THOMSON DESTINY

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Name: 1982—1999: Song of America 1999—2005: Sundream 2005 onwards: Thomson Destiny Owner: 1982—1999: Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 1999—2004: Airtours 2004 onwards: Louis Cruise Lines Operator: 1982—1999: Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 1999—2005: Sun Cruises 2005 onwards: Thomson Cruises Port of Registry: 1982—1999: Oslo, Norway 1999—2004: Nassau, Bahamas 2004—2005: Limassol, Cyprus 2005: Unknown, Marshall Islands 2005 onwards: Limassol, Cyprus Builder: Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard, Helsinki, Finland Cost: $ 140 million Yard number: 431 Launched: 26 November 1981 Acquired: 11 November 1982 In service: 5 December 1982 Identification: IMO number 7927984 Status: In service General characteristics (as built) Type: cruise ship Tonnage: 37,584 GRT 5,237 metric tons deadweight (DWT) Length: 214.51 m (703 ft 9 in) Beam: 28.41 m (93 ft 3 in) Draught: 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in) Installed power: 4 × 8-cylinder Sulzer-Wärtsilä diesels, combined 17060 kW Propulsion: 2 propellers Speed: 21 knots (38.89 km/h; 24.17 mph) Capacity: 1575 passengers General characteristics (as Thomson Destiny) Tonnage: 37,773 GT (gross tonnage) 5,000 metric tons deadweight (DWT) Capacity: 1611 passengers Crew: 540 MS Thomson Destiny is a cruise ship owned by the Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines, under long-term charter to the United Kingdom-based Thomson Cruises. She was built in 1982 at Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as MS Song of America. Between 1999 and 2004 she sailed for Sun Cruises as MS Sunbird. Rgds