IMO 8705266
Cruise ship · built 1991
In short
IMO 8705266 (Cruise ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar. It can carry up to 48 passengers (source: Wikidata).
- Vessel type
- Cruise ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1991
- Gross tonnage
- 3,370
- Size (length × beam)
- 85 m × 17 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
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- Name
- IMO 8705266
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 8705266
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Cruise ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 3,370
- Length overall
- 85.2 m
- Beam
- 16.5 m
- Year built
- 1991
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- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About IMO 8705266
National Geographic Islander II is a cruise ship currently operated by Lindblad Expeditions. Built by Flender Werft in Lübeck, Germany, she was laid down in 1988 and floated out as Lady Diana in 1989. She was completed in December 1991 as Aurora I. She and sister ship Aurora II were purchased by Star Cruises in 1994. Aurora I was renamed Megastar Taurus and served from 1994 until being laid up in 2008. In July 2015, Crystal Cruises announced that she would join its fleet as Crystal Esprit, and on December 20, 2015, she was rechristened at Eden Island Marina in Mahé, Seychelles, by Lady Gaenor Anne Meakes (fiancée of yachtsman Mark Richards). In September 2021, Crystal announced that they had sold the all-suite ship following a review of its post-pandemic offering.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is IMO 8705266 now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for IMO 8705266 in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is IMO 8705266?
- IMO 8705266 is a cruise ship, built in 1991 by Flender Werke. The vessel is 85.2 m long with a beam of 16.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 3,370.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for IMO 8705266?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for IMO 8705266 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 IMO 8705266. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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