MV Seabourn
Legend
in the Miraflores Locks behind a car carrier |
Seabourn
Legend is a Seabourn Cruise Line cruise ship, constructed by
Schichau-Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven, Germany and put into
service for Kloster Cruise in February 1992. The ship was
originally named Royal Viking Queen, and operated on various
crossings for Royal Viking Line, a Kloster subsidiary.
The
Seabourn Legend was featured in the 1997 film Speed 2:
Cruise Control. In the movie, Annie Porter (Sandra Bullock)
is trapped on the ship, where navigation computers has been
reprogrammed by a computer hacker, (Willem DaFoe) setting
the ship on a collision course with a supertanker.
In the
attached images you can see the MV Seabourn Legend in the Panama
Canal southbound on the 2nd of December 2009. |
The MV Seabourn Legend Cruise Ship in the Miraflores Locks |
The
MV Seabourn
Legend
Tonnage: 9,961 gross tons
Length: 135 m (404 ft)
Beam: 19.6 m (63 ft)
Draft: 5.2 m (16.5 ft)
Installed power: 7280 kW
Speed: 19.2 knots
16 knots (service)
Capacity: 208 passengers
Crew: 164
It is the identical sister
ship of the Seabourn Spirit and Seabourn Pride, all designed
by Petter Yran and Bjørn Storbraaten.
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