The Flamenco is a three-deck cabin ship of the 4-star category with 96 double cabins and two four-bed cabins, each with 13 m² space. The two four-bed cabins, each equipped with two folding beds, are located on the main deck, where 24 crew cabins, supply and storage rooms as well as the sauna and fitness area have been set up. The 48 twin cabins on the middle and upper deck all have a French balcony. All cabins are equipped with radio, satellite TV, minibar, safe and telephone. In the bow area, the restaurant on the middle deck and the panorama salon with bar on the upper deck. These areas have room-high all-round glazing. The sun deck, which extends over the entire passenger unit, is equipped with loungers, seating areas, windbreak walls and awnings. The cabins for the nautical personnel are located in the structurally separate drive unit in the aft.
Construction and technology
The ship is a TwinCruiser, which was constructed with two tightly coupled hulls to protect the passengers against noise . The drive unit is 25 m long, the passenger unit 110 m. The width of the two units is 11.40 m. It is driven by two MTU 800 kW diesel engines via two four-bladed Veth propeller pods . In addition, the ship has a bow thruster type Jastram Azimuth Jet W60-compact . The energy supply is guaranteed by three diesel generators à 310 kVA .
Incidents
On October 2, 2007, at 0.15 a.m., the flamenco tore a stop rope in the lock of the Abhaben / Asten power station (Upper Austria), and a 170-ton crane bridge came loose from its anchorage and fell on the bow. Two German women suffered a shock. A Swiss woman suffered a laceration on the head. The radar, anchor windlass, deck superstructure and the panorama windows of the large salon were all destroyed in the accident. The ship was sent to a shipyard in Linz for repairs.
