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Mertury

Shipyard Mtytr Warft

Ship nam* Mertury

Ship ownar/oparator . .Celebrity

Touted as the largest German passenger ship ever built, Mercury was delivered to Celebrity Cruises by Meyer Werft Shipyard on Oct. 15, 1997. The Mercury, valued at $320 million, is the last of the five new ships commissioned by

Celebrity during the 1990s.

Mercury will sail out of Fort

Lauderdale, Fla. to the Western

Caribbean, Trans-canal and Pacific

Coast until the busy summer cruis- ing season when it will sail exclu- sively to and from Alaska out of

Vancouver.

Mercury is an 865 ft. (263 m) long ship with a 77,713 gross ton- nage. Its engines are capable of producing 53,556 hp., propelling the vessel along at an average cruising speed of 21.5 knots.

Mercury's passenger capacity is 1,888 along with a crew of about 900. The vessel's navigational sys- tem includes Multi Pilot which also functions as a radar unit with com- plete ARPA functions, and an elec- tronic chart display which graphs all nearby ships onto a transparent sea chart in the precautionary case of an emergency turn (with refer- ence points on the shore also dis- played on the chart).

Maneuverability aboard Mercury is controlled by two pitch pro- pellers, three bow thrusters, two stern thrusters and two active rud-

Mercury Main Particulars

Designers AMK Architects S Designers, Birch Coffey Design Associates,

Fisher Maranti, Renfro Stone, John McNeece Limited, J. Newbold Associoles, Seo Vision,

Shelton, Mlndel (Associoles, Slelner Leisure Ltd. Syntax Group, United Designers.

Launch dole November 1997

Classification Lloyd's Registry 100A1

Main engines 4 Man SSW L4B/60

Couplings Vulkon-Rato

Gearboxes Renk

Electric power supply Mon B&W6L40/S4

Oil purification Alia Laval

Length, o.a 865.8 ft. 1263.9 ml

Breadth, molded 105.6 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth to deck 14 143.6 It. (43.76 ml

Decks 5

Draft 25.3 ft. (7.7 ml

DWT 6,500

Tonnage 77,71301

Propulsive power 21.5 knots

Passenger capacity 1,888

Possenger coblns 944

Maximum crow 909 ders, all of which are operated and controlled by a single joy stick.

The ship's propulsion system consists of four MAN B&W L48/60 diesel non-reversible engines — two of these engines producing 18,900 kW and two producing 12,600 kw. Electric power is sup- plied by MAN B&W 6140/54 gener- ators as well as two shaft genera- tors driven by a gearbox PTO.

Onboard features include a large casino, a 1,000-seat theater, a 10,000-sq.-ft. spa, five-star pent- house suites, and an art collection of more than 400 original works of art.

Additional amenities include five swimming pools and an assort- ment of games and activities.

Together with Century, Galaxy,

Horizon, and Zenith, Mercury adds to Celebrity's high-rated premium cruise line status.

BRLTIMORE MARINE INDUSTRIES. INC

The management and skilled work force of

BALTIMORE MARINE INDUSTRIES, INC. are pleased to announce that, effective October 1,1997, our company began operations at the former

BethShip, Sparrows Point Yard facility.

The organization and facilities at

BALTIMORE MARINE INDUSTRIES, INC. have remained intact. We will continue to serve the marine and heavy industries with unsurpassed repair, manufacturing and conversion services at one of the largest and best equipment facilities on the U.S. east coast.

BALTIMORE MARINE INDUSTRIES, INC. is dedicated to becoming gour preferred shipyard and manufacturing facility. Our goal is to win your repeat business.

To discuss your next project or to learn more about our new company:

PLEASE CALL (410) 388-7701 OR FAX (410) 388-6687.

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ISO 9002 CERTIFIED formerly ® BethShip L—i—J Sparrows Point Yard

Your Shipyard for the New Millennium 600 Shipyard Road Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21219-2599 Tel (410)388-4630 Fax (410)388-6687

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