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MS Enchanted Capri

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Azerbaidjan IMO 7359474 P Corfu 09-1981.jpg
image_caption	Azerbaidjan in Corfu, September 1981
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	*Enchanted Capri: 1998–2020
*Arkadia (Arkadiya<ref>[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid	*1429193 Arkadiya – IMO 7359474]): 1996–1997
*Azerbaydzhan: 1975–1996<ref>{{cite web	url	http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1527084	title=AZERBAIJAN – IMO 7359474	publisher=shipspotting.com	accessdate=2012-04-28}}
owner	*Demar Instaladora y Constructora, S.A. de C.V.: 2007–2020
*Faraglioni Ltd.: 2003–2008<ref name	"equasis"
operator	*Demar Instaladora y Constructora, S.A. de C.V.: 2007–2020
registry	Ciudad del Carmen Campeche, Mexico
builder	Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Turku, Finland
laid_down	1974
launched	14 April 1975
completed	1976
in_service	1976
out_of_service	2020
identification	*Call sign XCJP7
fate	grounded in Alvarado in 2020
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption	(currently)
class	Hotel ship
tonnage	, ,
displacement	11,319 tons
length	157 m
beam	21.83 m
draught	6.2 m
depth	72 feet
power	2 × Wärtsilä - S.E.M.T. Pielstick 18 PC 2-2V, 2 × 9000 bhp
propulsion	2 × Kamewa CPP W/4 blades
speed	20 kn
capacity	937 passengers
crew	155
notes	248 rooms

Island Holiday: 1997–1998
Arkadia (Arkadiya): 1996–1997
Azerbaydzhan: 1975–1996
FLOTEL SERVICES SA: 2008
Faraglioni Ltd.: 2003–2008
Commodore Holding Ltd.: 1998–2003
SeaEscape: 1997–1998
BLASCO: 1996–1997
Black Sea Shipping Company: 1975–1996
International Shipping Partners: 2005–2007
Commodore Cruise Line: 1998–2003

MS Enchanted Capri is a wrecked cruise ship owned by Demar Instaladora y Constructora, Mexico and operated as an accommodation vessel for oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. She was built in 1975 at Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland as the 15,409 GRT MS Azerbaydzhan for the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company. She had also sailed under the names MS Arkadia and MS Island Holiday.

History

The Azerbaydzhan was built in 1975 as the third ship of the five Belorussiya class passenger ships ordered by the Soviet Union from the Wärtsilä shipyard in Turku, Finland. She underwent refurbishments in 1984 in Bremerhaven, Germany and in 1997 in Freeport, Grand Bahama. In 1996, the vessel was acquired by BLASCO, Ukraine and renamed Arkadia (Arkadiya).

The ship was chartered by SeaEscape, Florida and renamed Island Holiday.

On June 4, 1998, Commodore Cruise Line chartered the vessel, renamed her Enchanted Capri and started 2 and 5-day cruises from New Orleans, Louisiana with an emphasis on gaming. With 248 cabins, including eight suites, and eight passenger decks, the Enchanted Capri offered full cruise amenities such as swimming pools, restaurants, gift shops, bars, lounges, theater, disco, gym, sauna, beauty salon, and complete hospital facilities. Commodore Holdings Limited, the parent company to Commodore Cruise Line, and Casino America, Inc. announced that they had executed a definitive agreement under which Casino America would manage the casino operations aboard this ship. The onboard casino, with slots and a variety of table games, was under the Isle of Capri Casinos banner. Following Commodore's bankruptcy on January 11, 2001, the Enchanted Capri made news when the ship was arrested in New Orleans by the International Transport Workers' Federation on behalf of the crew, who were owed $500,000 in back wages. More than 230 crew stranded on the passenger vessel were sent home to forty countries in the biggest repatriation operation staged by the ITWF.

The Enchanted Capri was laid up, her owners chartered her to the Mexican company Demar Instaladora y Constructora in 2003 and refurbished the vessel in 2005 to bring her up to the latest SOLAS standards. At the end of 2007 Enchanted Capri was totally owned by the Mexican company Demar Instaladora y Constructora.

In 2020, it was planned to scrap her in Coatzacoalcos. However, she grounded in Alvarado after dragging anchor in a storm. The vessel was abandoned and still aground as of December 2021.

References

(16 October 2020). "Desguazarán el flotel Enchanteo Capri en Coatzacoalcos".
[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=*1429193 Arkadiya – IMO 7359474]
"AZERBAIJAN – IMO 7359474". shipspotting.com.
{{csr
Asklander, Micke. "M/S AZERBAIHZAN.". Fakta om Fartyg.
"Fleet Information – M/V Enchanted Capri".
[http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/black.htm Black Sea Shipping Co. (Black Sea Steamship Co.)]
(2020-10-21). "ENCHANTED CAPRI wird verschrottet".
(2020-11-04). "Former Cruise Ship Drifts Aground Off Port of Alvarado, Mexico".
(1 March 2025). "Former Soviet cruise liner, now a ghost ship, decaying in Gulf of Mexico". Fleetmon.

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