Ovation of the Seas

Ovation of the Seas

Ship data flag  Bahamas Ship type Cruise ship class Quantum class Callsign C6BX9 home port Nassau Owner Royal Caribbean International Shipping company Royal Caribbean International Shipyard Meyer shipyard , Papenburg Build number P. 699 building-costs US $ 950 million Order May 30, 2013 Keel laying 5th March 2015 baptism June 24, 2016 Launch February 18, 2016 takeover April 8, 2016 Commissioning April 14, 2016

Ship dimensions and crew length 348.00 m ( Lüa ) 320.10 m ( Lpp ) width 41.20 m Side height 11.45 m Draft Max. 8.82 m measurement 168,666 GT / 154,078 NRZ

Machine system machine diesel-electric Top speed 22 kn (41 km / h) Energy supply 4 x Wärtsilä - diesel engine Generator power 67,200 kW (91,367 hp) propeller 2 × propeller pods

Transport capacities Load capacity 12,000 dw Permitted number of passengers 4188

Others Classifications DNV GL Registration numbers IMO 9697753

The Ovation of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International .

history

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Video of the river overpass.

March 2016 - Final equipment of the Ovation of the Seas in Bremerhaven at the Columbuskaje

The shipping company Royal Caribbean International ordered the Ovation of the Seas as the third unit in the Quantum class from Meyer Werft . Construction began on September 18, 2014 with the cutting of the first steel plate. The ship was laid down on March 5, 2015. As part of Meyer Werft's construction strategy , a 120 meter long section was undocked on June 20, 2015. A second section was undocked on August 14, 2015 to allow the Norwegian Escape to undock . Then both sections were re-docked for completion.

The Ovation of the Seas was undocked on February 18, 2016. On March 11th, the Ems overpass to Eemshaven began . From March 18 to 22, 2016, the Ovation of the Seas was docked in the Elbe 17 dry dock of the Hamburg shipyard Blohm + Voss for the final docking . From April 4, 2016 to April 7, 2016, the Ovation of the Seas was again in dry dock Elbe 17, during which the drive propellers were replaced. On April 8, 2016, the Ovation of the Seas was delivered. On June 24, 2016, the Ovation of the Seas was christened in Tianjin by Fan Bingbing .

Furnishing

The Ovation of the Seas has a swiveling observation gondola, a bumper car , a parachute jump simulator and a surf simulator .

technology

The Ovation of the Seas has as its two sister ships via Air Lubrication . Air bubbles are ejected from the bottom of the ship and affect the flow around the hull. The aim is to reduce the flow resistance and, consequently, to reduce fuel consumption.

Special occurrences

Volcanic eruption kills passengers on shore excursion (2019)

During a cruise from Sydney around New Zealand back to Sydney, the Ovation of the Seas docked in the port of Tauranga after stops in the Bay of Islands and in Auckland on December 9, 2019 at around 6:30 a.m. local time . When the volcano erupted on White Island shortly after 2 p.m., 38 passengers and crew members were on the island as part of an excursion to visit the volcano. Since not all island visitors could be rescued or salvaged by the scheduled departure of the ship at 6:00 p.m., the ship remained in port. On December 11th at 7:18 a.m. local time, the ship left the port with 27 fewer people on board, set course for Wellington and arrived there one day late. The planned circumnavigation of the South Island of New Zealand and the trip through the Fiordland National Park were not carried out because the ship had to be back in Sydney on December 16.

Web links

Commons : Ovation of the Seas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information page of the shipyard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} DNV GL: Ovation of the Seas. Retrieved May 24, 2016 . 
2. ↑ cruise ship order book. Retrieved February 8, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Royal Caribbean signs contract for third Quantum class ship. May 30, 2013, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
4. ↑ First block of the "Ovation of the Seas" put in dock. March 5, 2015, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Fan Bingbing Names Ovation of the Seas in Tianjin. June 25, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Delivery of the Ovation of the Seas. April 8, 2016, Retrieved April 8, 2016 . 
7. ^ Royal Caribbean adds new three-night Ovation of the Seas itinerary. February 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Burning start for the third ship of the Quantum class. September 18, 2014, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
9. ↑ 120 meter long part of the ship undocked in Papenburg. June 20, 2015, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Preparations for undocking at Meyer Werft are in progress. August 13, 2015, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
11. Jump up ↑ Ovation of the Seas. Retrieved February 16, 2016 . 
12. ^ Ems overpass of the Ovation of the Seas. March 8, 2016, accessed March 8, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Ovation of the Seas is coming to Hamburg. March 15, 2016, accessed March 15, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Ovation of The Seas again in Dock Elbe March 17, 29, 2016, accessed on March 29, 2016 . 
15. ^ Royal Caribbean International Announces Godmother for Ovation of the Seas. April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Pascal Quast: Meyer instead of Mitsubishi: First cruise AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM comes from Papenburg & not from Nagasaki. In: Schiffsjournal. August 25, 2014, accessed on May 10, 2015 (First cruise ship with Air Lubrication from Germany. AIDAprima from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan also went into service with Air Lubrication at around the same time.). 
17. ↑ Ovation of the Seas cruise itinerary Revises after 38 passengers caught eruption in Iceland White. NZ Herald , December 10, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Ship details
19. ^ Whakaari / White Island: The haunting horn blasts from the Ovation of the Seas. stuff, December 12, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 .