she has five sister ships in operation (Viking Star, Viking Sea, Viking Sun, Viking Orion and Viking Jupiter), one under construction (Viking Venus), five on order (Viking Tellus and four yet unnamed vessels) and four more planned with deliveries spanning to 2027. [3]
Built as the Orion by Krupp Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany in 1929, the steel-hulled yacht was purchased from German-American woollen manufacturer Julius Forstmann on 13 November 1940. Converted to a gunboat at Brooklyn, New York , by the Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation , the erstwhile pleasure craft was renamed Vixen and designated PG-53.
Orion (paddle steamer), a ship which sank off Portpatrick, Scotland in 1850; MV Orion, a cruise ship; RMS Orion, an ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company; SS Orion, a Swedish steel steamship decommissioned in 1979, now a museum ship; Orion 50, an American sailboat design