Ss The Emerald

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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;" width="300"|colspan="2" style="background: #efefef; text-align:center;"| SS The Emerald|-|- style="vertical-align:top;"!colspan="2" style="color: white; background: navy;"|Career|- style="vertical-align:top;"|Nationality'|Cyprus|- style="vertical-align:top;"|Operated By:|[Thomson Holidays as Santa Rosa
[1992 as Regent Rainbow
1995 as Emerald
1997 as The Emerald], under long-term charter to the United Kingdom-based Thomson Cruises. It was built in 1958 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, USA for Grace Lines as SS Santa Rosa. Between 1992 and 1995 it sailed for Regency Cruises as SS Regent Rainbow. As of 2007 it is the only passenger liner built at a :Category:Shipbuilding companies of the United States (passenger liners having not been built there since 1958) that is still in service.

History The ship was originally launched in 1958 as Santa Rosa, it measured 20,000 tonnes. It sailed under this name for 13 years before it was laid up in port in 1971. It remained in port for twenty years before it was towed to Greece in 1991 for rebuilding as a cruise ship. It was substantially rebuilt and emerged, barely recognisable and now measuring 26,431 gross tonnes, although keeping its steam turbine engines. It sailed under Regency Cruises as the Regent Rainbow from 1992 until Regency Cruises went bankrupt in 1995. After this, the Regent Rainbow was sold to Louis Cruise Lines and was renamed Emerald. It was chartered to Thomson Holidays in 1997 and The was added before its name. Later on, in 2005, The Emerald received Thomson's new TUI colours. It will continue to sail under the Thomson fleet in 2008.

Decks The Emerald has ten decks, all ten of which are accessible to passengers.

Gym, hospital, Kidzone, massage room, sauna, engine room, crew spaces

Outside and inside cabins, engine room, crew spaces

Outside and inside cabins, crew spaces

Outside and inside cabins, beauty salon

Outside and inside cabins, reception

Yacht club bar, Royale lounge, casino, shops, library, Monte Carlo court, Chanterelle dining room, Regency showlounge

Outside and inside cabins

Outside and inside cabins, Le Bistro buffet, swimming pool, lido bar

Starlight lounge, disco, whirlpools

Sun deck (exists in the forward part of the ship only)

References

Santa Rosa - Regent Rainbow - Emerald
T/S SANTA ROSA