{{Short description|Defunct German cruise company}} {{Infobox company | name = Reederei Peter Deilmann GmbH | logo = 200px|Peter Deilmann Cruises logo | caption = | type = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = Callista Private Equity | foundation = 1968 | founder = Peter Deilmann | defunct = 2015 | location_city = | location_country = Germany | location = Neustadt in Holstein, Germany | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = Passenger transportation | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Aurelius AG | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = ex- http://www.deilmannkreuzfahrten.de <br> This webpage is not available since middle of 2015. | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Peter Deilmann Cruises''' (German: '''Peter Deilmann Reederei GmbH & Co. KG''') was a German cruise company which offered river cruises throughout Europe and several ocean cruises. It was headquartered in Neustadt in Holstein, Germany.<ref>"[http://www.deilmann-kreuzfahrten.de/ Company Web Site Now Non-Existent]." Peter Deilmann Cruises. Retrieved on 2 May 2009.</ref>
== History == thumb|left|250px|''Deutschland'' in previous livery. The founder Peter Deilmann began by chartering coasters in 1968. In 1973 he started his first passenger service between Neustadt (West Germany) and Ronne (Bornholm) using the small ferry ''Nordlicht''. In 1976 and 1978 he acquired the elderly passenger ships Gripen and Frisia II (renamed ''Nordshau'' and ''Nordpaloma'') to start a ferry service between Neustadt and Rodby. Also in 1976, Deilmann acquired the Norwegian Rost (renamed ''Nordbrise'') and started a pioneer service between West and East Germany. ''Nordbrise'' was later used for his first cruise venture in Greenland.
thumb|right|250px|''Deutschland'' in current livery. In 1979, Deilmann ordered his first new cruise ship, the ''Berlin''. She was owned by a consortium of German investors, and Deilmann only had a minority share. Whilst awaiting delivery, he also bought the ''Regina Maris'', which was sold to Kuwait in 1982 for conversion into a large private yacht. ''Berlin'' was chartered for far-eastern service as the ''Princess Mahsuri'' between 1982 and 1985. The Deilmann charter of Berlin ended in 2004. In 1983, Deilmann acquired their first river cruise vessel, the ''Donauprinzessin''. In 1994 the first sailing cruise ship, the ''Lili Marleen'' was acquired. The impressive ''Deutschland'' was delivered in 1998.
== Insolvency == Following the insolvency of Peter Deilmann Reederei GmbH & Co. KG in 2009, with up to ten ocean and river cruise ships last, which had a turnover of around 50 million euros and around 50,000 passengers transported, was after the reestablishment of Reederei Peter Deilmann GmbH from 1 January 2010, the shipping company activity resumed. In October 2010, the new shipping company acquired a majority stake of the German industrial holding AURELIUS AG, which sold its stake to a minority share in early 2013 to the Callista Private Equity.
On January 20, 2015, the insolvency administrator had canceled all scheduled tours of Germany. The last and unique ship MS Deutschland was sold in May 2015 to the Las Vegas United States Investor Donald Hoffman of Absolute Nevada LLC, who chartered the ship previously to Plantours for 4 cruises and since September 2015 to Semester at Sea. It followed a non more existent Administrative domain in ''Internet''.
The company has been closed by the courts, a court appointed a lawyer, who had been settling the outstanding accounts with the money received from the sale of the last ship, about one third (US$21 million) of about 60 million loan, the holders lost, once all matters have been settled and approved by the court – which can take many months – all activities were to close down, due bankruptcy and all remained costs to be paid.<ref>http://www.msdeutschland-gmbh.de/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321062844/http://www.msdeutschland-gmbh.de/ |date=2015-03-21 }} Webseite of Company explaining facts</ref>
==Fleet== ===Former Ocean, Sea, and Coastal Cruises=== * 1980-2004 > MV Berlin <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor140376 Berlin]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1998-2015 > MS Deutschland.<ref>Garrison, Linda. "[http://cruises.about.com/b/2009/06/12/deutschland-americas-itineraries.htm Three Interesting Peter Deilmann Americas Itineraries on MS Deutschland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616184718/http://cruises.about.com/b/2009/06/12/deutschland-americas-itineraries.htm |date=2009-06-16 }}." ''About.com''. Friday 12 June 2009. Retrieved on 17 June 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/851115.stm Deilmann: Dream cruises turn to nightmare]." ''BBC''. Tuesday 25 July 2000. Retrieved on 17 June 2009.</ref> (Last and unique ship of company in 2015) * 1994-2004 > MSV Lili Marleen <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor361631 Lili Marleen]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> (The unique Sailing Vessel the company had) * 1976-1984 > MV Nordbrise <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor33146 Nordbrise]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1973-1985 > MV Nordlicht <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor139855 Nordlicht]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1978-1985 > MV Nordpaloma <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor31848 Nordpaloma]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1976-1984 > MV Nordschau <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor32065 Nordschau]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1974-1977 > MV Nordwelle <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor138858 Nordwelle]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1980-1983 > MV Regina Maris <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor140132 Regina Maris]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref>
===Former River Cruise=== Due to the weak economy, Peter Deilmann shut down their River Cruise Division in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=3294 |title=Peter Deilmann to Shut Down River Cruise Division - Peter Deilmann Cruises |publisher=Cruisecritic.com |date=2009-06-25 |accessdate=2013-10-04}}</ref> The vessels of the former fleet were:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://eurorivercruises.com/images/dresden.jpg&imgrefurl=http://eurorivercruises.com/Destinations/PD_overview_ct.html&usg=__4x1UMgbTwSe8vdQLV1JbqGLGwpw=&h=285&w=428&sz=27&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=4AxnZxsReBTlbM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPeter%2BDeilmann%2BCruises%2527s%2BMS%2BBerlin%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1 |title=Google Image Result for http://eurorivercruises.com/images/dresden.jpg |publisher=Google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-04}}</ref>
* 2001-2009 > MV Casanova <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor562853 Casanova]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1999-2009 > MV Cézanne <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor283537 Cezanne]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1983-2006 > MV Donauprinzessin (renamed to MV Rossini) <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor514989 Donauprinzessin]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1994-2009 > MV Dresden (renamed to MV River Allegro) <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor514732 Dresden]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 2002-2009 > MV Frederic Chopin * 2004-2009 > MV Heidelberg * 2000-2009 > MV Katharina von Bora <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor272922 Katharina von Bora]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1998-2008 > MV Königstein <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor563278 Koenigstein]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1993-2009 > MV Mozart (renamed to MV Dertour Mozart) <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor515687 Mozart]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1992-2008 > MV Princesse De Provence <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor515200 Princesse De Provence]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref> * 1991-2008 > MV Prinzessin von Preussen (renamed to MV Prinzessin Katharina) <ref>"[http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html#anchor515437 Prinzessin von Preussen]." Retrieved on 21 June 2015.</ref>
Around 2000 the cruise line made about $100 million United States dollars per year. In 2009 in the United Kingdom Peter Deilmann Cruises joined the Truly Independent Professional Travel Organisation (TIPTO) marketing consortium, becoming its 16th member.<ref>"[http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/Articles/2009/01/26/30063/peter-deilmann-cruises-joins-tipto.html Peter Deilmann Cruises joins TIPTO]." ''Travel Weekly''. 26 January 2009. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.</ref>
===Accident=== The company chartered the ill-fated Air France Flight 4590, the Concorde flight from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, France, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, United States (operated by Air France) which crashed on 25 July 2000 at Gonesse, France, killing all one hundred passengers and nine crew on board the flight, and four people on the ground. The flight was chartered by Peter Deilmann Cruises and nearly all passengers were on their way to board the MS ''Deutschland'' cruise ship in New York City<ref name="CanadianEN">"[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-demeter Concorde Crash]," ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/07/25/concorde.crash.07/ 'Black boxes' recovered at Concorde crash site]." ''CNN''. 25 July 2000. Retrieved on 3 February 2010.</ref> for a 16-day cruise to Manta, Ecuador.<ref>Miller, Marjorie and Carol J. Williams. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020222947/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/57034635.xml?dids=57034635:57034635&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+27,+2000&author=MARJORIE+MILLER%3B+CAROL+J.+WILLIAMS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Engine+Repair+to+Concorde+Cited+in+Crash+Inquiry&pqatl=google Engine Repair to Concorde Cited in Crash Inquiry]." ''Los Angeles Times''. 27 June 2000. Part A, 1. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703080613/http://www.msdeutschland.de/ MS Deutschland] (German) Not more existent in Internet * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100515180004/http://www.deilmannkreuzfahrten.de/htmlr/pages/deutschland.html Peter Deilmann Reederei] (German) Not more existent in Internet * [http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/DeilmannPCs.html Peter Deilmann ]
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