Hi I'm Chris Frame and thanks so much for joining me... this week we've seen another classic cruise
ship sent to the breakers yard with CMV's former cruise ship Magellan making her way to the beaches
of India's Alang scrapyard. Cruising with British-based CMV from 2015 until their end
in 2020. Magellan was most recently sold in late 2020 after the collapse of CMV. It had
been hoped that she would sail again for her new owners, but this was not to be. Magellan's history
actually dates back to the 1980s she was built in Denmark as the Holiday for Carnival Cruise Lines
and was the first of the 'Holiday Class' of cruise ships that was built for Carnival and eventually
three were built in this class. At 46,052 tons the ship is a baby by today's standards, but at the
time she was a significant new build for Carnival and introduced a suite of amenities that helped
establish Carnival's fun ship onboard experience. In the 1980s the modern cruise industry was still
developing. Cruise lines were being established and many were reliant on older smaller converted
ocean liners. Holiday was noticeably larger than the converted ocean liners in Carnival's fleet
and in fact she was 10,000 tons larger than Carnival's first new build the Tropicale.
Holiday's introduction into service in July of 1985 represented a significant upscaling of the
Carnival fleet. The ship featured a two-story main lounge, with terraced seating as well as a large
buffet restaurant, two formal restaurants, a sports deck, multiple swimming pools, a
grill, as well as themed bars lounges and a large shopping promenade. Holiday was joined by two near
identical sister ships, the Jubilee of 1986 and the Celebration of 1987 and together with Tropicale,
they allowed Carnival to retire their older cruise ships which had all been converted ocean liners
including the Mardi Gras, the Carnivale and the Festivale. Holliday and her sisters were popular
ships and the success of the Holiday class gave Carnival the confidence to commit to the even
bigger Fantasy Class of ships in the 1990s. Sadly three of the Fantasy Class ships are also being
scrapped at the moment, but this time in Turkey, and you can find a video about that in the info
card or the description below. Holiday remained with Carnival until 2009 by which time she had
been well and truly eclipsed by Carnival's new giant cruise ships. The ship was transferred to
Iberocruisers and started cruising for that brand in 2010. Although both Tropicale and Jubilee had
had their distinctive Carnival branded funnels removed and replaced when they were transferred
out of the Carnival fleet, Holliday retained hers. The ship emerged as the refurbished and
repainted Grand Holiday and started cruising in early 2010. She was sold again in 2015 becoming
the Magellan for CMV. During the final months of her service life the ship was treated to a refresh
which included applying a new navy paint scheme to the ship's hull. But sadly the cruise pause
of 2020 meant that Magellan's days were numbered. Sold at auction in late 2020 there had been hope
that she may sail again for greek-operated Sea Jets however by early 2021 it was becoming obvious
that the ship's future was in doubt. Renamed Mages she sailed for India's Alang scrapyard
arriving there in January 2021 and was beached by the end of the month. Coincidentally the Magellan
is being scrapped alongside her sister-ship the former Celebration as well as the ship that was
once Carnival's Tropicale, both of which were beached in recent week. Additionally the former
Jubilee was broken up at the same scrapyard in 2017. Thanks so much for watching and I hope you
found the video interesting? If you did don't forget to give it a like and hit the subscribe
button and the notification bell so you don't miss future videos. It may seem a little bit alarming
that so many cruise ships are being scrapped, and of course it is quite unusual to see so many ships
going to scrap all at the same time like we have in the last uh six months or so. But scrapping
cruise ships isn't a new thing in fact scrapping passenger ships has been something that's happened
for about as long as passenger ships have existed... If you're looking for something
to do during lockdown you might want to check out some of our books. The one I'll talk to you
today about is The Photographic History of the Orient Line which Rachelle and I wrote
in collaboration with Rob Henderson and Doug Cremer, who have the fantastic Henderson and
Cremer collection. Orient Line was a famous line that operated between Great Britain and Australia.
As passengers started traveling by air in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the Orient Line ocean
liners were sent to scrap, so we have seen large passenger ships scrapped on mass before. It just
hasn't really happened in the last sort of 20 or 30 years or so... This book takes you on a bit
of a journey through the history of the Orient Line through both text and pictures, showing
the fantastic history of this brand and how it impacted on the Australian journey throughout all
those years. Orient Line had some remarkable ships including of course the very famous first Oriana,
Oronsay, Orcades or Orsova, and many others that serve the company not only in peacetime but also
during two world wars. If you're interested in learning more about the Orient Line I've linked
to the book in the description below. Thanks once again for watching and when it is safe for us to
set sail again, I hope to see you on board. [Happy Music]