mathematics

MS Amera

MS Amera is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MS Amera rather than just read about it. In short: MS Amera (formerly Royal Viking Sun, Seabourn Sun and Prinsendam) is a cruise ship operated by Phoenix Reisen. She was launched in 1988 as Royal Viking Sun for Royal Viking Line, and began operating for Cunard Line under the same name in 1994.

Key takeaways

MS Amera belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MS Amera to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MS Amera from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MS Amera (formerly Royal Viking Sun, Seabourn Sun and Prinsendam) is a cruise ship operated by Phoenix Reisen. She was launched in 1988 as Royal Viking Sun for Royal Viking Line, and began operating for Cunard Line under the same name in 1994. She was renamed Seabourn Sun when Seabourn Cruise Line acquired the ship in 1999. In 2002, Seabourn transferred the ship to Holland America Line, which was renamed as Prinsendam. In 2018, Prinsendam was sold to Phoenix Reisen, debuting in 2019, and rechristened Amera in Bremerhaven on 16 August 2019.

History

1988–1999: Royal Viking Sun

Royal Viking Line She was launched in 1988 as Royal Viking Sun for Royal Viking Line. Christened by godparents James Stewart and Gloria Stewart, and she was the largest ship in the fleet at the time she entered service.

Cunard Line In 1994, Cunard Line purchased Royal Viking Sun and the Royal Viking brand when Royal Viking Line ceased operations. Cunard continued to operate her under the same name and initially retained the vessel's original livery. Later, Cunard repainted her funnel in their colours but retained the Royal Viking logo. In April 1996, the ship tore a hole in its hull after hitting a reef in the Red Sea about fifteen miles off the coast of Sharm El Sheikh while on its way to Aqaba.

1999–2002: Seabourn Sun In 1999, Carnival Corporation merged Cunard and Seabourn and moved Royal Viking Sun to Seabourn. After an extensive refit, she was renamed Seabourn Sun. Her last cruise for Seabourn was a circumnavigation of South America in 2002.

2002–2019: Prinsendam

In 2002, Seabourn Sun was transferred to sister brand Holland America Line, after Seabourn chose to focus on its fleet's smaller vessels. Renamed Prinsendam, she underwent a refit before beginning operations. On 1 February 2007, Prinsendam was hit by two 12-metre-tall (39 ft) rogue waves near Cape Horn; 40 injuries were reported, with some requiring hospitalisation. On 22 March 2012, Prinsendam was en route to Portimao when she received a distress call from the Portuguese fishing boat Dario, which was sinking with eight people aboard. When the ship arrived, Dario's crew was entering a life raft. The Portuguese Coast Guard directed Prinsendam to pick up the fishermen and stand by for a helicopter to take the eight men to shore. During her career with Holland America, she had undertaken cruises to Antarctica, and was able to transit the Kiel Canal due to her low height above the waterline.

2019–present: Amera In July 2018, Holland America announced that Prinsendam had been sold to Phoenix Reisen. However, she was chartered back to Holland America to continue operating her scheduled voyages until 1 July 2019.

On 2 July 2019, Prinsendam began her six-week renovation at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg, and left on 12 August 2019 for Bremerhaven. She was rechristened Amera in Bremerhaven on 16 August 2019 by Petra Kaiser, a veteran Phoenix Reisen employee, before sailing to Dover for her maiden voyage to Antwerp, Amsterdam, and the Norwegian fjords, where she cruised for her inaugural season. She operated Mediterranean cruises beginning in October 2019.

References

External links

Royal Viking Sun Video Clips "Royal Viking Sun". Chris' Cunard Page. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MS Amera

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MS Amera claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MS Amera before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MS Amera ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MS Amera

In research: MS Amera appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MS Amera in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MS Amera is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1988 ships, IMO numbers, Maritime incidents in 2007, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MS Amera outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study MS Amera in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MS Amera means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MS Amera out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MS Amera in simple terms?

Why does MS Amera matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MS Amera?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MS Amera.