Discovery Sun
cruise ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Discovery Sun
- IMO number
- 6815158
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- cruise ship
- Gross tonnage
- 11,979
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 134.5 m
- Beam
- 21.9 m
- Year built
- 1968
- Builder
- Orenstein & Koppel
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Discovery Sun
MV Discovery Sun was the flagship and sole ship of Discovery Cruise Lines, a Miami-based tour operator. She was built at the Orenstein & Koppel shipyard in Lübeck, Germany in 1968 and was renovated in 1995 and then updated in 2000. She was previously named Scandinavian Sun for day cruise operator SeaEscape. MV Discovery Sun provided a regular service from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to Grand Bahama Island and acted as a passenger cruise ferry service. On 20 August 1984, while operating as the Scandinavian Sun, a fire broke as the ship was docking at the Port of Miami. The fire was started by lubricating oil leaking from a diesel generator, and spread through a ladder access way and open passageways to the passenger areas of the ship. One crew member and one passenger were killed, and 57 passengers and crew were injured.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Discovery Sun now?
- Discovery Sun has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Discovery Sun?
- Discovery Sun is a cruise ship, built in 1968 by Orenstein & Koppel. The vessel is 134.5 m long with a beam of 21.9 m and has a gross tonnage of 11,979.
- Has Discovery Sun been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Discovery Sun appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).