Club owner Rick Lucas had transferred the former luxury ship from Tilbury Docks in London to Barrow-in-Furness in 2004 and rebuilt it at a cost of two million pounds. The two upper decks of the Selandia were transformed into "The Blue Lagoon", a huge nightclub with a disco and lavish lighting as well as promenade decks on the bow and stern.
A casino, restaurant and prestigious conference rooms equipped with modern conference technology systems were created on the other decks. Here - and also in the Danish Royal Suite or The Bridge - is where events, corporate functions and weddings are regularly held.
Around 50 Plug & Play camera systems were installed on the ship's decks as well as the entrances and exits - two thirds of them day/night cameras, one third vandalism-proof Fix Domes from the eneo WDDG Series with eighteen different cameral/lens combinations. The latter were easy to install and connect on the inner and outer decks as they are preset complete systems, and their sturdy metal housings and concealed cable routing ensure anti-sabotage protection.
The selected day/night cameras are the new star of the eneo Candid Series, the VKC-1327IR/W3 with excellent value for money. The infrared camera with a resolution of 480 TV lines is outstanding with its light sensitivity of 0,15 Lux (AGC-Turbo, B/W) and comes with an integral infrared illuminator (15 x 850/880nm LEDs), retractable infrared cut filter plus varifocal lens. As it is a Plug & Play system, everything on the VKC-1327IR/W3 is prefitted with full inner cabling.
Pictures from the camera are switched to eneo VMC-15/HR monitors. Four 16-channel eneo DXR1-16/750CD Digital Recorders are responsible for recording. They offer a recording rate of 100 fps together with numerous other professional features: in addition to four spot monitor outputs (plus 1 VGA output), three USB 2.0 ports, POS/ATM connection and enhanced search functions, they also have an integral CD writer so that data backup is fast.
Peter Trelore (Trelore Alarms) expressed his satisfaction after successful completion of the project: "Security of the guest and club staff had utmost priority during the ship's rebuild. Close cooperation with the appropriate security authorities was therefore very important for us and it worked superbly."
The Princess Selandia was built in 1950 in the Danish Helsingor Shipyard and named after the Danish Queen Ingrid. The ferry operated for decades in the Storebaelt and Baltic Sea before it was renamed in 1979 and then taken out of service three years later. After it had been extensively restored in the nostalgic style of the fifties, the Selandia had many roles, including being the setting for filming the Danish television series "Berth 114".