Mv Amadea

ex Asuka

 
  
 © Nigel Thornton

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1991 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan. (Yard No 2050) for Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan. Launched April 6th 1991.

 
 
 
 

Technical Data

 
    
 

Length

192.81m

 
 

Breadth of Hull

24.70m

 
 

Draught

6.6m

 
 

Tonnage

28,717 gross, 2,248 deadweight

 
 

Engines

Two MAN-Mitsubishi 7L58/64 diesels

 
 

Power

17,300kW

 
 

Speed

21 knots

 
 

Capacity

584 passengers

 
 

Call Sign

C6VE9

 
 

MMSI Number

308445000

 
 

IMO Number

8913162

 
 

Registry

Bahamas 

 
   
 

History

 
   

 

April 6th 1991: Launched.

December 1991: Delivered to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan.

December 24th 1991: Maiden cruise between Yokohama- Taiwan.

1991: Thereafter cruising south-east Asia/Australia.

May 21st 2005: Called at Dover for the first time.

© Nigel Thornton

April 2006: She was replaced by the CRYSTAL HARMONY.  Renamed AMADEA . She would be in future operating for Phoenix Reisen, Germany.

January 7th 2006: Chartered to Phoenix Reisen and will begin her repositioning voyage on March 16th as AMADEA from Japan to Europe.

   

© Nigel Thornton

May 10th 2006: Inaugural call at Dover.

 

 

  
 
 
 

All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions found. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright.

 
 
 

  © Ray Goodfellow & Nigel Thornton 2003-2012