2-651: Le Champlain is the second ship of the Ponant Explorers -class of cruise ships operated by Ponant . Each member of the class has been allocated the name of a famous French explorer, and Le Champlain is named after Samuel de Champlain , "The Father of New France ". Built by VARD , Le Champlain had her hull constructed in VARD's Tulcea yard in Romania, where her keel was laid down on 20 April 2017. A year and one week later, on 27 April 2018, she arrived at
4-522: The builder's Søviknes facility in Ålesund , Norway, for final outfitting. She was delivered to Ponant in Ålesund on 27 September 2018. On 25 October 2018, Le Champlain departed from Honfleur , France on her maiden voyage to Lisbon , Portugal. [REDACTED] Media related to Le Champlain at Wikimedia Commons This article about a specific cruise ship is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ponant Explorers-class cruise ship Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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