Former cruise ship and future floating bookshop / missionary ship
Doulos Hope under her earlier name, Megastar Aries
History
Name
1989-1991: Lady Sarah
1991-1994: Aurora II
1994-2012: MegaStar Aries
2012-2013: Genting World
2013-2022: The Taipan
2022-present: Doulos Hope
Operator
Windsor Line
(ordered 1989, bankrupt prior to delivery)[3]
New Frontier Cruise Line
(1991–1994)
Star Cruises
(1994–2022)
OM Ships International (2022-present)
Port of registry
Valletta, Malta[1]
Builder
Flender Werft
Yard number
647
Laid down
May 9, 1988
Launched
April 7, 1989[2]
Completed
December 16, 1991
Identification
Call sign: 9HA5843[1]
IMO number: 8705278
MMSI number: 311000166
Status
In service
General characteristics
Tonnage
3,370 GT
Length
82 meters
Beam
16 meters
Decks
4
MV Doulos Hope is a former cruise ship now serving as a floating library owned by the faith-based organisation Operation Mobilisation and operated by the German charity Gute Bücher für Alle.[4][5]
Currently named after the MV Doulos, the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship until its retirement in December 2009,[6] Doulos Hope was originally intended to sail as the Lady Sarah. For most of its career, it has served as a cruise ship under the names Aurora II, Megastar Aries, Genting World and The Taipan,[7] predominantly for Hong Kong's now-defunct Star Cruises.
After completion of a refit in mid-2023, Doulos Hope is based in Southeast Asia and provides a floating library service in shallow-water ports to complement its much larger sister ship, the MV Logos Hope.[8]
^ ab"Doulos Hope specifications". Retrieved March 5, 2024.
^"M/S AURORA II". Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^"Genting Hong Kong's luxury yacht now a missionary ship". July 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Seronay, Karen (2022-06-09). "OM Announces New Ship To Set Sail For Ports Of Southeast Asia". Keep The Faith ® The UK's Black and multi-ethnic Christian magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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