Seabourn Legend
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 MS Seabourn Legend |
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| Career (Bahamian) |  |
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| Name: | Seabourn Legend (1996-Onwards) Queen Odyssey (1995-1996) Royal Viking Queen (1992-1995) |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Seabourn Cruise Line |
| Port of Registry: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder: | Schichau-Seebeckwerft |
| Laid down: | 1990 |
| Launched: | May 1991 |
| Commissioned: | February 29, 1992 as Royal Viking Queen |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 9,961 gross tons |
| Length: | 135 m (404 ft) |
| Beam: | 19.6 m (63 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.2 m (16.5 ft) |
| Installed power: | 7280 kW |
| Speed: | 19.2 knots 16 knots (service) |
| Capacity: | 208 passengers |
| Crew: | 164 |
Seabourn Legend is a Seabourn Cruise Line cruise ship, constructed by Schichau-Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven, Germany and put into service for Kloster Cruise in February 1992. The ship was originally named Royal Viking Queen, and operated on various crossings for Royal Viking Line, a Kloster subsidiary.
In 1995, the vessel's name was changed to Queen Odyssey after Cunard Line's purchase of the line in 1994. It remained in operation for Royal Viking Line until January 1996, before joining its sister ships at Seabourne with its current name.
The Seabourn Legend was featured in the 1997 film Speed 2: Cruise Control. In the movie, Sandra Bullock is trapped on the ship, where navigation computers has been reprogrammed by a computer hacker, setting the ship on a collision course with a supertanker.
It is the identical sister ship of the Seabourn Spirit and Seabourn Pride, all designed by Petter Yran and Bjørn Storbraaten.
[edit] History
- May 1991 — Launched
- February 11, 1992 — Operated sea trials.
- February 29, 1992 — Delivered to Kloster Cruise, Nassau, The Bahamas. Named Royal Viking Queen
- 1995 — Renamed Queen Odyssey
- January 12, 1996 — Acquired by Seabourn Cruise Line, Oslo, Norway. Renamed Seabourn Legend
- 1997 — Featured in movie Speed 2: Cruise Control
- 2002 — Re-registered in Nassau, The Bahamas
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