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MS ''Astor'' is a cruise ship owned by the Germany-based Premicon, under charter to the Germany-based Transocean Tours.〔 She was built in 1987 under the name ''Astor'' by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel in West Germany for the Mauritius-based Marlan Corporation, although originally ordered by the South African Safmarine as a combined ocean liner/cruise ship for the Southampton-Cape Town service.〔 In 1988 the ship was sold to the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company and renamed ''Fedor Dostoevskiy''〔 (some sources spell the name ''Fedor Dostoyevskiy'',〔 (ロシア語:Фёдор Достое́вский)), but spent her time under charter to various West German cruise lines. In 1995 she reverted to the name ''Astor''. Since 1996 she has been under charter to Transocean Tours.〔 On 28 November 2008, an attempted pirate attack on the ''Astor'' in the Gulf of Oman was prevented by the German frigate ''Mecklenburg-Vorpommern''. Today she operates for Cruise & Maritime Voyages on voyages in Europe, South Africa and Australia. ==Concept and construction== The South African Safmarine had restarted ocean liner service between Southampton and Cape Town in 1984 by acquiring the 1981-built cruise ship ''Astor'' from the West German Hadag Cruise Line.〔 In service the first ''Astor''s engines proved too underpowered to maintain liner service.〔 As a result Safmarine decided to order a new ship in 1985 from the HDW shipyard in Kiel, based on the same design as the 1981 ''Astor'' (which had been built at HDW's yard at Hamburg) but with additional facilities and more powerful engines, making her better suited for liner operations as well as cruising.〔〔 Confusingly the new ship was also decided to be named ''Astor''. Even though the second ''Astor'' was not to be delivered until 1987, the first ''Astor'' was sold to the East German Deutsche Seerederei (via a West German intermediary) in 1985.〔 Soon after this Safmarine decided to abandon their passenger operations, and in January 1986 the second ''Astor''s construction contract was sold to the Mauritius-based Marlan Corporation. The ship was launched from dry dock on 30 May 1986 and delivered to the Marlan Corporation on 14 January 1987.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Astor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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