key people david burling managing director products holidays cruises parent tui group website www.thomson.co.uk cruise ms thomson spirit in harbour in the canary islands in april 2005 thomson cruises is a british cruise line operated by thomson that offers cruises around europe with ships from louis cruise lines royal caribbean international and holland america line . contents 1 history 2 future 3 fleet 3.1 current fleet 3.2 future fleet 3.3 former ships 4 accidents and incidents 5 references history edit the company had initially entered the cruise market in 1973 but due to rising fuel costs the venture was terminated in 1976 . in 1995 thomson restarted their cruise line after their competitor airtours had made a successful entry in the cruise business under their sun cruises brand . thomson cruises holds approximately a 1 % market share of the worldwide cruise industry . 1 future edit on april 13 2016 thomson cruises announced the next addition to its fleet the former ms splendour of the seas would be named tui discovery as part of the re brand which will see the whole of thomson transition to tui over the next eighteen months . tui discovery will be the first of the thomson cruises fleet to offer an all inclusive drinks package as standard . 2 3 fleet edit ms island escape was added to the thomson fleet in april 2009 as a result of parent company tui s acquisition of royal caribbean cruises ltd. s share in island cruises that took place in 2008 . 4 as of march 2013 thomson operates the island escape under its all inclusive island cruises brand . in march 2015 royal caribbean international announced that they had agreed to sell splendour of the seas to tui cruises in the second quarter of 2016 and that tui would lease the ship to thomson cruises to replace the island escape . 5 in may 2015 tui group announced that as part of their modernization strategy tui cruises mein schiff 1 and mein schiff 2 would be transferred to thomson cruises over the next few years . 6 in october 2015 the island cruise brand was discontinued after the sole ship island escape completed her last scheduled cruise with thomson cruises . current fleet edit ship built builder entered service with thomson gross tonnage flag home port notes image thomson spirit 1983 chantiers de l atlantique 2003 33 930 tons malta malaga spain until end of october 2016 previously nieuw amsterdam patriot spirit chartered from louis cruises until 2017 . thomson celebration 1984 chantiers de l atlantique 2005 33 960 tons malta dubrovnik croatia until end of october 2016 previously noordam . thomson dream 1986 meyer werft 2010 54 763 tons malta corfu greece until end of october 2016 previously homeric westerdam costa europa . thomson majesty 1992 kvaerner masa yards 2012 40 876 tons malta palma majorca until end of october 2016 previously royal majesty norwegian majesty louis majesty chartered from louis cruises until 2017 . tui discovery 1996 chantiers de l atlantique 2016 69 130 tons malta palma de mallorca spain until october 2016 previously splendour of the seas . future fleet edit ship built builder enters service with thomson gross tonnage flag notes image tui discovery 2 1995 chantiers de l atlantique 2017 69 130 tons malta currently sailing as the legend of the seas she has been sold to thomson for 2017 season along with mein schiff 1 and mein schiff 2 to replace the thomson spirit & thomson majesty . 7 8 it was announced on 29 june 2016 that the tui discovery 2 will be home ported in malaga spain in the summer season and tenerife during the winter season . 9 unnamed 1996 meyer werft 2018 76 522 tons malta currently sailing as mein schiff 1 she has been sold to thomson for 2018 season along with legend of the seas and mein schiff 2 to replace the thomson spirit & thomson majesty . unnamed 1997 meyer werft 2019 77 713 tons malta currently sailing as mein schiff 2 she has been sold to thomson for 2019 season along with legend of the seas and mein schiff 1 to replace the thomson spirit & thomson majesty . former ships edit ship built builder in service with thomson gross tonnage notes image ss ithaca 1956 deutsche werft 1973 1976 8 977 tons scrapped 2003 ss calypso 1955 harland & wolff 1975 1976 20 204 tons scrapped 2004 ss island breeze 1962 john brown & co. 1996 1998 26 632 tons scrapped 2003 ms sapphire 1967 cantieri navale felszegi 1996 2002 12 263 tons scrapped 2012 ss the topaz 1956 fairfield shipbuilding and engineering 1997 2003 25 516 tons scrapped 2008 ss the emerald 1958 newport news shipbuilding and drydock 1997 2008 26 431 tons scrapped 2012 the calypso 1967 fincantieri 2006 2009 11 162 tons scrapped 2013 thomson destiny 1982 w rtsil hietalahti shipyard 2005 2012 37 584 tons currently operating on 3 4 day cruises from greece . island escape 1982 dubigeon normandie s.a 2009 40 132 tons departed fleet on october 27 2015 . accidents and incidents edit on 9 february 2013 five crewmen of ms thomson majesty were killed in gran canaria whilst checking a lifeboat . the lifeboat ropes snapped and plunged 65ft from the upper deck into the sea . it overturned as it hit the water trapping them underneath . three crewmen were taken to hospital but five others three indonesians one filipino and one ghanaian drowned as rescue attempts were made . 10 references edit 2012 world wide market share . cruise market watch . 2011 11 20 . http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6951 http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 14468 thomson announces summer 2017 deployment tui branding.html royal caribbean cruises ltd. to sell its interest in island cruises to first choice holidays ltd. . royal caribbean cruises ltd. 2008 10 06 . retrieved 2008 10 07 . splendour of the seas sold to tui for thomson cruises . cruiseindustrynews.com . http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 12586 tui thomson to get mein schiff 1 and 2.html https www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 15061 royal caribbean sells legend to thomson cites capacity growth.html http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 7054 http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 7101 thomson majesty liner five killed and three injured after lifeboat falls into sea off canary islands cruise ship daily mail online . mail online . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thomson cruises & oldid 741148809 categories cruise linescompanies established in 1973 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 18 23 . text is 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