Norwegian Escape
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Norwegian Escape |
| Owner: | Norwegian Cruise Line |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft |
| Yard number: | S693 |
| Laid down: | 19 September 2014[1] |
| Identification: | IMO 9677076 |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 164,600 GT[2] |
| Length: | 1,098 feet (334.6 m)[2] |
| Beam: | 136 feet (41.5 m)[2] |
| Draft: | 28 feet (8.5 m)[2] |
| Installed power: | 2 × MAN 14V48/60CR (2 × 16,800 kW) 3 × MAN 12V48/60CR (3 × 14,400 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric; Two ABB Azipod XO units (2 × 20 MW)[3] |
| Capacity: | 4,248[2] |
| Crew: | 1,731[2] |
Norwegian Escape is a cruise ship under construction for Norwegian Cruise Line, due to enter service in October 2015. It is being built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany.
Design and description
Norwegian Escape is in the "Breakaway Plus" class of cruise ships which will include the Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss. The Breakaway Plus class are being built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, for Norwegian Cruise Line. The vessel is scheduled to enter service in October 2015.[4] The name of the ship was selected in a contest on USA Today.[5]
In 2014, Guy Harvey was chosen to paint the hull art.[6]
The Norwegian Escape will be homeported in the Port of Miami, replacing the Norwegian Epic, sailing seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruising to Tortola, British Virgin Islands; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas. The Norwegian Getaway will move to the Western Caribbean run.[7]
The first section was launched on December 5, 2014.[8] A second section was launched February 21, 2015.
References
- ↑ "Keel laid for Norwegian Escape" (in German). Retrieved 2014-09-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Norwegian Escape Cruise Ship Answers - Get Your Cruise Ship Questions Answered". ncl.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ↑ ABB wins $180 million in orders from cruise ship builders in 2013 ABB, 6 December 2013. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
- ↑ "New Cruise Ships on Order". Cruise Critic. 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "Norwegian Cruise Line Facebook Page". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Sloan, Gene (2014-03-12). "Sea creatures to adorn hull of new cruise ship". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ↑ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/10800-norwegian-announces-201516-winter-deployment.html
- ↑ http://www.cruisetricks.de/meyer-werft-dockt-schiffsteil-der-norwegian-escape-aus/
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