MS Marella Dream
Homeric as Marella Dream in 2019 | |
| History | |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, West Germany |
| Cost | $150 million |
| Yard number | 610 |
| Launched | 28 September 1985 |
| Completed | 1986 |
| Acquired | 6 May 1986 |
| Maiden voyage | 1986 |
| In service | 1986 |
| Out of service | 2020 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2022. |
| Notes | Beached for scrap |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 204 m (669 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 29.73 m (97 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Two propellers |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) service speed |
| Capacity | 1,132 passengers |
| General characteristics (as Thomson Dream) | |
| Type | cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 243.2 m (798 ft) |
| Beam | 29 m (95 ft 2 in) (waterline)/32 m (105 ft 0 in) (max) |
| Draught | 7.214 m (23 ft 8.0 in) |
| Decks | 12 (9 passenger accessible) |
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| Capacity | 1,506 passengers |
| Crew | 600 |
MS Marella Dream was a cruise ship built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany as Homeric for Home Lines, and their last newbuild to remain in active service. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line, renamed Westerdam, and in 1990 lengthened by 36.9 m (121 ft 1 in) at Meyer Werft. In 2002 she was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises and renamed Costa Europa. In April 2010 she was taken on a ten-year charter by Thomson Cruises, under the name Thomson Dream.
Following the 2017 renaming of Thomson Cruises to Marella Cruises, TUI Group also changed the ship's name to Marella Dream. She was retired from Marella Cruises in November 2020 and was sold, then broken up in 2022.