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OUTSTANDING PASSENGER VESSELS OF 1987

Since worldwide cruise ship con- struction is at an all-time high, with more than 20 new cruise liners being built, on order, or in the planning stage, and U.S. yards are busy build- ing a number of cruise boats and ferries, the editors of Maritime Re- porter and Engineering News have put together a feature on some of j;he most notable, and perhaps, momentous newbuildings and con- versions of f987.

The selections for the "Outstand- ing Cruise Ships and Passenger Ves- sels of 1987" were chosen on the basis of their superior performance characteristics, design and features.

This year's selections seem to have a distinct "aristocratic flavor," with almost half of the 23 award recipients having a "royal aspect" to their names.

For example, the Sovereign of the

Seas, the 74,000-grt luxury liner built by Alsthom's Chantiers de l'Atlantique, the Queen Elizabeth 2, converted by Bremerhaven-based

Lloyd Werft, and the Wart-

Photos (clockwise from top left): Majestic (Patti Shipyard); QE2 (Lloyd Werft); Macki- nac Express (Gladding Hearn); Discovery III (Nicols); Margaret Chase Smith (Atlantic

Marine); Caribbean Princess (Fjellstrand). sila-built Kronprins Harold head- line the cruise ships.

Featured among the inland and coastal cruise and passenger vessels are the Caribbean Princess, the steamer replica Cajun Queen and the cruise boat Treasure Queen, built by Freeport Shipbuilding.

Two selections were named

Majestic, one a 1,000-passenger sternwheeler replica converted by

Patti Shipyard, and another a 325- passenger ferry built by Aluminum

Boats.

The Ships

CELEBRATION

Kockums

The newest Carnival Cruise Lines

Inc. "Fun Ship," the Celebration, joined her sistership, the Jubilee, after her delivery last year. Both 47,262-grt cruise liners were built by

Kockums AB of Malmo, Sweden.

The Jubilee was delivered in the summer of 1986.

With an overall length of 733 feet, beam of 92 feet and moulded depth of 25 feet, the Celebration has a total of 733 standard cabins and 10 deluxe suites. The new Superliner has a passenger capacity of about 1,500 and carries a crew comple- ment of 680.

Powered by two low-speed Sulzer 7RLB66 diesel engines with integral thrust bearings each coupled direct- ly to KaMeWa controllable-pitch propellers with highly skewed blade design. The main engines each have a maximum continuous rating of 15,770 bhp at 140 rpm. She can ob- tain a service speed of 19.5 knots.

The Siemens propulsion control system, which includes automatic main engine overload control as well as an engine load increase feature, incorporates different operating modes, including: constant speed operating mode at 136 rpm for shaft alternator operation; and two com- bination operating modes—one thrust mode and one pitch mode— where the engine speed, propeller thrust and propeller pitch are con- trolled according to pre-established curve.

Celebration

Main engines (2) Sulzer

Engine controls Siemens

Propellers & thrusters .... KaMeWa

Steering gear Frydenbo

Stabilizers Sperry

Alternators (5) Siemens

Alternator diesels (3) . . Wartsila-Vasa

PTOs (2) . . . . Lohmann & Stolterfoht

Switchboards L.K.Ness

Oil-fired boilers (2) Sunrod

Distilling plant Atlas

Air conditioning plant Flakt

Compressors Stal

Sprinkler & alarm system . . Wormald

Deck machinery Norwinch

Anchors Ramnaes

Side doors Velle

Watertight doors Schoenrock

Windows Wingerden

Sewage plant Hamworthy

Purifiers Laval

Bearings Railco

Elevators Dan

Lifeboats Harding

Life rafts Vikin

Radars (3), Loran C, facsimile recorder, speed log ... .Raytheon

SatNav system Magnavox

Radio direction finder . . .Ramantenn

VHF/RFD Furuno

Gyrocompass Sperry

Adaptive autopilot .... Racal Decca

Magnetic compass Krohn

Echo sounder Simrad

SatCom system . . . . Raytheon/J RC

Communications equipment . . .Sailor 16 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News