MS Hamburg
C Columbus visiting Cork Harbour | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Conti Holding GmbH & Co KG, Munich |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | 1996 onwards: Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder | MTW Schiffswerft GmbH, Wismar, Germany |
| Yard number | 451 |
| Laid down | 5 September 1995 |
| Launched | 30 October 1996 |
| Completed | 17 June 1997 |
| In service | 1997– |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 144.13 m (472 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 21.50 m (70 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) |
| Depth | 13.25 m (43 ft 6 in) |
| Decks | 6 |
| Ice class | GL E2 |
| Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 6L32 (4 × 2,640 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Crew | 170 |
MS Hamburg is a 15,000-ton, 420 passenger, luxury cruise ship owned by the Conti Group and is now operated by Plantours Kreuzfahrten. She was built in 1997, in Wismar, Germany. Her relative small size allows her to transit the Great Lakes in North America, where she cruised seasonally between 1997 and 2011 and again in 2022, as well as other cruises worldwide as travelling the Mediterranean for cultural cruises with Martin Randall Travel, the north Atlantic and at Asia. Her crew consists of 170 members, and her top speed is 16 knots. She was previously known as Columbus for Hapag-Lloyd, she was since replaced by Columbus 2.
In 2024, a new livery and logo were announced.