Festivale

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

Festivale

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

5367623

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

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Call signWhat is a call sign?

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Vessel type

Cruise ship

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

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Length overall

231.7 m

Beam

27.5 m

Year built

1961

Passengers (maximum)

WikidataSource: Wikidata, record Q2902327. Added to Voydar on September 23, 2026. Licence: CC0 1.0.728

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About Festivale

RMS Transvaal Castle was a British ocean liner built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotalnd for the Union-Castle Line for its mail service between Southampton and Durban. In 1966 she was sold to the South Africa-based Safmarine and renamed S.A. Vaal for further service on the same route. Following cessation of the service between the UK and South Africa in 1977 the ship was sold to Carnival Cruise Line and rebuilt in Japan as the cruise ship SS Festivale, re-entering service in 1978. In 1996 she was chartered to Dolphin Cruise Line and renamed IslandBreeze. In 1998 the ship was sold to Premier Cruise Line, which renamed her The Big Red Boat III. Following the bankruptcy of Premier Cruise Line in 2000, The Big Red Boat III was laid up until 2003 when she was sold to scrappers in Alang, India. She was renamed The Big Red Boat for her final voyage to the scrapyard.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Festivale now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Festivale in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Festivale?

Festivale is a cruise ship, built in 1961 by John Brown & Company. The vessel is 231.7 m long with a beam of 27.5 m.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Festivale?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Festivale from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Festivale. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.