.jpg) Saga Pearl II as Astor in Hamburg, 1983
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Werk Ross, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 165[1] |
| Laid down | 20 May 1980[1] |
| Launched | 16 December 1980[1] |
| Completed | December 1981 |
| In service | 14 December 1981 |
| Out of service | 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey in 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 18,591 GT[2] → 18,627 GT[1] |
| Length | 164.35 m (539 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Beam | 22.6 m (74 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Installed power | 4 × MAN 6L40/45 (4 × 3,300 bhp)[3][4] |
| Propulsion | Two shafts; controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed |
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| Capacity | |
| Crew | 252[6] |
MS Saga Pearl II was a cruise ship of about 18,700 GT that was built in Germany by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft as the Astor in 1981. After short unsuccessful operations with two owners, she was bought by the East German government in 1985 and renamed Arkona. After 1990 the ship was operated by Seetours, which was acquired by P&O Princess Cruises in 1999, and then chartered to Transocean Tours as Astoria in 2002. From 2009 until 2019 she was owned by Saga Cruises as Saga Pearl II (and a short period as Quest for Adventure), then withdrawn from service, laid up as Pearl II, and scrapped in 2022.
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