Serenade of the Seas

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Serenade of the Seas
RCI Serenade of the Seas.JPG
Ship data
flag BahamasBahamas (trade flag) Bahamas
Ship type Cruise ship
class Radiance class
Callsign C6FV8
home port Nassau
Owner Serenade of the Seas, Inc.
Shipping company Royal Caribbean International
Shipyard Meyer shipyard , Papenburg
Build number P. 657
Order November 15, 1999
Keel laying September 26, 2001
baptism August 22, 2003
Launch June 20, 2003
takeover July 30, 2003
Commissioning August 1, 2003
Ship dimensions and crew
length
293.20 m ( Lüa )
266.23 m ( Lpp )
width 39.80 m
Side height 11.70 m
Draft Max. 8.50 m
measurement 90,090 GT / 53,812 NRZ
 
crew 858
Machine system
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format
57,600 kW (78,314 hp)
Top
speed
25 kn (46 km / h)
propeller 2 × pod drives
Transport capacities
Load capacity 11,936 dwt
Permitted number of passengers 2500
Pax cabins 1055
Others
Classifications Det Norske Veritas
Registration
numbers
IMO no. 9228344

The Serenade of the Seas is a cruise ship from Royal Caribbean International . She is the third ship in the Radiance class.

history

The ship was built under construction number 657 at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg . The keel laying of the ship took place on September 26, 2001. It was undocked on June 20, 2003. The ship was transferred from Papenburg to Eemshaven on July 12, 2003 . Since the Ems barrier, which was put into operation in 2002, had dammed the Ems above the barrier, the ship was able to cover the distance without the usual stopover in Leer . The delivery to the client took place on July 30, 2003. The ship sailed under the flag of the Bahamas with its home port in Nassau . The ship was christened on August 22, 2003 in New York . Godmother was Whoopi Goldberg .

Incident 2015

In January 2015, a water pipe broke on the ship. The escaping water caused a short circuit in a control cabinet, which caused the electricity and air conditioning to fail. The ship stayed one night longer until the evening of January 25, 2015 in New Orleans .

Timetable

During the 2014 summer season it drove from Barcelona in the Mediterranean towards Italy and Greece , while in the summer of 2015 it offered trips to Norway to the North Cape and the Baltic Sea . It will be deployed in Canada and New England in the fall of 2015 . In winter she always drives in the Caribbean .

Technical data and equipment

The drive of the vessel is provided by two ABB - pod drives . Two gas and one steam turbines are available for the power supply . In addition, three diesel generators were installed.

The ship has a total of 1,055 passenger cabins, of which 817 are outside and 238 are inside.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Publications. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
  2. MEYER WERFT signs preliminary contracts. November 15, 1999, accessed April 16, 2015 .
  3. Third luxury liner for RCI undocks. Retrieved March 4, 2014 .
  4. a b c Luxury liner Serenade of the Seas delivered , press release, Meyer Werft, July 31, 2003.
  5. a b Serenade of the Seas , Meyer Werft.
  6. a b Third luxury liner for RCI undocks , press release, Meyer Werft, July 11, 2003.
  7. ^ "Serenade of the Seas" passes the eye of the needle , Rheinische Post , July 12, 2003.
  8. ^ GTS Serenade of the Seas. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Broken water pipe: The Serenade of the Seas is without electricity. January 25, 2015, accessed January 25, 2015 .