the ship would travel as World Odyssey transporting "Semester at Sea" students; and for the other part of the year it would be chartered to the German cruise company Phoenix Reisen, sailing under its traditional MS Deutschland name. For this period the ship would carry two names, one for winter, other for summer. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the crew is locked down in the ship which is moored in a basin of the port of Caen. Incidents At approximately 12:30 on 23 May 2010 whilst in the Norwegian port of Eidfjord, Norway, a fire was detected in the engine room. On board were at that time 607 (or 608) people, including 364 passengers. All passengers and most of the crew and two Norwegian pilots were evacuated safely from the ship, while only a small part of the crew remained on board. The fire was isolated to a limited area of the ship. The ship's 364 passengers travelled home. MS Deutschland was then towed by tug boats to the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg for docking and repair, where the ship remained in the shipyard for thirty days. The fire damage had cost approximately two million euro and was paid by the ship's insurers. Three trips were cancelled and service resumed on July 3, 2010, with a departure from Hamburg. On 15 January 2012, the ship grounded in the Beagle Channel at the tip of South America. No one was injured and the ship was able to continue its journey after an investigation by the Federal Bureau for Maritime Casualty Investigation. Popular Culture The German television show ("The Dream Ship") was filmed on board for fifteen years as the MS Deutschland traveled to tourist destinations around the world. In the first episode of , the ship appears in the first scene docked as World Odyssey and is referenced in the final scene as a character watches Das Traumschiff References External links MS Deutschland (German) MS Deutschland position Pictures of the MS Deutschland Video of MS Deutschland transiting Cape Cod Canal Cruise ships Cruise ships of Germany 1998 ships