Английская Википедия:Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox company Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a UK-based, Norwegian-owned cruise shipping line with four cruise ships. The company is owned by Bonheur and Ganger Rolf and is headquartered in Ipswich, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom. The company is part of the Fred. Olsen Group.
History
The company originated in Hvitsten, a small town on Oslofjord in Norway, in 1848 by three Olsen brothers, Fredrik Christian, Petter and Andras, who bought their first ships and began an international shipping company. The company is now into the fifth generation of the family and operates various companies skilled within the cruise and passenger shipping trade, as well as aviation, ships' crewing, ship building and offshore industries. The Fred. Olsen group also has business interests in the luxury hotel sector, estate management,[1] property development and electronics companies.[2]
In May 2006 Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines announced the purchase of a new vessel, Norwegian Crown, from Norwegian Cruise Line. Following delivery of the vessel in November 2007, she was dry-docked for refurbishment and lengthening, with a pre-built 30 metre centre section added. She was renamed Balmoral and entered service early in 2008. This was followed by the extension of Braemar in summer 2008. A new centre section was added, with new cabins and public rooms, increasing the size from Шаблон:GT to Шаблон:GT (approx).
In 2018 Fred. Olsen announced that a series of 600-passenger-newbuilts is planned and they are in negotiatings with shipyards, but those newbuilts were never ordered.[3]
In July 2020, Fred. Olsen bought the former Holland America Line ships Amsterdam and Rotterdam for $37m[4] and renamed them Bolette and Borealis respectively, they will be delivered in September 2020. They replaced the Boudicca and the Black Watch, which were retired in August 2020.[5][6]
Fleet
Current fleet
| Ship | Built | Entered service with Fred. Olsen |
Gross tonnage | Flag | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balmoral | 1988 | 2007 | Шаблон:GT | Шаблон:Flag | former Odyssey;Royal Cruise Line | Файл:Balmoral turning (cropped).jpg |
| Brabant | 2006 | 2018 | Шаблон:Flag | First river cruise for Fred Olsen | Файл:Brabant (ship, 2006) at Niehl I-1210373.jpg | |
| Borealis | 1997 | 2020 | Шаблон:GT | Шаблон:Flag | former Rotterdam; Holland America Line | Файл:Cruceiro Borealis na Coruña - proa.jpg |
| Bolette | 2000 | 2020 | Шаблон:GT | Шаблон:Flag | former Amsterdam; Holland America Line | Файл:Bolette underway in Tallinn Bay Tallinn 7 May 2023.jpg |
Former fleet
| Ship | Built | Years in service | Tonnage | Notes | Fate | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Prince | 1966 | 1966–2009 | Шаблон:GRT Шаблон:GT |
Built as a combination ferry/cruise ship/reefer ship. Rebuilt into a cruise ship in 1987. | Scrapped in October 2013 as Ola Esmeralda. | Файл:Cruise Ship leaving River Dart - geograph.org.uk - 1045055 (recropped).jpg |
| Blenheim | 1970 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd | 1970–1981 | Шаблон:GRT Шаблон:GT |
Built as a larger version of Black Prince and Black Watch combination ferry/cruise ships. Sold to Scandinavia World Cruises 1981. Burnt out 1984. Rebuilt and continued as Discovery 1. | Scrapped in 1997. | |
| Black Watch | 1972 | 1996–2020 | Шаблон:GT | Retired in 2020, after Fred. Olsen bought the former Amsterdam and Rotterdam. | Scrapped in Alang, India in 2022. | Файл:Black Watch in Funchal July 2nd 2016 (cropped).jpg |
| Boudicca | 1973 | 2005–2020 | Шаблон:GT | Scrapped in Aliağa, Turkey in 2021. | Файл:Boudicca at Funchal 2016 (bigger).jpg | |
| Braemar | 1993 | 2001–2024[7] | Шаблон:GT | Retired in 2022,[8] sold to Villa Vie in 2024 | Файл:BREAMAR (36487157951).jpg |
Destinations and cruise holidays
For most of the year, the ships are based in UK ports. A winter Caribbean fly-cruise programme on Braemar operates from Barbados.
Destinations include Northern Europe, the Baltic, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Africa, Canada, the United States and South AmericaШаблон:Citation needed
Operations
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines operates smaller scale cruise ships, ranging in size from 24,000 to Шаблон:GT (approx), currently a fleet of five cruise ships, the ambience on board is traditionally British.
References
External links
- Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines official website
- Шаблон:In lang Fakta om Fartyg: Fred. Olsen (covers ships of all Fred. Olsen brands, past and present)
- Cruisepage.com Review
- Photos of Black Watch and other Fred Olsen cruise ships
- Photos of the current Fred. Olsen Cruises fleet
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