# MS Enchanted Capri > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MS_Enchanted_Capri > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MS_Enchanted_Capri.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Enchanted_Capri > Source revision: 1349017330 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|1975 Belorussiya-class cruise ship}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Azerbaidjan IMO 7359474 P Corfu 09-1981.jpg | image_caption = ''Azerbaidjan'' in [Corfu](/source/Corfu), September 1981 }} |section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *''Enchanted Capri'': 1998–2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanguardiaveracruz.mx/desguazaran-el-flotel-enchanteo-capri-en-coatzacoalcos/|title=Desguazarán el flotel Enchanteo Capri en Coatzacoalcos|date=16 October 2020}} *''Island Holiday'': 1997–1998 *''Arkadia'' (''Arkadiya''[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=*1429193 Arkadiya – IMO 7359474]): 1996–1997 *''Azerbaydzhan'': 1975–1996{{cite web|url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1527084|title=AZERBAIJAN – IMO 7359474|publisher=shipspotting.com|accessdate=2012-04-28}} | owner = *Demar Instaladora y Constructora, S.A. de C.V.: 2007–2020 *FLOTEL SERVICES SA: 2008 *Faraglioni Ltd.: 2003–2008{{csr|register=E|id=7359474|shipname=Enchanted Capri|accessdate=2012-04-28}} *[Commodore Holding Ltd.](/source/Commodore_Holding_Ltd.): 1998–2003 *[SeaEscape](/source/SeaEscape): 1997–1998 *BLASCO: 1996–1997 *[Black Sea Shipping Company](/source/Black_Sea_Shipping_Company): 1975–1996 | operator = *Demar Instaladora y Constructora, S.A. de C.V.: 2007–2020 *[International Shipping Partners](/source/International_Shipping_Partners): 2005–2007 *[Commodore Cruise Line](/source/Commodore_Cruise_Line): 1998–2003 | registry = Ciudad del Carmen [Campeche](/source/Ciudad_del_Carmen%2C_Mexico), {{flag|Mexico|civil}} | ordered = | builder = [Wärtsilä](/source/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4) [Turku Shipyard](/source/Crichton-Vulcan), [Turku](/source/Turku), [Finland](/source/Finland){{cite web|last=Asklander|first=Micke|title=M/S AZERBAIHZAN.|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/azerbaihzan_1975.htm|publisher=Fakta om Fartyg|accessdate=29 April 2012}} | yard_number = | laid_down = 1974 | launched = 14 April 1975 | completed = 1976 | christened = | acquired = | in_service = 1976 | out_of_service = 2020 | identification = *[Call sign](/source/Maritime_call_sign) XCJP7 *{{IMO Number|7359474}} *{{MMSI|345070213}} | fate = grounded in [Alvarado](/source/Alvarado%2C_Veracruz) in 2020 | notes = }} |section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = (currently) | class = [Hotel ship](/source/Hotel_ship) | tonnage = {{GT|15410}}, {{DWT|3000}}, {{NetT|6401}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isp-usa.com/fleet/enchantedcapri/enchantedcapri.html |title=Fleet Information – M/V Enchanted Capri |accessdate=2012-04-28 |archivedate=2012-02-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220005906/http://www.isp-usa.com/fleet/enchantedcapri/enchantedcapri.html |url-status=dead }} | displacement = 11,319 tons | length = {{cvt|157|m|ftin}} | beam = {{cvt|21.83|m|ftin}} | height = | draught = {{cvt|6.2|m|ftin}} | depth = 72 feet{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} | ice_class = | power = 2 × Wärtsilä - [S.E.M.T. Pielstick](/source/S.E.M.T._Pielstick) 18 PC 2-2V, 2 × {{cvt|9000|bhp}} | propulsion = 2 × [Kamewa](/source/Kamewa) [CPP](/source/Variable-pitch_propeller_(marine)) W/4 blades | speed = {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = 937 passengers | crew = 155{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} | notes = 248 rooms{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} }} }} '''MS ''Enchanted Capri''''' is a wrecked {{sclass|Belorussiya|cruiseferry|0}} [cruise ship](/source/cruise_ship) owned by Demar Instaladora y Constructora, [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and operated as an accommodation vessel for oil rigs in the [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico). She was built in 1975 at [Wärtsilä](/source/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4) [Turku Shipyard](/source/Crichton-Vulcan) in [Turku](/source/Turku), [Finland](/source/Finland) as the 15,409 GRT '''MS ''Azerbaydzhan''''' for the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)-based [Black Sea Shipping Company](/source/Black_Sea_Shipping_Company). She had also sailed under the names '''MS ''Arkadia''''' and '''MS ''Island Holiday'''''. ==History== left|thumb|225x225px|Post of the ship {{more citations needed|section|date=April 2012}} The ''Azerbaydzhan'' was built in 1975 as the third ship of the five [Belorussiya class passenger ships](/source/Belorussiya_class_passenger_ships) ordered by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) from the [Wärtsilä](/source/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4) shipyard in [Turku](/source/Turku), [Finland](/source/Finland). She underwent refurbishments in 1984 in [Bremerhaven, Germany](/source/Bremerhaven%2C_Germany) and in 1997 in [Freeport, Grand Bahama](/source/Freeport%2C_Grand_Bahama). In 1996, the vessel was acquired by BLASCO, Ukraine[http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/black.htm Black Sea Shipping Co. (Black Sea Steamship Co.)] and renamed ''Arkadia'' (''Arkadiya''). The ship was [chartered](/source/Chartering_(shipping)) by [SeaEscape](/source/SeaEscape), Florida and renamed ''Island Holiday''. On June 4, 1998, [Commodore Cruise Line](/source/Commodore_Cruise_Line) chartered the vessel, renamed her ''Enchanted Capri'' and started 2 and 5-day cruises from [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), Louisiana with an emphasis on gaming. With 248 cabins, including eight suites, and eight passenger decks, the ''Enchanted Capri'' offered full cruise amenities such as swimming pools, restaurants, gift shops, bars, lounges, theater, disco, gym, sauna, beauty salon, and complete hospital facilities. Commodore Holdings Limited, the parent company to Commodore Cruise Line, and Casino America, Inc. announced that they had executed a definitive agreement under which Casino America would manage the casino operations aboard this ship. The onboard casino, with slots and a variety of table games, was under the [Isle of Capri Casinos](/source/Isle_of_Capri_Casinos) banner. Following Commodore's bankruptcy on January 11, 2001, the ''Enchanted Capri'' made news when the ship was arrested in New Orleans by the [International Transport Workers' Federation](/source/International_Transport_Workers'_Federation) on behalf of the crew, who were owed $500,000 in back wages. More than 230 crew stranded on the passenger vessel were sent home to forty countries in the biggest repatriation operation staged by the ITWF.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} The ''Enchanted Capri'' was laid up, her owners chartered her to the Mexican company Demar Instaladora y Constructora in 2003 and refurbished the vessel in 2005 to bring her up to the latest SOLAS standards. At the end of 2007 ''Enchanted Capri'' was totally owned by the Mexican company Demar Instaladora y Constructora. In 2020, it was planned to scrap her in [Coatzacoalcos](/source/Coatzacoalcos).{{cite web|url=https://www.cruisedeck.de/enchanted-capri-wird-verschrottet/|title=ENCHANTED CAPRI wird verschrottet|date=2020-10-21|accessdate=2020-12-11|language=de}} However, she grounded in [Alvarado](/source/Alvarado%2C_Veracruz) after dragging anchor in a storm.{{cite web|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/floatel-drifts-aground-off-port-of-alvarado-mexico|title=Former Cruise Ship Drifts Aground Off Port of Alvarado, Mexico|date=2020-11-04|accessdate=2020-12-11}} The vessel was abandoned and still aground as of December 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2021/36717/former-soviet-cruise-liner-now-ghost-ship-decaying/ |title=Former Soviet cruise liner, now a ghost ship, decaying in Gulf of Mexico |date=1 March 2025|publisher=Fleetmon |access-date=31 December 2020 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|IMO 7359474}} * [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/search.php?search_imo=7359474&page_limit=300 Professional photographs] from shipspotting.com * [https://web.archive.org/web/19990203034237/http://www.commodorecruise.com/ Enchanted Capri 1998 Fact Sheet] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061022133822/http://www.isp-usa.com/fleet/pdf/enchantedcapri_ga.pdf Enchanted Capri's General Arrangement] * [http://www.demar.com.mx Demar Instaladora y Constructora MEXICO] {{Belorussiya class}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Enchanted Capri}} Category:Cruise ships Category:Cruiseferries Category:Ships built in Turku Category:Passenger ships of the Soviet Union Category:Finland–Soviet Union relations Category:1975 ships Category:Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [MS Enchanted Capri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Enchanted_Capri) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Enchanted_Capri?action=history)). 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