Silver Whisper
Appearance
Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010.
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History | |
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Name | Silver Whisper |
Operator | Silversea Cruises |
Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
Builder | Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy |
Launched | 2 February 2000 |
In service | 2001 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 28,258 GT |
Length | 610 ft (190 m) |
Beam | 81.8 ft (24.9 m) |
Draft | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
Decks | 10 |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
Capacity | 382 passengers |
Crew | 295 |
Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2000, and is operated by Silversea Cruises.[1] The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is the Silver Shadow; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratio—the ship's gross tonnage divided by the passenger capacity—at 74, providing more space per passenger than any other cruise ship. The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.
Accommodations
There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from 287 square feet (26.7 m2) to 1,435 square feet (133.3 m2); 80% of which feature teak balconies.
References
Notes
- ^ Plowman 2004, p. 278.
Bibliography
- Plowman, Peter (2004). The SITMAR Liners: Past and Present. Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 273–282. ISBN 1877058254.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silver Whisper.
- Silversea: Silver Whisper – Silversea official site page about the ship
- JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident
- "Silversea's Silver Whisper cross-Atlantic cruise: Sailing the Titanic's route in reverse" – review by John Coleman on traveller.com.au (Fairfax Media) of a cruise on Silver Shadow