GTS ''Jewel of the Seas'' is a operated by Royal Caribbean. The ship was completed in the spring of 2004 with her maiden voyage in May of that year.

History

''Jewel of the Seas'' initially operated cruises from Rome (

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), Italy, to the

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in the

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until November 2016, the ship re-positioned to cruising from

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to Caribbean destinations. In March 2019 the ship re-positioned from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean where it operated cruises in the Greek Isles and as of December 2019 it has been home ported in

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and operated cruises within the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...

. In April 2016, ''Jewel of the Seas'' completed a £20 million renovation.

Coronavirus pandemic

On 11 March 2020, the ship was docked at the Dubai Cruise Terminal with two passengers that were experiencing respiratory illnesses. After the ship was placed in quarantine, test results for the two sick passengers returned negative, and the ship was given the all clear. However, because many ports had begun to close, ''Jewel of the Seas'' ended up staying at Dubai for the duration of the cruise, and Royal Caribbean gave the passengers full refunds and allowed them to use the ship as a hotel. On 29 April 2020, a 27-year-old male Polish electrician of ''Jewel of the Seas'' jumped overboard from deck 12 while the ship was anchored near Corfu, Greece. His absence was only realized over two days later. The

Hellenic Coast Guard The Hellenic Coast Guard ( el, Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, Port Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard) is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a para ...

conducted a large search operation but was unsuccessful. Up until late April 2021 ''Jewel of the Seas'' was at anchor in Poole Bay off the Dorset coast in the UK sitting out the

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. As with the other cruise ships in the area the ship made occasional visits to The Port of Southampton to collect supplies and fuel. As of 3 May 2021 she was heading for

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in Spain. ''Jewel of the Seas'' was most recently spotted docking in the Firth of Forth in Scotland near

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and next to the

Forth Bridge The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in ...

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References

External links

Official website
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