MS Allure of the Seas

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Allure of the Seas
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MS Allure of the Seas leaving STX shipyard, Turku, Finland, 29 October 2010
Career
Owner: Royal Caribbean International
Operator: Royal Caribbean International
Port of registry: Nassau, The Bahamas
Ordered: February 2006[1]
Builder: STX Europe, Turku, Finland
Cost: US$1.2 billion (2006)
Yard number: 1364[2]
Laid down: 2 December 2008[3]
Launched: 20 November 2010
Maiden voyage: 1 December 2010[4]
Identification: Call sign: C6XS8
IMO number: 9383948
MMSI number: 311020700[5]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Oasis-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 225,282 GT[6]
242,999 NT[6]
19,750 DWT[6]
Displacement: approximately 100,000 tons[7]
Length: 362 m (1,187 ft)[8]
Beam: 47 m (154 ft) (waterline)[6]
60.5 m (198 ft) (max moulded[clarification needed])[6]
65 m (213 ft) (maximum beam)[8]
Height: 72 m (236 ft) above water line
Draught: 9.3 m (31 ft)[6]
Depth: 22.5 m (74 ft)[6]
Decks: 16 passenger decks[9][10]
Installed power: 3 × 13,860 kW/18,590 hp Wärtsilä 12V46D
3 × 18,480 kW/24,780 hp Wärtsilä 16V46D
Propulsion: 3 × 20 MW/27,000 hp ABB Azipod
4 × 5.5 MW/7,400 hp Wärtsilä CT3500 bow thrusters
Speed: 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph)[8]
Capacity: 5,400 passengers at double occupancy[11]
6,296 maximum[11]
Crew: 2,384 as of July 2012[8]
Notes: 50 mm (2.0 in) longer than Oasis[12]

MS Allure of the Seas is a cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. Together with her sister ship, Oasis of the Seas, she holds the record for the largest passenger ship ever constructed, although Allure is 50 millimetres (2.0 in) longer than Oasis, making her technically the largest despite the fact that both ships have identical superstructures.[12] Designed under the name "Project Genesis", she was ordered from Aker Finnyards in February 2006 and her construction began at the Perno shipyard in Turku, Finland, in February 2008.[1] She was named in May 2008 after a contest was held to name her and her sister.[13] The keel of the Allure of the Seas was laid on 2 December 2008, shortly after the shipyard had been acquired by STX Europe.[3]

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History [edit]

She left the Turku shipyard on 29 October 2010, at 05:45 UTC, heading directly to her future home port of Port Everglades, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.[5] The ship is equipped with telescoping funnels to pass under bridges such as the Storebaelt Bridge, which she passed on 30 October 2010. While media has reported that there was only 30 centimetres (12 in) of clearance, the truth is that at the mean water level it was closer to 2–3 metres (6.6–9.8 ft) and the much-advertised squat effect, whereby vessels traveling at speed in a shallow channel will be drawn deeper into the water, did not have significant effect on the draft of the vessel.[12]

On 11 November 2010, at approximately 09:30 EST, Allure of the Seas arrived at her home port of Port Everglades, Florida. She was greeted by thousands of fans waiting on the shore side.

The ship was formally named by her godmother Princess Fiona on 28 November 2010.[14]

Technical details [edit]

While the design length of the Allure of the Seas is the same as that of her sister, 360 metres (1,181 ft),[6] she is actually some 50 millimetres (2 in) longer than the Oasis of the Seas. According to the shipyard, this is not intentional and such small differences in length may occur simply due to the temperature of the steel in a ship as big as this.[12] The gross tonnage of the Allure is 225,282 and her displacement — the actual weight of the ship — is equal to that of the Oasis, which is estimated to be around 100,000 metric tons, slightly less than that of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.[7] Her steel hull alone weighs roughly 54,000 tons.[12]

The ship features a two-deck dance hall, a theatre with 1,380 seats, and an ice skating rink.[15] Many of the ship's interiors were extensively decorated by muralist Clarissa Parish.[16]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "Production of the second Oasis class cruise vessel started". STX Europe. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008. 
  2. ^ Asklander, Micke. "M/S Allure of the Seas (2010)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "STX Europe laid keel of Allure of the Seas". Cruise Business Review. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008. 
  4. ^ Heslin, Rebecca (30 March 2010). "Royal Caribbean pushes up Allure's debut again". USA Today. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "Allure of the Seas navigational data". Marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Allure of the Seas". DNV Exchange. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  7. ^ a b "If Royal Caribbean builds it, 6,400 could come". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. 7 February 2006. 
  8. ^ a b c d "Allure of the Seas". Royal Caribbean. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. 
  9. ^ "Allure of the Seas". RoyalCaribbean.com. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  10. ^ Schlesinger, Toni (11 February 2011). "On the World's Largest Cruise Ship, the Sea is an Afterthought". The New York Times. 
  11. ^ a b "Allure of the Seas: Fast Facts" (pdf). AllureoftheSeas.com. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2012. 
  12. ^ a b c d e Sjöström, Pär-Henrik (10 December 2010). "Larger than her sister". Shipgaz (6): p. 22. 
  13. ^ Sloan, Gene (23 May 2008). "Royal Caribbean's next ships will be Oasis, Allure". USA Today. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  14. ^ Sloan, Gene (29 November 2010). "Princess Fiona names world's largest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas". USA Today. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  15. ^ Driscoll, Ron (31 January 2010). "Super-sized Oasis of the Seas". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 February 2011. 
  16. ^ "Cruise ships". ClarissaParish.com. Retrieved January 2012. 

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