MSC Rhapsody - sale of ship being negotiated with Mano Cruises of Israel
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If the Israeli company Mano do go ahead with the purchase of this ship lets hope they have more luck with her than their ship ' Dream ' which is now the Japanese Peace Boat.
She was more or less beached at Rhodes due to a stability problem and over flowing sewage tanks !
The Rhapsody was built in 1977 for Cunard and was named Cunard Princess.
She was sold by Cunard in about 1995 to the Italian company Star Lauro and later transfered to MSC cruises.
1965 - Cunard Queen Mary
1967 - Cunard Queen Elizabeth
1970 - Cunard Queen Elizabeth 2
1971 - P&O Oriana
1972 - SS France
1975 - SS Leopard
1977 - P&O Canberra
2005 - NCL Norwegian Jewel - Shakedown Cruise - Jersey
2005/6 - NCL Norwegian Crown - Chile, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Uruguay & Argentina - Christmas/New Year cruise
2006 - Fred Olsen Braemar Mini Cruise - Amsterdam & Zeebrugge
2007 - Fred Olsen Braemar Transatlantic - Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Bermuda & Azores
2007 - Fred Olsen Braemar Mini Cruise - Guernsey & Amsterdam
2007 - NCL Norwegian Gem - Shakedown Cruise - Amsterdam
2008 - Costa Allegra - Hong Kong, Philippines, Borneo, Brunei, Singapore, Saigon, Da-Nang & Sanya
Coming up next.....
10/10/2009 - Costa Classica - Grand Oriental Cruise - Shanghai, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Kobe, Naha, Keelung and Hong Kong - 16 Nights Cruising in: 311 day(s), 3 hour(s), 39 minute(s)
A photo with an advert have appeared for the Israeli company Mano Cruises new ship 'Golden Iris ' although no dates have appeared for any of her cruises.
The write up said that the cruising business in Israeli is booming so they may keep all the present ships they operate.