# MS Ocean Endeavour

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{{Short description|Polish cruise ship built in 1981}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox ship
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 | image = 2015-09-18 MS OCEAN ENDEAVOUR - IMO 7625811, at Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord), Greenland.jpg
 | image_caption = Expedition ship, MS ''Ocean Endeavour'', at Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord), Greenland
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 | hide_header = 
 | name = *''Konstantin Simonov'' (1982–1996)
          *''Francesca'' (1996–2001)
          *''The Iris'' (2001–2010)
          *''Kristina Katarina'' (2010–2014)
          *''Ocean Endeavour'' (2014–)
 | owner = 2010–2014: Achieva SF-One Ltd
 | operator = [Kristina Cruises](/source/Kristina_Cruises)
 | route = 
 | ordered = 
 | builder = [Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego](/source/Stocznia_Szczeci%C5%84ska),<ref name="faergelejet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=970|title=Ocean Endeavour (ex. Konstantin Simonov), IMO 7625811|website=www.faergelejet.dk}}</ref> [Szczecin](/source/Szczecin), [Poland](/source/Poland)
 | yard_number = 492/03<ref name="faergelejet" />
 | way_number = 
 | laid_down = 
 | launched = 17 April 1981<ref name="faktaomfartyg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/konstantin_simonov_1982.htm|title=M/S KONSTANTIN SIMONOV (1982)|website=www.faktaomfartyg.se}}</ref>
 | completed = 
 | acquired = 1982<ref name="faktaomfartyg" />
 | maiden_voyage = April 1982
 | out_of_service = 
 | registry = *1982: [Vladivostok](/source/Vladivostok), {{USSR|1982}}
*1982–1987: [Odessa](/source/Odessa),<ref>[http://www.infoflotforum.ru/index.php?showtopic=*8858 Второе пришествие Константина Симонова]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}} Аркадий Гринберг. Моряк Украины № 24. 2002 г.</ref>{{USSR|1982}}
                                                                                               *1987–1992: [Leningrad](/source/Saint_Petersburg), {{USSR|1982}}
                                                                                               *1992–1996: [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), {{flag|Russia}}
                                                                                               *1996–2000: [Limassol](/source/Limassol), {{flag|Cyprus}}
                                                                                               *2000–2010: [Valletta](/source/Valletta), {{flag|Malta|civil}}
                                                                                               *2010–2014: [Kotka](/source/Kotka), {{flag|Finland}}
                                                                                               *2014–2015: [Majuro](/source/Majuro), {{flag|Marshall Islands}}
                                                                                               *2015–2022: [Nassau](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas), {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}
                                                                                               *2022 onwards: [Madeira](/source/Madeira), {{flag|Portugal}}
 | fate = 
 | status = {{Ship in active service}}
 | identification = *[Call sign](/source/Maritime_call_sign): CQEJ6
                    *{{IMO Number|7625811}}
                    *{{MMSI|255806401}}
 | notes = 
 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
 | hide_header = 
 | header_caption = 
 | type = *[''Dmitriy Shostakovich''-class ferry](/source/Dmitriy_Shostakovich-class_ferry)
          *[Cruise ship](/source/Cruise_ship) <small>(since 1 December 2004)</small>
 | tonnage = {{GT|12,907}}<ref>Equasis</ref><ref name="KKspecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.kristinacruises.com/?a=laivat&s=188&i=1161 |title=M/S Kristina Katarina / Specifications |publisher=[Kristina Cruises](/source/Kristina_Cruises) |accessdate=11 April 2011}}</ref>
 | displacement = 
 | length = {{convert|137.61|m|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="faergelejet" />
 | beam = {{convert|21.01|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="faergelejet" />
 | height = 
 | draught = {{convert|5.6|m|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="faergelejet" /><ref name="KKspecs"/>
 | depth = 
 | decks = 9 total, 6 passenger decks<ref name="KKspecs"/>
 | ice_class = 
 | power = 12,800kW
 | propulsion = Twin propellers
 | speed = {{convert|15|kn|km/h mph|lk=in}}<ref name="KKspecs"/>
 | capacity = 199 passengers<ref name="KKspecs"/>
 | crew = 90–100<ref name="peregrine"/>
 | notes = 
 }}
}}
'''MS ''Ocean Endeavour''''' is a [cruise ship](/source/cruise_ship) built in [Poland](/source/Poland) in 1981.

== History ==
The ship was built by [Stocznia Szczecinska im A Warskiego](/source/Szczecin_Shipyard) in [Szczecin](/source/Szczecin), [Poland](/source/Poland) in 1981 and operated as '''''Konstantin Simonov''''' in the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) from construction, undergoing a refit in 1988. From 1996 to 2001, the ship operated as '''''Francesca''''' in the Mediterranean Sea. Until 2010, the ship was owned by [Israel](/source/Israel)i ''[Mano Cruise](/source/Mano_Maritime)'' (after a refit in 2001) and operated in the eastern [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) under the name '''''The Iris''''', during which time she was registered in [Malta](/source/Malta).

The ship was refitted again and joined [Kristina Cruises](/source/Kristina_Cruises) as '''''Kristina Katarina''''' in late 2010, taking over as [flagship](/source/flagship) from the much smaller [''Kristina Regina''](/source/MS_Bore).<ref name="kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com/kristinakatarina.htm |title=Kristina Katarina |author= |date= |publisher=kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com |accessdate=13 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104230/http://www.kreuzfahrt.bunge-web.com/kristinakatarina.htm |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} '''(German)'''</ref><ref name="TW">{{cite web |url=http://www.transportweekly.com/pages/en/news/articles/68040/ |title=Kristina Cruises shipping company to acquire a new flagship |author= |date=18 December 2009 |publisher=Transport Weekly |accessdate=13 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kristinacruises.com/index.php?a=laivat&s=188 |title=M/S Kristina Katarina / Introduction |author= |date= |publisher=[Kristina Cruises](/source/Kristina_Cruises) |accessdate=13 March 2010}}</ref> On 8 January 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/kristina_cruises_lays_off_150_sells_ship/7020253|title=Kristina Cruises lays off 150, sells ship|website=Yle Uutiset|date=8 January 2014 }}</ref> the ship was sold and renamed '''''Ocean Endeavour''''' with a capacity of 199 passengers.<ref name=peregrine>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peregrineadventures.com/en-au/ocean-endeavour|title=Ocean Endeavour overview|last=|first=|date=|website=Peregrine Adventures|language=en-au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019033544/https://www.peregrineadventures.com/en-au/ocean-endeavour|archive-date=2019-10-19|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref>

In the latest deployment for this vessel, she has been assigned a role with NATO to house troops in Greenland as a floating barracks after geo political concerns in 2026. <ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Faulkner |date=February 1, 2026 |title=Former Expedition Cruise Ship Becomes Floating Military Barracks in Arctic Greenland |url=https://cruisekick.com/news/ocean-endeavour-military-barracks-greenland-2026/ |url-status=live |website=Cruise Kick}}</ref>

== Operation activities ==
The vessel has operated in the northern summer season on the east coast of Canada, Greenland and the [Canadian Arctic](/source/Northern_Canada) by [Adventure Canada](/source/Adventure_Canada), and in the southern summer season to Antarctica from [Ushuaia](/source/Ushuaia) by a joint venture between Intrepid Travel and Chimu Adventures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adventurecanada.com |title=Adventure Canada |publisher=Adventure Canada}}</ref> Adventure Canada is an independent, family-owned expedition cruise company from [Mississauga](/source/Mississauga), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. Chimu Adventures and Intrepid Travel are Australian-owned Adventure travel companies.

== Wreck of the ''Erebus'' visit ==
On 5 September 2019, passengers of Adventure Canada on ''Ocean Endeavour'' were the first members of the public to visit the site of the wreck of [HMS ''Erebus''](/source/HMS_Erebus_(1826)), one of the two ships of the ill-fated [Franklin expedition](/source/Franklin's_lost_expedition) which aimed to traverse the [North-West Passage](/source/Northwest_Passage) through the [Canadian Arctic Archipelago](/source/Canadian_Arctic_Archipelago).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancourier.com/living/northwest-passage-cruise-stops-to-see-franklin-s-shipwrecked-erebus-1.23945719|title=Northwest Passage cruise stops to see Franklin's shipwrecked Erebus|last=Bain|first=Jennifer|website=Vancouver Courier|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>

The wreck site is within the [Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site](/source/Wrecks_of_HMS_Erebus_and_HMS_Terror_National_Historic_Site) and is managed by [Parks Canada](/source/Parks_Canada), which does not normally permit public access to the site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/nu/epaveswrecks|title=Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site|last=Parks Canada Agency|first=Government of Canada|date=2019-06-06|website=www.pc.gc.ca|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref> The visit by Adventure Canada passengers was a trial by Parks Canada in creating a visitor experience for the wreck site.<ref name=":0" />

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="190px" heights="130px">
File:The Ocean Endeavour in Hamburg, the move into the dock of Blohm & Voss in June 2015.jpg|''Ocean Endeavour'' in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), 2015
File:MS Ocean Endeavour moored off the coast of Jenny Lind Island, Canada, 2019.jpg|''Ocean Endeavour'' off [Jenny Lind Island](/source/Jenny_Lind_Island), Canada, 2019
</gallery>

==See also==
* {{sclass|Dmitriy Shostakovich|ferry|1}}

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links==
{{Commons category-inline|IMO 7625811}}

{{Dmitriy Shostakovich class}}

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Category:Expedition cruise ships
Category:1981 ships
Category:Ships of Black Sea Shipping Company
Category:Ships built in Szczecin

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