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Topic: How many Hotel Ships?

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-18-2004 01:01 PM

There is a lot of talk about Hotel ships lately.

So how many are there. Can we name some? How long have they been opperating as Hotels?

1) Queen Mary (1968)
2) ?

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Nautical Nigel
First Class Passenger
Member # 2326

posted 03-18-2004 01:15 PM

There is one in Amsterdam although calling it a ship maybe gilding the lily somewhat.

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Anders
First Class Passenger
Member # 2227

posted 03-18-2004 02:15 PM

Here is a link to another Hotel ship. She is Barbara Hutton's Yacht from 1920´s. She is nice situated at Stockholm's Old Town.

http://www.destination-stockholm.com/framesmaster.htm?http://www.destination-stockholm.com/hotels/malardrottningen.htm

Anders

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 03-18-2004 05:02 PM

Only larger ships I know of that are serving as Hotels are;

Queen Mary
Hikawa Maru (may not be a hotel anymore)
Brazil Maru

[ 03-18-2004: Message edited by: Ðraikar ]

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 03-18-2004 05:43 PM

In Antwerp the old Hurtigruten "Hakon Jarl" served as a hotel/restaurant ship, but is now only a restaurant/party ship I think.

Is "Oriana" still used as an hotel ship ?

On "Maritime Matters" I read about the "Ancerville" a former french "Paquet " liner which was used as an hotel ship in China, and which is now literally completley landlocked, with the new land stretching to the hull...

The "Santa Paula" of US Grace Line ended her life as she was bombed in the 1990 Gulf War as the "Kuwait Mariott Hotel".

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mec1
First Class Passenger
Member # 4287

posted 03-18-2004 11:58 PM

There is also the Sunbourn Yacht Hotel, a modern cruise ship built without engines - she is like a Seabourn vessel and is moored in London's docklands.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-19-2004 06:16 AM

STELLA POLARIS [now MV SCANDINAVIA] in Japan, was an hotel, now I believe just a restaurant, but still there.
LYDIA in France, now a restaurant & entertainment centre.
Pam.. mind blank but I think there are quite a few about

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 03-20-2004 01:00 AM

Regarding Prudential-Grace Lines' Santa Paula, was she ever scrapped after the 1st Gulf War??

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-20-2004 04:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
Regarding Prudential-Grace Lines' Santa Paula, was she ever scrapped after the 1st Gulf War??

Yes. She sat there burnt out for some years, but was then taken apart. Nothing was apparently worth saving and the area is now a car park. [She went downscale from Marriott, to Ramada & then another but I can't recall the name offhand].
Sad, she had a lovely restaurant aboard, and her decks retained that rope/sea smell of older ships.
Pam

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 03-24-2004 05:53 AM

There is also the "Georg Büchner" (ex-CMB-Charlesville) in Rostock (northern Germany).

This ship is used as an hotel, seminar- and conference center, and a youth hostel.

According to the information a double hotelroom is 50 EUR / night.

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 03-25-2004 09:43 PM

Lydia built in 1931 as the Moonta now used as a recreation center in France, interesting she was not docked but beached for this role !

She almost looks like a smaller MV Britannic or RMS Titanic.

Photos from post cards scanned from simplonpc.co.uk

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CGT
First Class Passenger
Member # 3531

posted 03-25-2004 10:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ðraikar:
Lydia built in 1931 as the Moonta now used as a recreation center in France, interesting she was not docked but beached for this role !

Wow, that's odd!

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 04-02-2004 12:46 PM

Here is the Minghua, former Ancerville in China

And the Georg Buchner in Rostock

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Philip J Fiorenza
First Class Passenger
Member # 4652

posted 05-03-2004 01:17 PM

Hello,

There is sometalk on ssMaritime of current negotions to convert the Princesa Victoria into a hotel ship. Presently she is owned by Bangladeshi breakers, but they are willing to sell her for $5,000,000 (US). I have seen many of these plans started and aborted before.

Has anyone heard anything about this?

Philip J Fiorenza
New York, NY USA
philf11414@yahoo.com

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gpcruisedude
First Class Passenger
Member # 3533

posted 05-10-2004 09:52 PM

It is true their have been alot of talk about Hotel ships, but They Could make great ones if they were marketed right! Especially The Ocean Explorer 1, she has so much potential in that role as does the Universe Explorer!

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 03-03-2005 12:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Johan:
There is also the "Georg Büchner" (ex-CMB-Charlesville) in Rostock (northern Germany).
This ship is used as an hotel, seminar- and conference center, and a youth hostel.
According to the information a double hotelroom is 50 EUR / night.

Does anybody know what happened to the Georg Buchner ? IS she still in service.

I can't find the very nice site anymore where I got this info a year ago

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-03-2005 04:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mec1:
There is also the Sunbourn Yacht Hotel, a modern cruise ship built without engines - she is like a Seabourn vessel and is moored in London's docklands.
M

This is interesting. Where has she been built? Do you have more informations?

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-03-2005 04:48 PM

There is also her sister, Sunborn Princess, in Finland. Ernst, i think there is an old thread about them, Ill see if I can find it.

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-03-2005 05:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
There is also her sister, Sunborn Princess, in Finland. Ernst, i think there is an old thread about them, Ill see if I can find it.
Pam

Thank you. Sounds even more interesting.

By the way: Did anyone post the Augustus?

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-03-2005 05:17 PM

Sunborn Princess was built at Kvaerner Warnow Werft GmbH / Rostock / Germany. I can only guess that the Sunborn yacht was too?

The old threads are here and here. AJL's link seems to have gone

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-03-2005 05:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ernst:
Thank you. Sounds even more interesting.
By the way: Did anyone post the Augustus?

P.S.: Congratulations to the marketing people who selected this name. For future competitors only Sunburn is left now.

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 03-09-2005 07:38 AM

Here is a link to the Georg Buchner, 50 EUR a night in a doppelbettzimmer is not too much !

Georg Büchner

I only hope this is still a working link, or uptodate information.

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