{{Short description|Horizon-class cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Zenith_(ship,_1992).jpg | image_caption = ''Zenith'' in Pullmantur livery (Tenerife, 2019) }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *''Zenith'' (1992–2020) *''The Zenith'' (2020–2022) *''TSM Singapore'' (2022–2022) *''Singa'' (2022–2022) | operator = *(1992–2007): Celebrity Cruises *(2007–2014): Pullmantur Cruises *(2014–2017): Croisières de France *(2017–2019): Pullmantur Cruises *(2020–2022): Peace Boat | ordered = | builder = Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany | yard_number = 620<ref name="FoF">{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/zenith_1992.htm |title=M/S Zenith (1992) |accessdate=14 December 2007 |author=Micke Asklander |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=sv}}</ref> | way_number = | laid_down = 18 October 1990<ref name="gl"/> | launched = 31 October 1991<ref name="gl"/> | completed = 1 March 1992<ref name="gl"/> | christened = | acquired = February 1992<ref name="FoF"/> | maiden_voyage = 1992 | in_service = 4 April 1992<ref name="FoF"/> | out_of_service = March 2020 | registry = *(1992–2002): Monrovia, {{flag|Liberia}} *(2002–2007): Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}<ref name="FoF"/> *(2007–2020): Valletta, {{flag|Malta|civil}} *(2020–2022): {{flag|Panama|civil}} *(2022–2022): {{flag|Palau|civil}}<ref name="FoF"/> | identification = *{{IMO Number|8918136}} *{{MMSI Number|256561000}} *Call sign: 9HXM8 | fate = Beached for scrap in Alang, India. | notes = Sister ship to {{MV|Horizon||2}} }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = <ref name="gl">{{csr|register=GL|id=107402|shipname=Zenith|accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref> | class = ''Horizon''-class cruise ship | tonnage = *{{GT|47,413}} *{{NetT|25,488}} *{{DWT|4,915}} | displacement = | length = {{cvt|208.00|m|ftin}} | beam = {{cvt|29.00|m|ftin}} | height = | draught = {{cvt|7.70|m|ftin}} | depth = {{cvt|24.10|m|ftin}} | decks = 12 | deck_clearance = | power = *2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}MAN-B&W 9L40/54 (2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}5,994{{nbsp}}kW) *2{{nbsp}}× MAN-B&W 6L40/54 (2 × 3,996 kW) | propulsion = *Two shafts, controllable pitch propellers *Two bow thrusters and one stern thruster | speed = {{convert|21|kn}} | capacity = 1,828 passengers<ref name="auto">[http://www.pullmantur.es/media/pullen/pdf/barcos/empress.pdf MV Zenith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211130851/http://www.pullmantur.es/media/pullen/pdf/barcos/empress.pdf |date=11 February 2014 }} PDF</ref> | crew = 620<ref name="auto"/> | notes = }} }} '''MV ''Zenith''''' was a cruise ship built in 1992 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany for Celebrity Cruises. After a career for Pullmantur Cruises and Croisières de France she was sold for scrapping at Alang, India in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-24 |title=Former Celebrity Zenith Takes Final Voyage to Scrapyard |url=https://cruiseradio.net/former-celebrity-zenith-arrives-cruise-scrapyard/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=cruiseradio.net |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History== ''Zenith'' was built as a sister ship to Celebrity Cruises' first newbuild, {{MV|Horizon||2}}. The ship's designer was yacht designer Jan Bannenberg, with interiors designed by Michael Katsourakis and British designer John McNeece. ''Zenith'' was delivered in February 1992 and set under Liberian flag, and used for cruises from Florida to the Caribbean and Bermuda islands. She was featured in the final scene of ''Captain Ron''. In 2002 she was re-flagged in the Bahamas. In 2007 she was transferred to Pullmantur Cruises and used for cruises around the Mediterranean.

A seven-night cruise from 11 to 18 March 1995 aboard ''Zenith'' is the subject of David Foster Wallace's 1995 essay "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (later part of a collection of the same name and originally published in ''Harper's'' as "Shipping Out"<ref>{{cite news | first=David Foster | last=Wallace |authorlink = David Foster Wallace | title=Shipping Out | url=https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/HarpersMagazine-1996-01-0007859.pdf | newspaper=Harper's Magazine | date=January 1996 }}</ref>).<ref name="Wallace">{{cite book |last = Wallace |first = David Foster |authorlink = David Foster Wallace |title = A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again |publisher = Back Bay Books |year = 1997 |isbn = 0-316-92528-4}}</ref> Wallace refers to ''Zenith'' as ''Nadir'' throughout (although he insists "the rechristening's nothing particular against the ship itself").<ref name="Wallace"/>

In 2014, ''Zenith'' was moved to the fleet of CDF Croisières de France, joining her sister ship ''L'Horizon''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/8667-cdf-confirms-second-ship-for-2014-season.html|title=CDF Confirms Second Ship for 2014 Season - Cruise Industry News - Cruise News|date=5 February 2013|publisher=|accessdate=3 November 2016}}</ref> CDF Croisières de France brand was discontinued in early 2017. ''The Zenith'' returned to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises in 2017.

In July 2019 it was announced the ship would Pullmantur's fleet in early 2020 to Peace Boat, with fleetmate ''Monarch'' poised to take over ''Zenith''{{'}}s existing sailings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21168-zenith-to-leave-pullmantur-fleet-as-company-primes-growth-plans.html|title=Zenith to Leave Pullmantur Fleet as Company Primes Growth Plans|date=July 2019|publisher=Cruise Industry News|accessdate=4 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://besucherzentrum-meyerwerft.de/2019/07/19/zenith-wird-zum-peace-boat/|title=Zenith wird zum Peace Boat|date=19 July 2019|publisher=Meyer Werft|accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref>

In September 2020 Cruise Capital informed according to Hong Kong Cruise Society, Peace Boat is to replace the contracts of two ships ''Ocean Dream'' and ''The Zenith'' from service, replacing them with one larger ship that they had purchased—the current {{MS|Sun Princess|1995|6}}, to be renamed ''Pacific World'' from Spring 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2044379|title = Princess Cruises confirms two Australia-based ships have been sold}}</ref>

In May 2022, Peace Boat announced that all cruises in 2022 and 2023 to be operated by ''The Zenith'' were cancelled due to a change in contract with the owner company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pbcruise.com/pb_02 |title=Peace Boat: Zenith |accessdate=2022-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514173906/https://pbcruise.com/pb_02 |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|title=Zenith's Future Questionable as Peace Boat Cancels Ship's Schedule|date=2022-05-14|accessdate=2022-05-15|archive-date=15 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515053323/https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was laid up at Lavrio, Greece, but left the port on 8 June as ''TSM Singapore'' heading to Hai Phong, Vietnam. In September 2022 she has been renamed to ''Singa'' and has been sold for scrap in Alang, India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/l-ancien-paquebot-zenith-quitte-la-grece-pour-la-demolition | title=L'Ancien paquebot Zenith quitte la Grèce… pour la démolition ? &#124; Mer et Marine | date=10 June 2022 }}</ref> She never sailed for Peace Boat.<ref name="cruiseindustrynews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|title=Zenith's Future Questionable as Peace Boat Cancels Ship's Schedule|date=2022-05-14|accessdate=2022-06-18|archive-date=15 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515053323/https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/27453-zenith-s-future-questionable-as-peace-boat-cancels-ship-s-schedule.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/unwanted-japanese-cruise-ship-changes-hands/2-1-1220494|title=Unwanted Japanese cruise ship changes hands|date=2022-05-17|accessdate=2022-06-18}}</ref>

== Fires == The ship was damaged at the stern on 8 August 2009 when a fire broke out while it was moored at Frihamnen in Stockholm.

On 26 June 2013 there was another fire, this time in the engine room and causing a loss of power. It had to anchor 17 miles off the coast of Venice, Italy, until four tugboats came to tow it to port. One week later it went to the S. Marco shipyard in the port of Trieste.

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> File:Zenith at Ocho Rios.jpg|''Zenith'' in Celebrity livery at Ocho Rios, Jamaica File:MV Zenith in Bermuda.jpg|''Zenith'' in Celebrity livery at Bermuda (2007) File:CelebrityOrientUshuaia.jpg|''Zenith'' in Ushuaia (docked with the ''Marco Polo'') File:Zenith (ship, 1992) IMO 8918136; in Split, 2011-11-01 (1).jpg|''Zenith'' in Pullmantur livery at Split, Croatia (2011) File:The Zenith.jpg|''Zenith'' as ''The Zenith'' at Perama (2020) </gallery>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|IMO 8918136}} * [http://www.celebritycruises.com/plancruise/ships/ship.do?shipCode=ZN Celebrity Cruises] * [http://galutschek.at/ships/zenith/ A video clip of Zenith (in Pullmantur livery) leaving Rhodos] * [http://cdfcareersatsea.com/pages/fleet#bzenith The Zenith page on Croisières de France website] * [https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/zenith.jsp Meyer Werft: Zenith]

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