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A-Rosa Aqua before her maiden voyage in Cologne
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A-Rosa Aqua is a river cruise ship built by A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH in Rostock in 2008/09 . The ship has been used for river cruises on the Rhine , Main and Moselle since the official commissioning on July 24, 2009 . In addition to her, the shipping company uses the structurally identical sister ships A-Rosa Brava and A-Rosa Viva in this area .
history
In 2008, A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH commissioned the Neptun shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde to build two identical cabin passenger ships for use on the Rhine, Main and Moselle. The keel was laid on October 17, 2008, the launch on March 27 of the following year. On June 30, 2009 the seventh river cruise ship was handed over to the shipping company. In the following week, A-Rosa Aqua drove on its own across the Baltic Sea , Kiel Canal , North Sea , IJsselmeer and Rhine to the Deutzer Hafen in Cologne . The parts at risk of breakage were protected with wooden cladding for the safety of the transfer. On July 24, 2009, Inge Kampwerth, a Sparkasse business economist selected by the shipping company as the “most charming Cologne woman”, named the ship A-Rosa Aqua during a celebration in Cologne .
Furnishing
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The A-Rosa Aqua is a three-deck cabin ship of the 4-star category with 99 double cabins of 14.5 m² each. The cabins are air-conditioned and are each equipped with a shower and flat-screen TV. The 70 units on the middle and upper deck have a French balcony. Four cabins can be equipped with an extra bed. The two lower decks are designed as pure living areas for the passengers. The 32 crew cabins are located fore and aft on the lower deck. On the bow side, a wellness area with an outdoor relaxation area and whirlpool was set up on the upper deck , followed by 26 double cabins. In the middle of the ship is the on-board shop and a sales office for shore excursions. The gastronomic area with lounge, wine bar, restaurant with open kitchen and bar are located in the rear half of the ship. The outdoor area of the restaurant with 56 seats is located in the rear part of the open deck. A putting green, a shuffleboard and a chess field have been created in the middle of the ship . On the front half of the ship, passengers have around 80 deck chairs behind the wheelhouse. Large parts of the open deck can be covered with awnings.
technology
The A-Rosa Aqua is four diesel engines Volvo Penta D12-450MH (KC) over four Z-Drive driven STP 200 with twin propellers in addition the vessel has a bow thruster of the type pump jet-SPJ 82 of Schottel , with a 405 kW strong diesel engine is driven. The ship is 135 m long and 11.40 m wide. The draft is given as 1.60 m, the height above water with 6.50 m. By lowering the wheelhouse and moving the railings and sun sails, the height can be reduced for trips on bodies of water with low bridges such as the Moselle and the Main-Danube Canal . Two auxiliary diesel generators with 2 × 525 kVA are available for the on-board electrical system for supplying the auxiliary machines and hotel operations, and a diesel generator with 280 kVA for port operations.
Cruising areas
The three ships of the A-ROSA Rhine fleet operate on 30 different routes depending on the season. The northernmost destination is Harlingen am Wattenmeer , southernmost Basel . The Moselle is traveled to Trier . The ships are serviced in the Deutzer Hafen in Cologne and in Frankfurt am Main . The ships have stopped calling at their home port in Rostock since the shipyard was handed over.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ship info - A-Rosa Aqua (English)
- ↑ River cruise ship delivered for A-ROSA. Neptun Werft, June 30, 2009, accessed on August 6, 2019 (press release).
- ↑ Two brand new ships from the sister shipyards meet. Neptun Werft, July 2, 2009, accessed on August 6, 2019 (press release).
- ↑ A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH press release of July 24, 2009 ( Memento of December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 34 kB), accessed on May 2, 2019
- ↑ Deck and cabin plans ( memento of April 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) , A-ROSA Flussschiff GmbH, accessed on May 2, 2019.
- ↑ A-Rosa Flussschiff GmbH digital press kit (pdf. 189 kB) p. 5 ( Memento from February 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 2, 2019