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MS Jubilee

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This article is about Carnival Cruise Line's former cruise ship. For the 2023 vessel, see Carnival Jubilee.

Jubilee at Miami, Florida in 2000
History
Name
  • Jubilee (1986–2004)
  • Pacific Sun (2004–2012)
  • Henna (2012–2017)
  • Hen (2017)
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderKockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden
CostUS$134 million
Yard number596
Launched26 October 1985
Completed1986
AcquiredJune 1986
Maiden voyage6 July 1986
In service1986–2016
Out of service6 June 2016
Identification
FateScrapped at Alang, India in 2017.
Notes[2][3][4]
General characteristics
Class and typeHoliday-class cruise ship
Tonnage
Length223.4 m (732 ft 11 in)
Beam28.2 m (92 ft 6 in)
Draft7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Decks9 passenger decks[5]
Installed power
PropulsionTwo propellers
Speed21.7 knots (40.2 km/h; 25.0 mph)
Capacity1,486 passengers
Crew670

MS Jubilee (also known as Pacific Sun and Henna) was a cruise ship that was originally built for Carnival Cruise Line. She was the second of three ships to be built for Carnival's Holiday class. She was last owned by the Chinese company HNA Cruise Company, Limited, for service in the West Pacific region. The ship was retired and scrapped in 2017.

History

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Carnival Cruise Line

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Jubilee was built in 1986 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden, for Carnival Cruise Line, along with near-sister ship Celebration. The other near-sister ship of the class, Holiday, was built earlier by Aalborg Værft in Aalborg, Denmark.

MS Jubilee at Key West

For many years, Jubilee sailed from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera, including Ensenada, Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlan.[6][7] In 1989, she sailed from Vancouver to Alaska and Hawaii, and in later years, from Miami to the Caribbean[8] and Miami to San Diego via the Panama Canal.[9] Her final homeport was Jacksonville, Florida. The last passenger cruise with Carnival took place on August 26, 2004, to Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas.[10]

P&O Cruises

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MS Pacific Sun docked at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

In 2004, the vessel was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Sun. She arrived in Australia on 9 November 2004 and began year-round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific and Tropical North Queensland. From late 2007, she was based in Brisbane and was then the largest year-round liner to be based in Queensland. After receiving a multimillion-dollar makeover, she sailed in all-white colours, like P&O's other ships, along with new amenities.[11] Pacific Sun was the only ship of three siblings (with Grand Celebration and Grand Holiday) whose funnel was changed upon leaving Carnival Cruise Lines; her sister's funnels were simply repainted, while Sun had both Carnival's iconic wings and a part of its shielding removed. Carnival's first newbuilt ship, the slightly older Tropicale (now MS Ocean Dream), also had her Carnival funnel replaced with Costa Cruises's round stove-pipe funnel, which she retained until the end of her career.

MS Pacific Sun anchored off Airlie Beach in the Whitsunday Islands in May 2011.

In late July 2008, 42 passengers were injured in a storm.[12] The event became widely known when video footage was posted on the internet two years later.[13]

On 18 December 2011, P&O announced that Pacific Sun would leave its fleet in July 2012.[14] Her farewell cruise was an 8-day roundtrip from Portside Wharf in Brisbane, Australia, stopping at Nouméa, Lifou, in New Caledonia, and Port Vila, Vanuatu, with three days at sea. Pacific Sun had completed between 314 and 332 cruises, with 2,707 nights at sea and an estimated 586,000 passengers carried.[5]

HNA Cruises

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The ship was then sold to Chinese interests under the newly formed cruise line, HNA Cruises. On 13 September 2012, the ship was renamed Henna. The ship made her maiden voyage under Chinese ownership on 26 January 2013 from Sanya to Vietnam. At that time, the ship was the first luxury cruise liner in mainland China at over 47,000 tons with 739 passenger cabins and a maximum passenger capacity of 1,965. She had nine suites, 432 ocean-view staterooms, and 298 interior staterooms.[15] During its operation with HNA Cruises, the ship sailed to locations in Vietnam and in South Korea.[15][16]

In September 2013 the ship was detained at the South Korean island of Jeju after Chinese shipping service company Jiangsu Shagang International applied for a seizure. After several days stuck on board, the 1,659 passengers were flown home via HNA Group's China Hainan Airlines.[17]

In November 2015, HNA shut down its cruise ship operation after three years of losses in the region. Since the Henna's last cruise with HNA, she was laid up and was placed for sale for $35 million USD.[18][19]

Demise

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With there being no interested buyers, Henna was sold for scrapping in Alang, India. She was photographed there, renamed as the Hen, on 1 May 2017.[20][21] By late June, scrapping began and was complete by the end of 2017.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Henna (8314122)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ^ Ward, Douglas (2008). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. London: Berlitz. pp. 515–516. ISBN 978-981-268-564-3.
  3. ^ Micke Asklander. "M/S Jubilee (1986)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Pacific Sun – Vessel's Details and Current Position". MarineTraffic. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Pacific Sun". P&O Cruises. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. ^ Fodor's 1998 worldwide cruises and ports of call
  7. ^ Fodor's 1992 cruises and ports of call
  8. ^ Fodor's 1991 cruises and ports of call
  9. ^ Beckett, Melvin Dean (2005). My Life As I Remember It: The First 77 Years. Phoenix: Acacia Publishing.
  10. ^ "Itinerary (From June 5, 2004 Archive.)". Carnival.com via the Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Pacific Sun". P&O Cruises. 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  12. ^ Paul Chapman (1 August 2008). "Passengers hurt as storm rocks New Zealand cruise ship". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  13. ^ Laura Trowbridge (9 September 2010). "Shocking footage of havoc onboard cruise ship caught in big storm". Digital Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  14. ^ "P&O Australia sells Pacific Sun". Seatrade Insider. 19 December 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  15. ^ a b Covey, Claudette (28 January 2013). "China's First Luxury Cruise Ship Henna Makes Maiden Voyage". TravelPulse.
  16. ^ "China's largest cruise ship Henna takes maiden voyage, from Sanya to Vietnam". 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  17. ^ "Henna dispute: Chinese cruise ship passengers evacuated". BBC News. 15 September 2013.
  18. ^ "HNA Shuts Down Cruise Operation in China". Cruise Industry News. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Henna - 1960pax Luxury Cruise Ship". NautiSNP. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  20. ^ "The Old Carnival Jubilee Cruise Ship to be Scrapped". 7 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Old Carnival Cruise Ship Waiting to be Scrapped". 1 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Pictures of the Ex Pacific Sun at Alang". Cruising Forums.
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