Eddoku Cruises

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**Eddoku Cruise Line** (trade name: **Eddoku Cruises**) is a international cruise line operation which is headquartered in Waiipick, Illqurisvaldett. Eddoku Cruises was incorporated in June 8th, 1952 through the first vessel of the cruise line, *Eddoku Imagination*.

As of December 1957, Eddoku Cruises currently operates four ships; *Eddoku Imagination*, *Eddoku Journey*, *Eddoku Paradise*, *SS Jamesville State*, and *Eddoku Magic*, which is currently in repair due to a collision with a sea mine, causing damage to the ship. Eddoku Cruises is ranked first on the list of largest cruise lines based on passengers carried annually.

## History

### 1950s

Eddoku Cruises was founded upon in June 8th, 1952 by Avos Santos and Leenard der Bale. The venture was financed by the Illqurisvaldett Travel Service (ITS), which was owned by Leenard der Bale. Eddoku Cruises was also promoted to fun-loving younger people, which the format was successful financially. Eddoku Cruises commenced operations from Waiipick with their first ship the *Eddoku Imagination*, a former ocean liner purchased from Interliner Cruise Line at the same day of it's founding. Eddoku Cruises would adapt and evolve the original neon green livery of the Interliner Cruise Line to a blue and red livery as seen today.

In 1952 due to the prominent success of the first ship, Eddoku Cruises then commissioned *Eddoku Magic* and *Eddoku Paradise* from Colenne Shipyard, with *Eddoku Magic* entering service in September 1953 and *Eddoku Paradise* 8 months later on May 1954. The success of the three ships which were in service at the time led to the commissioning of *Eddoku Journey* in 1957 from Colenne Shipyard, which were designed by the shipbuilder to be more advanced than earlier vessels in speed, allowing Eddoku Cruises to be able to compete with the formerly independent shipbuilder Aratrina State Shipping, which introduced the *SS Jamesville State*, which was the fastest ocean liner ship at the time.

### 1960s

In the 1960s, Eddoku Cruises commissioned the *Eddoku Voyager* and *Eddoku Velvet* vessels from Colenne Shipyard, which will be the final ships of Eddoku Cruises built by Colenne Shipyard as the cruise line's future vessels will be built by Neue-Wayer Shipyard as confirmed by a spokesperson for Neue-Wayer. Colenne Shipyard later declared bankruptcy and was forced to close it's business at the end of 1962, which forced Eddoku Cruises to delay it's *Eddoku Voyager* and *Eddoku Velvet* ships until further notice.

In 1961, the parent company of Eddoku Cruises, The Eddoku Group, acquired it's rival shipbuilder, Aratrina State Shipping and the *SS Jamesville State* ocean liner alongside it for 6.1 billion SHD total, making the *SS Jamesville State* under Eddoku Cruises. The cruise line has not changed the name of the *SS Jamesville State* per agreement. Aratrina State Shipping was criticized by Jamesville politicians for "selling out."

## Fleet

### Future fleet

 *Eddoku Voyager* | 1,500
 *Eddoku Velvet* | 1,500
 *Eddoku Honor* | 2,100

## Accidents and incidents

### *Eddoku Magic* collision with naval mine

On 28 Feburary 1957, *Eddoku Magic* collided with a naval mine during a voyage off the coast of Emhtiwpmis and Ambrozija, causing major damage to the ship's starboard. No deaths were reported, however there were 32 people and 12 crew members that sustained major injuries. **Eddoku Magic** was towed by tugboats to a port in Emhtiwpmis, and all passengers and crew members were received over 65 thousand SHD in the aftermath of the collision and were all flown back to Waiipick through Kaiodo Air. *Eddoku Magic* returned to operation on September 1957.

Eddoku Cruises has apologized for the issue and has also said that future routes will not "be near Ambrozija or Emhtiwpmis due to the current conflict with Nadakasa and Ambrozija" The Government of Illqurisvaldett fined the cruise line over 5 million SHD for the accident. The event reached wide publicity after Nadakasa called the accident as a attack by Ambrozija, and has said that Illqurisvaldett must enter the war due to the cause, however members of parliament have confirmed that Illqurisvaldett will not be entering the war "because of a stupid reason."