MS Explorer of the Seas
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| Name: | Explorer of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: |  Bahamas, Nassau |
| Builder: | Kværner Masa-Yards Turku, Finland |
| Yard number: | 1345 |
| Laid down: | 01 Aug 1999 |
| Completed: | 28 September 2000 |
| Identification: | Call sign: C6SE4 DNV ID: 19903 IMO number: 9161728 MMSI no.: 311316000 |
| Status: | In Active Service as of 2012 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | DNV: 1A1 Passenger Ship RP LCS-SID BIS |
| Tonnage: | 137,308 GT 105,034 NT 10.937 DWT |
| Length: | 311 m (1,020 ft) |
| Beam: | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
| Depth: | 11.7 m (38 ft) |
| Decks: | 15 |
| Deck clearance: | 3,400 m (11,200 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Three propellers |
| Speed: | 23.7 kn |
| Capacity: | 3,114 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,180 |
| Notes: | [1][2][3][4] |
Explorer of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. She can accommodate over 3,100 guests, including scientists making use of a built-in atmospheric and oceanographic laboratory operated by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
Voyager-class ships are some of the largest passenger ships in the world, after Cunard's RMS Queen Mary 2, Royal Caribbean's own Freedom-class and Oasis-class.
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[edit] Accidents and incidents
[edit] Rescue of Tumbleweed
On February 16, 2008, while on-route from Bayonne, New Jersey, for a nine day cruise to the Caribbean the bridge crew heard a faint mayday over the radio. This turned out to be the crew from Tumbleweed, a 39 foot sailboat,[5] who had a planned sail from Baltimore to the Florida Keys. The crew apparently had a mechanical breakdown of both engine and sails. They drifted for 11 days to the location N32.35 W 72.49–roughly 275 miles southeast of North Carolina. The crew of Explorer of the Seas located the craft and rescued the three men aboard. The rescued men departed the ship in Puerto Rico on February 21, 2008.[5]
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Balcony of the ship's only Royal Suite
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Explorer of the Seas". VesselTracker. 2010. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Explorer-Of-The-Seas-9161728.html. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Vessel Info: MS Explorer of the Seas". DNV Exchange. Det Norske Veritas. 2010. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=summary&vesselid=19903. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Cruise Ship Guide". Cruise Travel (Lakeside Publishing Company): 37–43. January/February 2009. ISSN 0199-5111.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Carnival Destiny". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=16001.
- ^ a b Silverstein, Erica (27 February 2008). "Royal Caribbean Ship Rescues Sailors in Distress". The Independent Traveler, Inc.. http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=2413. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
[edit] External links
- Explorer of the Seas official website
- RSMAS/RCCL - University of Miami's Ocean Labs on Explorer of the Seas
- Voyager-Class.com - the largest online resource for information & pictures of the Voyager-class ships
- Research website for the onboard laboratory
- June 2004 article about the ship and lab from CNN
- Article about the Norovirus outbreak from CBS 4 Miami
- Miramar Ship Index - Explorer of the Seas
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