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Msc Cruises: Ships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantaships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantasia, Msc Sinfonia, Msc Poesi

Msc Cruises: Ships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantaships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantasia, Msc Sinfonia, Msc Poesi


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ships of Msc Cruises, Ms Achille Lauro, Ms Oranje, Msc Fantasia, Msc Sinfonia, Msc Poesia, Msc Melody, Msc Splendida, Msc Magnifica, Msc Armonia, Msc Lirica, Msc Orchestra, Msc Opera, Msc Musica. Excerpt: MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. Built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. She is most remembered for her 1985 hijacking. In 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. Ordered in 1938 to replace the aging ships on the Dutch East Indies route, her keel was laid in 1939 at De Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, Netherlands, for Rotterdamsche Lloyd (now Nedlloyd). Interrupted by World War II and two bombing raids, the ship was not launched until July 1946 as the Willem Ruys. The ship was named after the grandson of the founder of the Rotterdamsche Lloyd who was taken hostage and shot during the war. Willem Ruys was completed in late 1947. At that time, the Rotterdamsche Lloyd had been granted a royal prefix in honor of its services during the war. Willem Ruys was 192 metres (630 ft) in length, 25 metres (82 ft) in beam, had a draught of 8.9 metres (29.2 ft), and measured 21,119 gross register tons. Eight Sulzer engines drove two propellers. She could accommodate 900 passengers. She featured a superstructure very different to other liners of that era: Willem Ruys pioneered low-slung aluminium lifeboats, within the upper-works flanks. The next ship to adopt this unique arrangement was the SS Canberra in 1961. Today, all cruise ships follow this layout. As Willem Ruys, the ship began her maiden voyage on December 2, 1947. Together with her main competitor and running mate, the MS Oranje of the Netherland Line, she became a popular fixture on the Du... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=147496


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157873112
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 54
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 91 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157873111
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Ships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantaships of Msc Cruises, MS Achille Lauro, MS Oranje, Msc Fantasia, Msc Sinfonia, Msc Poesi
  • Width: 229 mm


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