MV Seabourn Encore
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Name | Seabourn Encore |
Operator | Seabourn Cruise Line |
Port of registry | Bahamas |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Laid down | September 15, 2015 |
Launched | March 4, 2016[1] |
Completed | November 30, 2016 |
In service | January 7, 2017 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Encore-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 41,865 GT[2] |
Length | 210.5 m (690 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) |
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Capacity | 604 passengers |
MV Seabourn Encore is a luxury cruise ship built by Fincantieri of Italy for Seabourn Cruise Line. The first of a new class of ships about 26% larger than Seabourn's three Odyssey-class vessels, she holds about 34% more passengers, based on double occupancy.[3] She was delivered on November 30, 2016.[4] Sister ship of MV Seabourn Ovation.
Concept and construction
Seabourn signed a letter of intent for the construction of Seabourn Encore in October 2013,[5] and announced her name in January 2015.[6] A steel plate-cutting ceremony was held in April 2015.[7] The ship is 210 meters long with a 28-meter beam, and has a cruising speed of 18.6 knots (37 km/h).[8]
Architecture and equipment
Seabourn Encore is larger than the Odyssey-class vessels, with an additional deck and expanded public areas. Adam D. Tihany, a well-known hospitality interior designer, was appointed to design the indoor and outdoor guest facilities. According to Fincantieri, fuel consumption is "significantly reduced" by optimization of the ship's hydrodynamics.[7]
Service history
Seabourn Encore entered service in January 2017, following two "pre-inaugural" cruises departing in December 2016.[9] She had a naming ceremony in Singapore on January 7, 2017, and then departed on her official maiden voyage, a 10-day cruise to Bali, Indonesia.[10] After the maiden voyage, which sold out in just two days,[11] Seabourn Encore headed to Australia.[10]
In February 2017, Seabourn Encore was involved in a collision with the concrete carrier Milburn Carrier II after her mooring snapped during heavy winds.[12] The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission inquired into the incident, reporting in April 2019,[13] and urging that port companies should know the safe working loads of their moorings and have high quality monitoring of weather conditions
References
- ^ "Seabourn Encore Launched at Fincantieri's Marghera Yard". March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ a b "Seabourn Encore". Fincantieri. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Sloan, Gene (January 21, 2014). "New Seabourn ship to be line's biggest ever". USA Today. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ "Fincantieri: consegna nave crociera extra-lusso 'Seabourn Encore' (3)". metronews.it. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ Sloan, Gene (October 18, 2013). "Another super-snazzy cruise ship is on the way". USA Today. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Sloan, Gene (January 29, 2015). "First look at luxury line Seabourn's next ship". USA Today. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Norton Masek, Theresa (April 13, 2015). "Construction Starts on Seabourn's New Luxury Ship". TravelPulse.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ "Fincantieri, pronta crociera extralusso Consegnata la "Seabourn Encore"". Corriere del Veneto. November 30, 2016.
- ^ Forgione, Mary (March 4, 2015). "Seabourn opens sales for newest ship Encore's 2016 and 2017 cruises". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Macmillan, Sally (March 25, 2015). "Encore's inaugural". traveller.com.au. Fairfax Media. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Norton Masek, Theresa (March 6, 2015). "Seabourn Encore Inaugural Voyage Sells Out in Two Days". TravelPulse.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ "Cruise ship collides with vessel after moorings fail in light winds". Stuff. February 12, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ "MO-2017-204: Passenger vessel Seabourn Encore, breakaway from wharf and collision with bulk cement carrier at Timaru, 12 February 2017". taic.org.nz. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
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