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Orion Expedition Cruises (OEC), since absorbed by Lindblad, then entered a long-term agreement to lease the vessel, handing it over to OEC in the Tahitian port of Papeete in March 2005 for transfer to Australia. OEC quickly expanded and further developed the expedition cruise market in the region and gained international recognition.
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Viking Orion is a cruise ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises. The ship was built by Fincantieri at its yard in Ancona, Italy. It was delivered to Viking Cruises on June 7, 2018. [1] The ship was christened by NASA astronaut Anna Fisher in a ceremony at Livorno, Italy. [2] The ship was named after Orion the Hunter, a constellation [3] and has ...
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.
Orion Expedition Cruises (OEC) is a former Australian-based luxury expedition cruise line that operated the German-built 103 m, 4000 gross tonne MV Orion in Australasian and Antarctic waters. History [ edit ]
Frames support the hull and give the ship its shape and strength. In wooden shipbuilding, each frame is composed of several sections, so that the grain of the wood can follow the curve of the frame. Starting from the keel, these are the floor (which crosses the keel and joins the frame to the keel), the first futtock , the second futtock , the ...
After a 26-day mission that took it on a historic journey around the moon, NASA’s next-generation Orion capsule has returned to Earth. The uncrewed spacecraft had a "picture perfect splashdown ...
MV Orion (also known as MS Orion, MY Orion), a National Geographic exploration ship; MV Orion, a Greek ro-ro freight ferry, previously Pentland Ferries' Orcadia and Caledonian MacBrayne's Saturn; Orion, a heavy lift vessel (HLV) operated by DEME Offshore, a subsidiary of the DEME Group. [1] Orion (paddle steamer), a British ferry which sank in 1850