ALOUETTE: entered service 1986; refurbished 2008; 98’ x 17’; 4-passenger capacity; 2 cabins; cruises on Canal du Midi in France.

AMARYLLIS: entered service 2002; refurbished 2007; 129’ x 17’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises on various routes in France, including Burgundy, Beaujolais, and France-Comte.

ANJODI: entered service 1983; refurbished 2006; 100’ x 16.5’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises Canal du Midi, Provence, and Camargue in France.

ECLIPSE: entered service 1999; 210’ x 41’; 48-passenger capacity; 26 cabins; cruises in the Galapagos.

ELISABETH: entered service 1988; refurbished 2008; 100’ x 17’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; cruises Canal du Nivernais and Burgundy in France.

ENCHANTE: entered service 2008; 100’ x 16.5’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises Canal du Midi and Provence and the Camargue in France.

FLEUR DE LYS: entered service 1986; refurbished 2006; 129’ x 17’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; British officers and mixed crew; cruises in the Burgundy in France.

HIRONDELLE: entered service 1994; refurbished 2008; 128’ x 17’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises Loire Valley, Burgundy, and France-Comte in France.

LA BELLE EPOQUE: entered service 1995; refit 2006; 126’ x 16.5’; 13-passenger capacity; 7 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises in Burgundy and Chablis in France. (Category B—Not Rated)

L’ART DE VIVRE: entered service 1998; 100’x 17’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; French and English officers and crew; cruises in Burgundy and Canal du Nivernais in France.

LA NOUVELLE ETOILE: entered service 2002; 129’ x 18’; 8-passenger capacity; 230 GUIDE TO THE CRUISE VACATION 2010sg02e11a.qxp 7/14/2009 3:44 PM Page 230 4 cabins; cruises in Holland; northern Burgundy, Champagne, and Alsace-Lorraine
in France; and Moselle region in Germany.

LE PHENICIEN: entered service 1959; completely refurbished 2002; 127’ x 16.5’; 18-passenger capacity; 9 cabins; cruises in Provence, the Camargue, and Languedoc in France.

LIBELLULE: entered service 1996; 128’ x 17’; 20-passenger capacity; 10 cabins; French and British officers and crew; cruises in Southern Burgundy and Beaujolais.

L’IMPRESSIONNISTE: entered service 1996; refurbished 2007; 129’ x 16.5’; 13-passenger capacity; 7 cabins; British and French officers and crew; cruises Central Burgundy in France.

LORRAINE: entered service 1985; refurbished 2007; 128’ x 17’; 22-passenger capacity; 11 cabins; cruises in Burgundy and Alsace-Lorraine regions of France.

MAGNA CARTA: entered service 2001; 117’ x 16.5’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises River Thames in England.

MARE AUSTRALIS and VIA AUSTRALIS: entered service 2002 and 2005, respectively; 236’ x 44’; 129-passenger capacity; 64 cabins; cruises fjords of Patagonia from Ushuaia around Cape Horn and Straights of Magellan to Punta Arenas Chile. (See Cruceros Australis under Miscellaneous Cruise Lines.)

MARJORIE II: entered service 1998; 129’ x 16.5’; 12-passenger capacity; 6 cabins; cruises in Holland and northern Burgundy in France.

MEANDERER: entered service 1992; refurbished 2008; 123’ x 17’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; cruises the Upper Loire in France.

MINERVA (formerly Explorer II and Minerva): entered service 1996; 12,500 G.R.T.; 436’ x 65.5’; 300-passenger capacity but limited to 199 passengers in 108 outside cabins; 197 actual cabins; European officers and Filipino crew; cruises in Antarctica, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Atlantic. (See Swan Hellenic Cruises.)

NAPOLEON: entered service 1990; refurbished 2008; 129’ x 17.5’; 12-passenger capacity; 6 cabins; cruises in Vallee du Rhône and Provence, France.

NILE ADVENTURER: entered service 1990; refurbished 2001; 64-passenger capacity; 32 cabins; Egyptian officers and crew; Nile River cruises.

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PROSPERITE: 128’ x 16’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises in central Burgundy. RENAISSANCE (formerly La Bonne Humeur): entered service 1997; refurbished 2006; 126’ x 16’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises in western Burgundy and Upper Loire.

RENAISSANCE (formerly La Bonne Humeur): entered service 1997; refurbished
2006; 126’ x 16’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises in western Burgundy
and Upper Loire.

RIVER CLOUD: entered service 1996; 361’ x 37’; 90-passenger capacity; 45 cabins; European officers; Danube River cruises through Holland, Germany, Austria, and Hungary. (See Sea Cloud Cruises.)

RIVER CLOUD II: entered service 2001; 338’ x 32’; 88-passenger capacity; 43 cabins; European officers and crew; cruises on Danube and other rivers in central Europe. (See Sea Cloud Cruises.)

ROAD TO MANDALAY: rebuilt in 2009; 330’ long; 82-passenger capacity; 43 cabins; cruises the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar.

ROI SOLEIL: entered service 1999; renovated 2009; 98’ x 16.5’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; cruises in Burgundy, Provence, Camargue-Languedoc, and the Canal du Midi in France.

SAFARI EXPLORER: entered service 1998; refurbished 2008; 145’ x 36’; 36-passenger capacity; 18 cabins; cruises round-trip from Juneau, Alaska, including Glacier Bay.

SAFARI SPIRIT: entered service 2001; refurbished 2004; 105’ x 24.5’; 12-passenger capacity; 6 cabins; cruises between Juneau and Petersburg, Alaska.

SAFARI QUEST: entered service 1993; partially refurbished in 2005, 2006, and 2007; 120’ x 28’; 22-passenger capacity; 11 cabins; cruises Alaska’s inside passage and Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

SAROCHE: refurbished 2007; 128’ x 16.5’; 6-passenger capacity; 3 cabins; cruises in Central Burgundy, Provence, and the Camargue in France.

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER: entered service 2000; refurbished 2006; 117’ x 16.5’; 8-passenger capacity; 4 cabins; cruises in Scotland on Caledonian Canal.

SHANNON PRINCESS II: entered service 2003; refurbished 2008; 105’ x 20’; 10- passenger capacity; 5 cabins; cruises in Ireland on the River Shannon and Lough Derg.

SUN BOAT III: entered service 1993; and refurbished 2005; 200’ x 34.5’; 36- passenger capacity; 18 cabins; Nile River cruises.

SUN BOAT IV: entered service 1996; refurbished 2006; 236’ x 42’; 80-passenger capacity; 40 cabins; Nile River cruises.

VOLGA DREAM: entered service 2007; 320’ x 50’; 111-passenger capacity; 58 cabins; cruises on the Volga-Baltic Waterway in Russia.

YANGZI EXPLORER: refurbished 2008; 300’ x 52’; 124-passenger capacity; 58 cabins; cruises on Yangtze River, China.

These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.