Melody 03
Sorrento, Italy 16 June 2011

 

Melody 04
Sorrento 16/03/11

 

Name

MELODY

Previous name

1982 - 03.10.1988 Atlantic

03.10.88 - 02.04.1997 Starship Atlantic

05.1997 Melody

Type

Passengers ship - Cruise

IMO-number

7902295

Call sign

1997: 3FBS7

Flag

05.1997 Republic of Panama

Previous flags

1982 - 05.1997 Liberia

Port of registry

Panama City

Previous port of registry

1982 - 05.1997 Monrovia

GT

35.143 t

DWT

Summer: 4.514 t

NT

17.532 t

Length

204,07 m overall

172,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

27,40 m overall

Draught

8,00 m

Freeboard

Summer: 3.586 mm

Depth

29,15 m

Speed

Service: 20,0 knots

Built

1982

Refit: 1997

Keel laid

17.12.1979

Launch date

09.01.1981

Date of completion

15.04.1982

Builder

Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
La Seyne-sur-Mer
France

Yard number

1432

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Watertight compartments

14

Continuous decks

1

Main engine

2x Grandi Motori Fiat - 2 stroke 10 cylinder 600 x 1.250 mm diesel engines - each 11.190 kW total 22.380 KW / 30.408 hp at 160 rpm

Licence: Fiat Ansaldo

Built: 1980

Builder: Grandi Motori, Trieste - Italy

Propellers

2x Screw propeller controllable pitch - at 160 rpm

Boilers

2x CHO 268,00 m² - 7,0 bar
4x CHR 142,00 m² - 7,0 bar

Electrical installation

Power voltage:440 V

Lighting voltage:110 V

Frequency:60 Hz

Generators

1x Diesel generatorset 400 kVA - 320 kW - 459 hp
4x Diesel generatorsets 8.500 kVA - 6.800 kW - 2.310 hp

Bow thruster

1x Transverse thruster in bow

Tank capacities

Fresh water: 1.068 t

Fuel oil: 3.069 m³

Lifting equipment

2x Cranes - SWL 2,5 t each

Passenger decks

9

Passengers capacity

1.098

All berths

1.600

Manager

Mediterranean Shipping
83 Pateh Road
Geneva
Switzerland

Operator

05.1997 Mediterranean Shipping Cruises SpA (MSC), Panama - Republic of Panama

Previous operators

02.04.1982 - 1988 Home Lines, Genoa - Italy
1988 - 05.1997 Premier Cruise Line - USA

Registered owner

Westria Holding Inc.