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词条 Sagafjord
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  1. Concept and construction

  2. Service history

  3. In popular culture

  4. References

  5. External links

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  • 1997–2009: Saga Shipping[1]
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  • 1996–1997: Transocean Tours
  • 1997–2009: Saga Cruises[1]
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MS Sagafjord was an ocean liner built in 1965 by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée for Norwegian America Line as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship. Between 1983 and 1996 the Sagafjord was operated by Cunard Line. In 1996–1997 she was briefly operated by Transocean Tours as MS Gripsholm prior to being sold to Saga. She was last owned and operated by Saga Cruises on worldwide cruises targeted at the senior market out of the United Kingdom, known as the MS Saga Rose .[2] She was retired in 2009 and scrapped in 2012.

Concept and construction

The Sagafjord was built by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, France, who received the original plans and specifications for the vessel from the Norwegian America Line during the summer of 1960. The build contract was undertaken on 24 September 1962 and the keel finally laid on 19 June 1963 before her launch on 13 June 1964. She underwent sea trials from May until September in 1965 and was finally christened Sagafjord on 18 September 1965 in Toulon. The construction of the Sagafjord was so expensive that it put the shipyard out of business.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}

Service history

The Sagafjord undertook her maiden voyage from Oslo to New York City on 2 October to 11 October 1965. At the time she was built to set the mark of luxury. She sailed with Norwegian America Line until 1980. Cruise services operated a loss in the late 1970s and were restructured with the two cruise ships Sagafjord and Vistafjord passing to a new company, Norwegian America Cruises, in 1980. The two ships were sold in 1983/84. The company was taken over by Cunard Line. The ship retained her original name throughout her service with Cunard. Sagafjord was awarded a 5 Stars Plus rating by the Berlitz Cruise Guide and consistently voted amongst the 10 best cruise ships in the world until the early 90's.

In 1996–97 the Sagafjord was chartered to Transocean Tours as part of a six-month deal.[3] While in service with Transocean Tours she was renamed MS Gripsholm. During this time, she damaged a screw after grounding not far from Copenhagen. She was sold to Saga Shipping in 1997 and renamed MS Saga Rose. The ship was refurbished prior to entering service with her new owners.[4]

On 11 June 2008, during a visit to Southampton, the second bosun died after entering a ballast tank which had a reduced oxygen atmosphere due to corrosion.[5]

The Saga Rose was retired from service in October 2009{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} due to her not fulfilling the requirements of the new SOLAS 2010 regulations[6] and was left with an uncertain future.[7]

On 21 February 2010 Saga Rose was reported as setting out from Gibraltar, where she had been laid up since her final cruise with Saga Cruises, with her destination listed as Kenya. Rumours circulated about a possible sale for use as an accommodation ship. The stories proved false, as the ship was merely repositioned to a new anchorage and remained in Gibraltar.

In early April, Saga Rose finally put to sea, with Port Elizabeth, South Africa, listed as her destination. Once again, rumours of a conversion to a hotel ship circulated. On 29 April, Saga Rose docked in Durban for refuelling, and was under-way again with her destination now reported to be Maputo, Mozambique. Rather than dock again in Africa, Saga Rose next headed into the Indian Ocean, with Saga Cruises refusing to comment on the ship's possible sale for scrap or any other use. By 23 May, the ship was off the Taiwanese coast with her destination being reported as Japan.

On 27 May, Saga Rose reached the harbour of Shanghai, China. After a few days at anchor, she continued further inland up the Yangtze River, docking in the Jiangyin district on 29 May, seemingly confirming speculation that the ship had been sold for scrap, as Jiangyin is home to the Changjiang Ship Recycling Yard, China's largest ship dismantling facility. In October, 2011 scrapping had begun.[8] By the end of 2012, the ship was gone.

The Saga Rose currently holds the record for the most world cruises ever completed by a ship with 44 altogether, of which most were achieved under her original name Sagafjord, even surpassing the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.[9][10]

In popular culture

In the pilot episode of HBO drama series The Sopranos, Tony Soprano attempts to gift Artie Bucco two tickets for a cruise with the Sagafjord.

References

1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/sagafjord_1965.htm |title=M/S Sagafjord (1965) |accessdate=30 November 2008 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |coauthors= |date= |work=Fakta om Fartyg |publisher= |language=Swedish }}
2. ^1 Saga Rose Cruise Reviews {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208172717/http://www.cruisereviews.com/misc/SagaRose.htm |date=8 February 2008 }} (from the 'cruisereviews.com' website. Accessed 2008-02-19.)
3. ^Sagafjord
4. ^1 Saga Rose Statistics {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119041435/http://www.passengershipsociety.com/sagarose/sr_stats.htm |date=19 November 2007 }} (from the 'passengershipsociety.com' website. Accessed 2008-02-19.)
5. ^{{cite book |url=http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources/Saga-Rose.pdf |title=Report on the investigation of the fatality on board passenger cruise ship Saga Rose in Southampton, England on 11 June 2008 |publisher=Marine Accident Investigation Branch |location=Southampton, UK |date = January 2009|accessdate=27 December 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255:-at-least-7-old-cruise-ships-face-uncertain-future-due-to-solas-2010&catid=43:latest-news-catecory&Itemid=115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306220952/http://www.cruisebusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255:-at-least-7-old-cruise-ships-face-uncertain-future-due-to-solas-2010&catid=43:latest-news-catecory&Itemid=115 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2009-03-06 |title=At least 7 old cruise ships face uncertain future due to SOLAS 2010 |accessdate=2009-03-01 |last=Reinikainen |first=Kari |date=2009-02-28 |work=Cruise Business Online |publisher=Cruise Media Oy Ltd }}
7. ^http://maritimematters.com/2010/04/rose-rounds-africa/
8. ^http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/2011/10/sad-end-for-dear-old-saga-rose.html
9. ^http://traveloscopy.com/CMS/content/view/1467/2/
10. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/travel/2644963/Cruise-News-The-Saga-Rose-to-set-sail-for-the-final-time.html | location=London | work=The Sun | first=Last | last=Updated}}

External links

{{Commons category|IMO 6416043|Saga Rose}}
  • Sagafjord on Chris' Cunard Page
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