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MS Explorer
The MS Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship designed for Arctic and Antarctic service originally commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Observers point to the Explorer’s 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica as the frontrunner for today’s sea-based tourism in that region. Ownership of the vessel changed several times the last owner being the Toronto-based travel company G.A. P Adventures which acquired the Explorer in 2004.
Loading The MV Explorer The luxury liner MS Explorer sinking in the
Antarctic Ocean with 150 passengers and crew on board Michael
Nolan/SplashdownDirect/Rex
* The MV Explorer
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Builders of the MS Explorer are Finland and Uusikaupunki.
MS Explorer is an ice-strengthened
vessel, but the severity of this collision may have caused a fatal
rupture.2
Ship Name
1969
1985
1992
Active Years End Date
2007-11-23
Ship Auxiliary Propulsion
3
Status
Ship Fate
--11-23
Ship Crew
54
Ship Registry
Owner
Ship Tonnage
2398
Ship Launched
1969-12-14
Ship Capacity
104
Ship Ice Class
1
Ship Out Of Service
2007-11-23
Ship Laid Down
1969
Ship Status
Sunk. Final wreck position at
Ship Launch
1969-12-14
Ship Identification
Liberian Official Number 8495
Builder
Ship Propulsion
2
Category