AIDAbella

AIDAbella in port in Denmark
Career
Name: AIDAbella
Operator: AIDA Cruises
Port of registry: Genoa, Italy[1]
Ordered: August 1, 2005[2]
Builder: Meyer Werft (Papenburg)[1][3]
Cost: $390 million[1]
Yard number: S.666[2]
Laid down: March 10, 2007[4]
Launched: October 19, 2007[2]
Christened: April 23, 2008 in Warnemünde by Eva Padberg[5]
In service: April 2008[1]
Identification: IMO number: 9362542[6]
Call Sign ICGS[7]
MMSI 247229700[7]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type:Sphinx-class[8] cruise ship
Type:Cruise ship
Tonnage:69,203 GT
Length:826.77 ft (252.00 m)[1]
Beam:105.6 ft (32.19 m)[1]
Draft:24.6 ft (7.50 m)[1]
Decks:14 decks
Installed power:36,000 kW[1]
Propulsion:diesel-electric; two shafts
Speed:19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) (service)[3]
21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph) (maximum)[9]
Capacity:2,500 passengers[1]
Crew:646[1]

AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.[10] The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.[11]

Features

The ship features 1,025 passenger cabins, many with balconies. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship which can be used as a nightclub.[10]

AIDAbella in Las Palmas, Canary Islands

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Ward, Douglas (2009). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships (18th ed.). Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 978-981-268-564-3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Data from XVAS". Vessel Assessment System. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AIDAbella". ShipParade. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. ↑ http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1383
  5. ↑ "AIDAbella Christened in Germany". Cruise Critic. 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  6. ↑ "AIDAbella (9362542)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2013-05-20. (registration required (help)).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "AIDAbella (IMO: 9362542)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  8. ↑ "New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar". Caterpillar Marine Power Systems. 2005. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  9. ↑ "AIDAbella". SchiffsSpotter.de (in German). Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Das Jahr der Megapötte". T-Online (in German) (Deutsche Telekom AG). 2008-12-05. Archived from the original on 200-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-05. Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  11. ↑ "AIDAbella-World Cruise". WorldCruise. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

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