Follow the liink provided ... ship was grounded intentionally because of dammage. I surmise, that nobody is interested enough to salvage at this point.
Built in 1974, it was a cruise ship that periodically would go to the polar regions and allow passengers to watch ice floe movements and glaciers. Built with a double hull construction it was capable of handling minor impacts with ice. On April 30, 2000 the ship struck a large uncharted rock or reef in the Sandfly Passage of the Solomon Islands. After the passengers were safely taken to shore via passenger ferry the captain then steered it into Roderick Bay while the ship began to list (tilt) and grounded it to avoid sinking.
Here's an ad from when the ship was under construction: http://books.google.com/books?id=E9rqU5LnJysC&lpg=PA499&dq=BEWA%20discoverer&pg=PA499#v=onepage&q=BEWA%20discoverer&f=false
The ship is in the online portfolio of the naval architects Knud E Hansen, where it states that the owners went bankrupt during the construction of the ship: http://www.knudehansen.com/References/Expedition-Cruise-Vessels/
It was then purchased and entered service in 1977 with Society Cruises, although the registered ownership and flag changed many times in the course of its career. Society expeditions flirted with bankruptcy a few times, and a dismissed involuntary bankruptcy petition may well have undermined confidence in the company enough to do her in in 2004. After the grounding of the World Discoverer, they refurbished an ice-class vessel as World Discoverer II, and I think that vessel is now sailing for another company and named MS Silver Explorer.
Follow the liink provided ... ship was grounded intentionally because of dammage. I surmise, that nobody is interested enough to salvage at this point.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link, and she was cannibalaized by the locals, so is not worth salvage... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_World_Discoverer
ReplyDeleteSure, but the ship wasn't built and outfitted to be grounded. That's the part I'm interested in.
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ReplyDeleteBuilt in 1974, it was a cruise ship that periodically would go to the polar regions and allow passengers to watch ice floe movements and glaciers. Built with a double hull construction it was capable of handling minor impacts with ice. On April 30, 2000 the ship struck a large uncharted rock or reef in the Sandfly Passage of the Solomon Islands. After the passengers were safely taken to shore via passenger ferry the captain then steered it into Roderick Bay while the ship began to list (tilt) and grounded it to avoid sinking.
Here's an ad from when the ship was under construction:
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The ship is in the online portfolio of the naval architects Knud E Hansen, where it states that the owners went bankrupt during the construction of the ship:
http://www.knudehansen.com/References/Expedition-Cruise-Vessels/
It was then purchased and entered service in 1977 with Society Cruises, although the registered ownership and flag changed many times in the course of its career. Society expeditions flirted with bankruptcy a few times, and a dismissed involuntary bankruptcy petition may well have undermined confidence in the company enough to do her in in 2004. After the grounding of the World Discoverer, they refurbished an ice-class vessel as World Discoverer II, and I think that vessel is now sailing for another company and named MS Silver Explorer.
Another photo album from the construction of the ship that I menat to link above:
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