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Equipment/technical data

• Year of construction: 1967 (original name: Canguro Verde)
• Launched: Stabia, Italy
• Last general overhaul: 1999
• Gross register tons: 11162
• Length: 135 m
• Width: 19.2 m
• Depth: 6.30 m
• Drive: diesel, 9000 KW
• Cruising speed: 16 knots
• Deck: 8 passenger decks for maximum 740 passengers in 243 cabins
• Facilities for passengers: 5 bars, bistro, disco, casino, library, swimming pool, fitness center, sauna, massage room, fashion shops. Cabin electricity supply 110 volts.

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Incidents

On Saturday 6 May 2006 at 4am its starboard engine caught fire while it was carrying 708 people 16 miles off Eastbourne sailing from Tilbury to St Peter Port on Guernsey. Its crew put the fire out. Its passengers sat in its lifeboats but the boats were not launched. [2] // Eastbourne is a medium-sized town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with a population, according to the 2001 Census, of around 90,000. ... Tilbury is located on the north bank of the River Thames, in the borough of Thurrock in England, at the point where the river suddenly narrows to about 800 yards/740 metres in width. ... This is a map of Guernsey. ... A crew comprises a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. ... For the 1944 movie, see Lifeboat (film). ...

External links

• Louis Cruise Lines
• Description of ship
• ((Swedish)) History of ship