MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser, Germany in 1974. During construction called BEWA Discoverer, the ship ...
MS World Discoverer
Ship
MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship designed for and built by Schichau Unterweser, Germany in 1974. During construction called BEWA Discoverer, the ship was completed in Bremerhaven, Germany. Wikipedia
Launched: December 8, 1973
Length: 287′
Builder: Schichau Seebeckwerft
Location: Solomon Islands
Crew: 75 to 80
Draft: 4.4 m (14 ft)
Fate: Wrecked 30 April 2000 after striking an uncharted reef in the Sandfly Passage
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Aug 21, 2022 · We sailed to the Solomon Islands to find a ghost cruise ship abandoned in a tropical paradise. We found the MS World Discoverer, and we swam right in!
Aug 19, 2024 · Incredible £40m cruise ship now a dark tourism attraction as it rots in island paradise · The MS World Discoverer once took passengers on once- ...
May 10, 2022 · The MS World Discoverer was a cruise ship that hit and underwater obstacle near the Solomon Islands in April 2000. All passengers were ...
Jul 25, 2023 · MS World Discoverer smashed into a reef, causing it to take on a great deal of water and slowly sink next to a beach in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific ...
Jun 7, 2012 · Both eerie and impressive to behold, this half-sunken oceanliner has been lying, tipped to one side, half-submerged since 2000.
Oct 25, 2022 · In 2000, the cruise ship MS World Discoverer struck an uncharted coral reef and partially sank in the Solomon Islands, where she remains.