in 2004, while being operated by
Norwegian Cruise Line Following delivery,
Royal Majesty set on her maiden voyage, a
transatlantic crossing from
Southampton to
New York City, on 7 July 1992. She was christened in New York City on 21 July 1992 by
Liza Minnelli. The vessel, with 1,509 persons on board, was en route from St. George's, Bermuda, to Boston, Massachusetts. There were no deaths or injuries as a result of this accident. Damage to the vessel and lost revenue, however, were estimated at $7 million. In August 1996 she participated in the Titanic Expedition Cruise, an expedition to the sinking site of . Sailing from Boston, passengers spent five days circling the site with many celebrities and survivors from the famous ship onboard while parts of
Titanic were being salvaged. , Greece
Majesty Cruise Line ceased operations at the end of the 1997 summer season, and
Royal Majesty was sold to
Norwegian Cruise Line. She was renamed
Norwegian Majesty, and in 1999 she received a lengthening at the
Lloyd Werft shipyard in
Bremerhaven,
Germany. The lengthening of the Norwegian Majesty however was more technically complicated than those of the other ships, as she had not been designed for such an operation. The deal was completed on 29 July 2008, but
Norwegian Majesty was chartered back to Norwegian Cruise Line until October 2009. On 24 June 2009, Louis revealed that
Norwegian Majesty would be renamed
Louis Majesty. On 3 March 2010, three
rogue waves hit
Louis Majesty, killing two passengers, and injuring a number of others, while on a 12-day cruise around the Mediterranean. The waves, which were reportedly in excess of high, collided with the side of the vessel, smashing several windows in the saloon area. Water was taken on in the saloon area, which then drained down the decks below. The ship returned to port at
Barcelona to receive repairs.
Louis Majesty was chartered to Thomson Cruises from May 2012 and renamed
Thomson Majesty. It sailed from Corfu in the summer and the Canary Islands in the winter. On 10 February 2013, while the ship was docked in
Santa Cruz de la Palma in the
Canary Islands, five crew members were killed and three others injured during a safety drill when the lifeboat they were in fell into the sea, trapping the occupants. Julian Bray, Marine Analyst in the UK, writing in the Cduck media news blog, confirms that crew were taking part in a training exercise to load, launch, and recover lifeboats, complete a regular risk/ safety programme and to ensure crew members have had recent practical training. Malta's Maritime Safety Investigation Unit subsequently issued a safety alert following the discovery of significant corrosion on the inner strands of the fall wire involved. The wire rope had parted approximately where it rested over the topmost sheave, when the davit was in its stowed position. The fore and aft davit's fall wires had been replaced on 22 August 2010 and the next scheduled replacement was due in August 2014. In her later career with Thomson Cruises, she was given a refit adding several balcony cabins to the ship. In November 2017 she joined "Celestyal Cruises" and renamed simply as "Majesty". == Service as
Crown Iris ==