Silver Whisper
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 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.
Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010. | |
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 |
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.
Destinations
On 6 January 2020, Silver Whisper, left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to begin a journey that will take one hundred and forty days to visit sixty two port of calls on all seven continents.[2][3] In March 2020, Silver Whisper was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.
References
Notes
- Plowman 2004, p. 278.
- "Silversea Launches Seven Continent World Cruise". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- Rizzo, Cailey (10 January 2020). "The First Cruise Ship to Touch All Seven Continents Just Set Sail". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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 IMO 9192179. |
- Silversea: Silver Whisper – Silversea official site page about the ship
- JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident