Abandoned Cruise Ship World Discoverer

And renamed the World Discoverer.

Abandoned cruise ship world discoverer. Designed as a passenger ship the 87-meter vessel was resold and renamed a few times over her first decade of existence until she was acquired by Adventurer Cruises Inc. Throughout its career the ship was sold to various cruise lines and renamed several times too. The ship had a double hull construction allowing for periodic voyages to the Antarctic polar regions to allow its passengers to observe ice floe movements and providing protection for minor impacts.

Built with a double hull construction it was capable of handling minor impacts with ice. The World Discoverer was a cruise ship dedicated to explore polar regions it was abandoned in 2000 on Nggela Island Solomon Islands after hitting a reef. The 3724 gross tonne World Discoverer has been left to rust but has also become a tourist attraction itself.

The ship was originally built as the BEWA Discoverer in 1974 at the shipyard in Bremerhaven Germany. Built with a double hull construction it was capable of handling minor impacts with ice. The World Discoverer is an abandoned cruise ship near Solomon Islands which was built in 1974 and met his fate in April 2000.

One of the most famous yet unknown shipwrecks in the world. And last but certainly not least one of my top favorite abandoned ships around the world the World Discover. Captain Kruess quickly sent a distress signal that was received by the city of Honiara and to stop the boat from sinking he was forced to steer it into a shore in Roderick Bay which now is the ships final.

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Built as the BEWA Discoverer in 1976 the vessel was sold to Adventure Cruises Inc. The MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser Germany in 1974The vessel was originally built as the BEWA Discoverer in 1974. Theres just this sense of eerie wonder when you see a massive cruise ship abandoned on a dense jungle island.