shipgeeks Posted February 15, 2021 #1 Share Posted February 15, 2021 I posted this on Ask a Cruise Question, as well, but thought it might find some interest here. I was first aware of Semester at Sea in the late 90's, when the ship being used was the SS Universe Explorer (originally SS Brasil of 1957). Some of the other ships used over the years were MS Seven Seas (formerly USS Long Island). SS Ryndam, SS Universe (former SS Atlantic), MV Explorer, and MS Deutschland, which became MV World Odyssey. I had forgotten that the Queen Elizabeth was to become the SS Seawise, and was bring converted for Semester at Sea purposes when she sank in Hong Kong Harbour. Are any of you familiar with Semester at Sea, or with any of those ships? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scandinavian World Posted March 5, 2021 #2 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Hi shipgeeks, World Campus Afloat – later Semester at Sea, was initially supported by Holland America Line and from 1971 by C.Y. Tung's Seawise Organisation. Beside the educational cruise organisation,World Explorer Cruises was founded, to employ the ship UNIVERSE CAMPUS / UNIVERSE as a normal cruise ship in the off-school-season. Picture © http://ssmaritime.com/ Cruises in the Caribbean, Panama Canal cruises and many trips to Alaska made World Explorer Cruises a renowned recommended cruise operator. The entire history of Semester at Sea: https://www.semesteratsea.org/contact/our-history/ WORLD ODYSSEY / DEUTSCHLAND is a popular cruise ship that undertakes cruises for Phoenix Reisen mostly for European clients in the off-season. More information here in German only : https://www.phoenixreisen.com/ms-deutschland.html & https://www.phoenixreisen.com/web2/kataloge/See_2021_Neuauflage/ Parallel to Semester at Sea, the Japanese Peace Boat Organization runs with a comparable ambience and boat travel offers also for normal people. own collection History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Boat Website Peace Boat Org.: https://peaceboat.org/english/about-peace-boat and more past! - Educational cruises were popular also in the UK as early as the 1930s. Troop carriers from Bibby Line and British India Steam Navigation were used. In the 50s.and 60s. it got an independent business under British India Steam Navigation management, one of the branch of the P&O Group. History: https://prehistorian.wordpress.com/2019/01/30/the-educational-cruises-of-the-bi-line/ & https://www.cruiseinsider.dk/post/school-cruises-1 & http://www.ssuganda.co.uk/educ/ own collection After the UGANDA was no longer available as a student cruise ship, a British organization called Schools Abroad chartered mostly Greek ships like the Greek ferry NEPTUNIA or the Greek cruiseship JUPITER from 1984 - which was full of students and teachers when it went down in 1988 after a collision with a freighter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Jupiter_(1961) After this disaster, I believe, Schools Abroad ceased his operation with cruises. Edited March 5, 2021 by Scandinavian World 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted March 5, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Thank you! Lots of info, and I love the brochure picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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