Vasco da Gama now spends the European summer sailing for Transocean Tours before repositioning to Australia for the summer and sailing under the Cruise & Maritime Voyages brand. The ship was christened in Bremerhaven on 9 June 2019, and promptly entered into service with Cruise & Maritime Voyage's TransOcean Tours brand. In April 2019, Pacific Eden officially became Vasco da Gama. The competition included names that honoured Vasco da Gama, Pytheas, Henry Hudson, and Amerigo Vespucci. Members of the line's Columbus Club were allowed to choose between a handful of names that honored storied explorers. Following the announcement, Pacific Eden 's new owner announced a naming competition for the new member of their fleet. It was revealed that Pacific Eden had been sold to Cruise & Maritime Voyages, and that she would depart the fleet in March 2019. In March 2018, it was announced that Pacific Eden would be exiting the P&O Cruises Australia fleet. Kate Ritchie served as the godmother for Pacific Eden. On 25 November 2015, Pacific Eden and her sister, Pacific Aria, were renamed at a ceremony held in Port Jackson, Sydney. In an attempt to garner global social media recognition for the introduction of two new flagships, P&O Cruises Australia broadcast the ships' christening ceremony on Twitter and through their godmothers' social media accounts. From 22 October to 2 November 2015, Statendam underwent extensive interior and exterior changes, emerging as the new Pacific Eden. Pacific Eden Īfter concluding her final season with Holland America Line, Statendam sailed to Singapore for dry dock at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard. On, Holland America Line announced that Statendam would be transferred to P&O Cruises Australia. They were disembarked at Glacier Bay National Park ranger station three hours later.
On arrival Statendam lowered two lifeboats to rescue approximately 105 passengers and crew. In August 2013, Statendam was alerted by the Glacier Bay National Park ranger station that a nearby tour ship, Baranof Wind, was stranded in the ice of Hopkins Glacier, and unable to continue to Glacier Bay National Park. In 2011, Statendam once again underwent dry dock renovations at Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport. In 2006, Statendam underwent dry dock renovations at Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport. These fears were alleviated, however, following Statendam 's successful sea trials.
The hull design of Maasdam and her sister ships are largely based on Costa Classica, a ship operated by sister brand Costa Cruises. ĭuring her early planning and architectural design phases, there were concerns that Statendam and the S class would not be in compliance with specific vessel stability requirements mandated by SOLAS 90. Upon her maiden voyage, she became the fifth Holland America Line ship to bear the name Statendam, and during the summer of her inaugural season, she also became the first Holland America Line ship to sail a European itinerary in over twenty years.
From 1991 to 1993, the ship was completed and underwent sea trials, and on 25 January 1993, Statendam embarked on her maiden voyage. Her keel was laid by Fincantieri in 1991. She was ordered in November 1989 alongside two sister ships of her class, and was designated Hull Number 5881. Vasco da Gama previously served as MS Statendam from 1993 to 2015, where she served as the lead member of Holland America Line's eponymous Statendam class, otherwise known as S class. at auction to Mystic Cruises' parent company, Mystic Invest for US$10,187,000.
In 2020, following CMV's filing for administration, she was sold by CW Kellock & Co Ltd. Completed in 1993, she previously sailed for Holland America Line as MS Statendam, for P&O Cruises Australia as Pacific Eden and for Cruise & Maritime Voyages as Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama is a cruise ship owned by Portuguese company Mystic Invest. Vasco da Gama leaving Fremantle, January 2020