Norwegian Pearl

**Norwegian Pearl**
Ship data
flag	Bahamas
Ship type	Cruise ship
class	Jewel class
Shipping company	Norwegian Cruise Line
Shipyard	Meyer shipyard , Papenburg
Build number	P.669
building-costs	approx. 400 million euros
Order	December 17, 2004
Launch	October 15, 2006
Commissioning	November 2006
Ship dimensions and crew
length	295 m ( Lüa )
width	32.2 m
Draft	Max. 8.3 m
measurement	93,500 GT
crew	1,074
Machine system
Service ; speed	23 kn (43 km / h)
Energy ; supply	Diesel engines
Generator ; power	72,000 kW (97,893 hp)
Others
Classifications	Det Norske Veritas
Registration ; numbers	IMO 9342281

The Norwegian Pearl is a cruise ship built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg for the shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line .

history

The Norwegian Pearl under construction at Meyer Werft, production status April 2006

The ship was transferred on November 7, 2006 over the Ems from Papenburg to Eemshaven (NL) and handed over to the NCL shipping company on November 28, 2006.

Her maiden voyage took place on November 30, 2006 from Rotterdam (NL) to Southampton (GB). From Southampton on December 2, 2006, the 9-day crossing of the Atlantic to Miami , the US , later the ship's base port, took place. It was baptized in Miami on December 16, 2006; Godmother was the American talk show host Rosie O'Donnell .

commitment

The Norwegian Pearl under construction at Meyer Werft, production status August 2006

The Norwegian Pearl sails to the Caribbean from Miami in winter and from Seattle to Alaska in summer.

Technical details

Paint with a total weight of around 220 tons was applied to the entire ship
Meyer Werft laid around 2,000 kilometers of cable on the ship
Around 200 kilometers of pipelines on the ship ensure optimal handling of laundry, fresh water and waste water
It is the largest Panamax- size ship ever built
There are still three sister ships : the Norwegian Jewel , the Norwegian Jade and the Norwegian Gem .

Trivia

On January 10, 2006 at 12:12 am, the tug Ems Tug , which was towing Emsponton 7 , collided with the Tor Dania cargo ferry in the Elbe estuary from the Kiel Canal . The tug lost the pontoon, which created a twelve-meter-long hole in the outer wall of Tor Dania . In the process, the pontoon lost a 32-meter-long and 70-tonne section for the Norwegian Pearl , which was built on behalf of Meyer Werft near Aluship in Gdansk .

In the run-up to the transfer of the ship across the Ems , originally scheduled on November 4, 2006 , the 380 kV Ems overhead line crossing at Weener was shut down. The disconnection of the line put too much strain on the north-west German power grid and thus triggered a power failure in large parts of Western Europe, as a result of which up to 12 million people were without electricity for about half an hour. The ship could not leave Papenburg that day.

On April 14, 2010, this cruise ship passed the Panama Canal . At $ 375,000, this was the highest canal fee ever. The price is determined by the weight and size of a ship and averages $ 52,000.

Web links

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

Norwegian Cruise Line information about Norwegian Pearl

Footnotes

↑ Norwegian Cruise Line orders new ships. December 17, 2004, accessed April 12, 2014 .
↑ Norwegian Pearl undocks. October 14, 2006, accessed April 12, 2014 .
↑ Ship component sunk. January 11, 2006, accessed April 18, 2014 .
^ Frankfurter Allgemeine, November 6, 2006
↑ Welt.de of February 3, 2012

[1] Norwegian Cruise Line orders new ships. December 17, 2004, accessed April 12, 2014 .

[2] Norwegian Pearl undocks. October 14, 2006, accessed April 12, 2014 .

[3] Ship component sunk. January 11, 2006, accessed April 18, 2014 .

[4] Frankfurter Allgemeine, November 6, 2006

[5] Welt.de of February 3, 2012