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experienced a major fire in her engine room. Two Wartsila N.A. field service engineers and one crew member, working in the engine room at the time, lost their lives. The resulting damages made it necessary to end the voyage started just 4 days prior in Miami. All passengers were disembarked and flown
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The ship was back in service by 22 March 2015 to start a world cruise from Singapore. The delayed departure date for the cruise resulted in a heavily modified itinerary, although many of the principal cruise destinations were still visited.
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had begun operations in 1989, with a series of eight small luxury cruise ships constructed during the course of the next three years. In the mid-90s the company placed an order for eight identical 30,277 
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is scheduled to undergo a significant renovation as a part of the company's $ 100 million OceaniaNEXT program. The refurbished cruise ship will debut in December 2018.
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Hapag-Lloyd decided that after 2014 they would not renew the charter of the
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was towed to San Juan, Puerto Rico where she was fully repaired.
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to their home towns. After minor repairs to restore power, MS
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On 11 December 2014 whilst alongside in Castries, St. Lucia,
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began what was initially announced as a two-year lease to
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The first ship in the series, 165: 147: 21: 492:. She was built in 1998 by the 127:Hapag-Lloyd Cruises (2012–2014) 118:Renaissance Cruises (1998–2001) 788:Sue Bryant (11 January 2011). 545:in November of the same year. 130:Oceania Cruises (2014–present) 1: 423:698 passengers (lower berths) 576:Beginning in April 2012, MS 961:– review by Peter Knego in 426:824 passengers (all berths) 124:Oceania Cruises (2003–2012) 1471: 863:Cruise Arabia & Africa 1380: 1298: 1233: 1140: 725:. Simplon Postcards. 2005 645:Asklander, Micke (2012). 584:, which renamed the ship 528:Chantiers de l'Atlantique 494:Chantiers de l'Atlantique 297: 186:Chantiers de l'Atlantique 35: 30:in Montreal, October 2023 20: 910:Smith, Peter C. (2014). 889:Saunders, Aaron (2013). 515:Concept and construction 378:9 (passenger accessible) 298:General characteristics 1071:Former Chartered ships 573: 471:. She is now owned by 1450:Ships built in France 1052:Hanseatic Inspiration 946:at Wikimedia Commons 563: 1344:Azamara Club Cruises 1338:R-class cruise ships 556:Lease to Hapag-Lloyd 819:seatrade-cruise.com 751:. 12 December 2014. 520:Renaissance Cruises 469:Renaissance Cruises 121:laid up (2001–2002) 80:Renaissance Cruises 839:. 11 December 2014 647:"M/S R ONE (1998)" 574: 321:-class cruise ship 1432: 1431: 1305: 1304: 1147: 1146: 942:Media related to 447: 446: 1462: 1386: 1332: 1325: 1318: 1309: 1239: 1174: 1167: 1160: 1151: 1060:Hanseatic Spirit 1044:Hanseatic Nature 997: 990: 983: 974: 963:Maritime Matters 941: 927: 906: 875: 874: 872: 870: 865:. 5 January 2015 855: 849: 848: 846: 844: 837:Seatrade Insider 829: 823: 822: 821:. 28 April 2014. 811: 805: 804: 802: 800: 785: 779: 778: 776: 774: 769:. 13 August 2018 759: 753: 752: 741: 735: 734: 732: 730: 719: 713: 712: 709:www.veristar.com 701: 695: 694: 692: 690: 671: 662: 661: 659: 657: 642: 173:Marshall Islands 171: 169: 168: 153: 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Index


Renaissance Cruises
Cruiseinvest
Oceania Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd
Oceania Cruises
Monrovia
Liberia
Majuro
Marshall Islands
Chantiers de l'Atlantique
St. Nazaire
France
GB£150 million
Call sign
IMO number
9156462
MMSI number
538001663
R-class
cruise ship
Regatta-class cruise ship
GT
DWT
Wärtsilä
lead ship
R class
cruise ships
Renaissance Cruises
Oceania Cruises

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