Norwegian Escape

Norwegian Escape

The Norwegian Escape in the Meyer Werft shipyard

Ship data flag  Bahamas Ship type Cruise ship class Breakaway plus class Callsign C6BR3 home port Nassau Shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line Shipyard Meyer shipyard , Papenburg Build number P. 693 building-costs $ 920 million Order 17th October 2012 Keel laying 19th September 2014 baptism November 9, 2015 Launch 15th August 2015 takeover October 22, 2015 Commissioning October 23, 2015

Ship dimensions and crew length 325.90 m ( Lüa ) width 41.40 m Draft Max. 8.622 BRZ m measurement 165,157 GT

Machine system Machine performance 76,800 kW (MAN Diesel & Turbo SE) Service speed 22.5 kn (42 km / h)

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 4,266

Others Classifications Det Norske Veritas Registration numbers IMO 9677076

The Norwegian Escape is a cruise ship of Norwegian Cruise Line .

history

On October 17, 2012, Norwegian Cruise Line ordered a new ship from Meyer Werft in Papenburg. At the same time, a sister ship, the Norwegian Joy, was optioned. Construction began on March 20, 2014 with the cutting of the first steel plate, before the ship was laid down on September 19, 2014 . As part of Meyer Werft's construction strategy, a 120-meter-long section was undocked on December 5, 2014. A second section followed on February 21, 2015 to allow the Anthem of the Seas to undock . Then both sections were maneuvered into the free construction dock, where the shell was completed. The hull painting comes from the artist Guy Harvey . and was released in March 2015. The ship was undocked on August 15, 2015.

The Ems overpass towards Eemshaven began on September 18, 2015 . From October 13 to 15, 2015, the ship was docked in the Elbe 17 dry dock near Blohm and Voss in Hamburg, where adjustment work and a final inspection were carried out.

The delivery to Norwegian Cruise Line took place on October 22, 2015. On October 23, 2015, the ship set off for the premiere cruise from Hamburg, and on October 25 for the mini-cruise to Southampton.

After delivery, the ship was the fifth largest cruise ship, after the Oasis class and the Quantum class of Royal Caribbean International .

The ship was then transferred to Miami and used all year round on a 7-night route through the eastern Caribbean since November 14th.

The ship was christened on November 9, 2015 in Miami by the US rapper Pitbull .

commitment

The Norwegian Escape rides in winter from Miami to the Caribbean in summer from New York to Bermuda and New England.

Web links

Commons : Norwegian Escape  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• First ship in the Breakaway PLUS class
• Details of the shipping company (with video)
• Press release from the shipyard

Footnotes

1. ^ Cruise Ship Orderbook. Retrieved August 28, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} DNV GL: Norwegian Escape. Retrieved July 26, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Norwegian Cruise Line orders new building from MEYER WERFT. October 18, 2012, accessed August 15, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Burning start for Norwegian Escape. March 20, 2014, accessed August 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Keel laying of Norwegian Escape. September 19, 2014, accessed August 15, 2015 . 
6. ^ Norwegian Escape: Artist Guy Harvey examines construction progress & ship painting. July 29, 2015, accessed August 19, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Norwegian Cruise Line presents ship painting for Norwegian Escape and Miami as the year-round home port for the new building. Retrieved March 14, 2014 . 
8. ^ Ems overpass Norwegian Escape. Retrieved September 15, 2015 . 
9. ↑ International superstar Pitbull becomes godfather of Norwegian Escape. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 20, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.