The 24,318-ton, 836-passenger ship was originally built in 2002 as the Olympia Explorer for now-defunct Royal Olympia Cruises.

The Odyessy operate three- and four-day cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean from Athens, Greece, and Kusadasi, Turkey.

The ship will fit in very well for these itineraries having been purpose-built for the Aegean Sea, it has a Greek ambience with Hellenic poems and names gracing its decks and other areas.