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MV Balmoral is a vintage excursion ship owned by MV Balmoral Fund Ltd., a preservation charity. Her principal area of operation is the Bristol Channel, although she also operates day excursions to other parts of the United Kingdom. [3] [4] The Balmoral is included on the National Historic Ships register as part of the National Historic Fleet. [5]
Balmoral is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines . She was built in 1988 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg , West Germany , as Crown Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line .
MV Medina (III) 1931–1962 The first diesel engined ferry on the Solent MV Vecta (I) 1938–1965 2 × English Electric 6LM type diesels. [9] Sold to P & A Campbell, renamed Westward Ho: MV Balmoral (II) 1949–1969 Operated by P & A Campbell from 1968 to 1980. In 1981 she was sold for use as a floating nightclub in Dundee.
Capsized and sank in the Red Sea, there was bad weather but the direct cause of the sinking is unknown, 185 dead bodies were recovered and 813 of them are missing and presumed dead, 998 casualties total. [9] 22 March 2006: MV Queen of the North: Failed to make a planned course change, ran aground and sank. 23 July 2006: MV Cougar Ace: Severely ...
A number of motor vessels have been named MV Balmoral, including: MV ...
Fire that burns for a long time before the ship sinks (e.g., Achille Lauro) Foundering, i.e., taking in so much water that buoyancy is lost and the ship sinks (e.g., RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic); some ships with a dense cargo (e.g., iron ore) may break up when sinking quickly and hitting a rocky seabed
PS Waverley 1885–1917 (renamed HMS Way during WWI, scrapped 1921); Ravenswood 1891–1955; Westward Ho 1894–1946; Cambria 1895–1946; Britannia 1896–1956; Lady Margaret 1895–1905
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality.