MS Explorer of the Seas

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Explorer of the Seas
Placed in Service: October 28, 2000
Status: in service
Tonnage: 137,308 GT (gross tonnage) [1]
Length: 1,020 feet (311 meters)
Beam: 157.5 feet (48 meters)
Decks: 15
Speed: 23.7 knots
Complement: 3,114 passengers, 1,180 crew
Registry: Nassau, Bahamas
Port side of Explorer, as viewed from the stern of the ship
Port side of Explorer, as viewed from the stern of the ship

MS Explorer of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International. It can handle over 3100 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 the third largest passenger ships in the world, after Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Royal Caribbean's own Freedom of the Seas.

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Balcony of the ship's only Royal Suite
Balcony of the ship's only Royal Suite

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 the Tumbleweed, a 40 foot sailboat, 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 east of North Carolina. The crew of the Explorer of the Seas located the craft and executed a perfect rescue of the three men. The rescued men departed the ship in Puerto Rico on February 21, 2008.

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Preceded by
Voyager of the Seas		 World's largest passenger ship
2000 – 2004		 Succeeded by
Queen Mary 2
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Royal Caribbean International Fleet