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| Silver Cloud[1],[2] |
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| Status: |
In Service |
| Placed in Service: |
1994 |
| Tonnage: |
16,800 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Length: |
514 feet / 157 meters |
| Width: |
71 feet / 22 meters |
| Draft: |
x feet / x meters |
| Decks: |
9/6 |
| Speed: |
20 knots |
| Complement: |
382 passengers, 295 crew |
| Registry: |
Bahamas |
M/V Silver Cloud is a passenger cruise ship which entered service in 1994 as the first ship of the Silversea Cruises who still operated it. The passenger capacity is 296 passengers, and there are 210 crew members. Her sister ship is the Silver Wind launched in 1995.
[edit] Cruises
As of 2008[3] the ship cruises the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean with stops at the Bahamas and in the Caribbean Sea, as well as journeys to the Atlantic coast of South America. Some cruises take it through the Mediterranean Ocean. It also passes the Suez Canal with cruises through the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf calling at ports along the route that normal tourists seldom visit, such as Jeddah[4],[5] in Saudi Arabia.
[edit] References
- ^ Ship details by "Seven Blue Seas Vacations"
- ^ Ship details by "Largay Travel"
- ^ Cruise Plan of the Silver Cloud
- ^ Article in the Arab News of April 1st 2008
- ^ Article in the Saudi Gazette
