MV Spirit of Chartwell
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MV Spirit of Chartwell is a hotel barge owned and operated by Portuguese holiday company Douro Azul for luxury cruises along the Douro river, Porto, Portugal.
History | |
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Portugal | |
Name | Spirit of Chartwell |
Owner | Mário Ferreira (Douro Azul) |
Operator | Douro Azul S.A. |
Route | Douro |
Builder | Grave B.V. Grave Netherlands |
Acquired | 2012 |
Status | In active service |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Spirit of Chartwell |
Owner | Philip Morrell |
Operator | Magna Carta Steamship Company |
Port of registry | London, UK |
Route | River Thames |
Acquired | 2010 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold |
Notes | Royal barge |
Netherlands | |
Name | Vincent van Gogh |
Namesake | Vincent van Gogh |
Operator | Kooiman Group |
Route | Rhine |
Builder | Grave B.V. Grave Netherlands |
Maiden voyage | 1997 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Luxury Commercial passenger vessel |
Tonnage | 485 GT[1] |
Length | 63.87 m (210 ft) |
Beam | 6.72 m (22 ft) |
Height | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
Draught | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Installed power | DAF 2 × 350 hp |
Propulsion | Twin ZF Marine (formally known as HRP) |
Speed | 11 knots |
Notes | Two bow thrusters |
Previously owned and operated by the Magna Carta Steamship Company for luxury cruises along the River Thames, she was selected in late 2011 to be the royal barge as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, and carried the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in a flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012.[2] The ship was sold in June 2012 to Douro Azul to operate luxury cruises in the Douro river.[3]
She was designed in the style of the Côte d'Azur Pullman Express deluxe train and carries artefacts from the original train and ocean liners such as RMS Kenya Castle, SS France and RMS Windsor Castle.[4]