MV The Zenith

The Zenith is a cruise ship operating with Peace Boat since early 2020. She was built in 1992 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany for Celebrity Cruises.

History
Name:
  • 1992-2020: Zenith
  • 2020 onwards: The Zenith
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder: Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
Yard number: 620[1]
Laid down: 18 October 1990[2]
Launched: 31 October 1991[2]
Completed: 1 March 1992[2]
Acquired: February 1992[1]
In service: 4 April 1992[1]-present
Identification:
Status: In active service as of 2011
Notes: Sister ship to Pacific Dream Leaving Pullmantur early 2020.
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Horizon class cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 208.00 m (682.41 ft)
Beam: 29.00 m (95.14 ft)
Draught: 7.70 m (25.3 ft)
Depth: 24.10 m (79.1 ft)
Decks: 12
Installed power:
  • 2 × MAN-B&W 9L40/54 (2 × 5,994 kW)
  • 2 × MAN-B&W 6L40/54 (2 × 3,996 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 1,828 passengers [3]
Crew: 620[3]

History

The Zenith was built as a sister ship to Celebrity Cruises' first newbuild MV Horizon. Ship designer was Yacht-Designer Jan Bannenberg. Her interiors were designed by Michael Katsourakis and British designer John McNeece. The Zenith was delivered in February 1992 and set under Liberian flag. She was used for cruises from Florida to the Caribbean and Bermuda islands. In 2002 she was reflagged in the Bahamas. In 2007 she was transferred to Pullmantur Cruises and used for cruises around the Mediterranean.

A 7-Night cruise from 11 to 18 March 1995 aboard the Zenith is the subject of David Foster Wallace's 1995 essay "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (collected in a collection of the same name and originally published in Harper's as "Shipping Out"[4]).[5] Wallace refers to the Zenith as the Nadir throughout (although he insists "the rechristening's nothing particular against the ship itself").[5]

In 2014, The Zenith was moved to the fleet of CDF Croisieres de France, joining her sister ship the L’Horizon.[6]

CDF Croisières de France brand was discontinued in early 2017. The Zenith returned to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises in 2017.

In July 2019 it was announced the ship would leave Pullmantur's fleet in early 2020 to Peace Boat, with fleetmate Monarch poised to take over Zenith's existing sailings.[7][8]

In September 2020 Cruise Capital informed according to Hong Kong Cruise Society, Peace Boat is to replace the Contracts of two Ships Ocean Dream and The Zenith from service, replacing them with one larger ship that they had purchased - the current MS Sun Princess, to be renamed Pacific World from Spring 2021.[9]

Fires

The ship was damaged at the stern on 8 August 2009 when a fire broke out. It was at that moment moored at Frihamnen in Stockholm.

On 26 June 2013 another fire aboard the ship broke out, this time in its engine room causing it to lose power. It had to anchor 17 miles off the coast of Venice, Italy, before four tugboats came to tow it to port. One week later it went to the S.Marco shipyard in the port of Trieste.

References
  1. Micke Asklander. "M/S Zenith (1992)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 December 2007.
  2. "Zenith (107402)". DNV GL Vessel Register. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. MV Zenith PDF
  4. Wallace, David Foster (January 1996). "Shipping Out" (PDF). Harper's Magazine.
  5. Wallace, David Foster (1997). A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. Back Bay Books. ISBN 0-316-92528-4.
  6. "CDF Confirms Second Ship for 2014 Season - Cruise Industry News - Cruise News". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. "Zenith to Leave Pullmantur Fleet as Company Primes Growth Plans". Cruise Industry News. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. "Zenith wird zum Peace Boat". Meyer Werft. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. https://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2044379

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