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Outstanding Cruise Ships of 1993 ird Vessel Engine Delivery Date Owner nion Naval de Levante Crown Dynasty Wartsila ncantieri incantieri kvaerner Masa-Yards

Costa Romantica GMT-Sulzer

Maasdam

Sensation Wartsila

June 1993 Eff John International/Cunard

October 1993 Costa Cruise Lines

Ihantiers de I'Atlantique Windward MAN B&W

December 1993

October 1993

April 1993

Holland America Line

Carnival Cruise Lines

Kloster Cruise Limited

The interior design of the ship, by Yran & 3toorbraten, features an atrium rising upwards through cutouts in five decks. There is an immense panoramic glass wall on its seaward side. The ship is arranged with eight decks and a capacity for 916 passengers and 304 crew members.

An outstanding feature is her reported low noise and vibration readings.

The four main engines on the Crown Dynasty are Wartsila Vasa, model 8R32E units which produce 3,280 kW per unit at 750 rpm.

Through Renk-Tacke reduction gears, each pair of engines drives a "high skew" KaMeWa propeller rotating at 175 rpm.

The auxiliary engines are also supplied by

Wartsila. Two are model 6RD 32 and supply 2,100 kW each, and two are the 1,472 kW capac- ity model 4RD 32.

The Crown Dynasty is 537 feet long and has a cruising speed of 19.20 knots.

For more information on Union Naval de

Levante,

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Vessel:

Yard:

MAASDAM

Fincantieri

CROWN DYNASTY

EQUIPMENT LIST

Main engines Wartsila

Generator engines Wartsil

Thruster engine ABB

Generators Siemens

Reduction gears Renk-Tacke

Propeller KaMeWa

Thruster

Fin Stabilizers Sperry

Couplings Geislinger

Engine Control ABB Stromberg-Selma Marine

Steering Control Tenfjord/Sperry

Deck Machinery Aquamaster-Rauma

Shafting KaMeW

Bearings Deep Sea Seals

Coatings Jotun

VHF Radio Radio Holland

SSB Radio o Holland

Radar Sperry

Compass Sperr

Loran JMC

Autopilot Sperr

Collision Avoidance Sperry

SATNAV Sperry Standard A

Pumps Azcue

Heat exchangers Termojet

Air conditioning Novenco

Lifeboats Harding

Liferafts Vikin

Davits Inmetusa/Schatt

Fire fighting system Autronica/Unitor

Waste management system SeebeckTechnoproduct

Desalination equipment Serckomo

Oil purifiers Westfalia

Boilers Sunrod

Tank gauging Auxitrol

Automation ABB Stromberg

Components SBA Finland

Vibration study TSI (Spain)

The 55,451-gt M/S Maasdam is Holland

America Line's newest cruise ship, which en- tered service in December 1993. The ship is the fifth in the company's 120-year history to bear the name.

The 720-foot long Maasdam was built at the

Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. The

Maasdam can carry 1,266 passengers and a crew of 571. The Maasdam features a $2 million collection of art and artifacts. Treasures from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries reflect a time of adventure and discovery, with the theme of

Dutch worldwide exploration. Original works of art created especially for the Maasdam are also featured in public rooms and staterooms.

The Maasdam has 10 passenger decks. A three-deck grand atrium, featuring a monumen- tal glass sculpture by Luciano Vistosi of

Murano, Italy, extends from Lower Promenade

Deck to upper Promenade (see photo, this page).

The Maasdam features, among other luxu- ries, five lounges, two swimming pools, library, casino and penthouse suite.

For more information on Fincantieri,

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MAASDAM

EQUIPMENT LIST

Generator engines GMT Sulzer Diesel

Stabilizers Sperry

Radar plotter aids Atlas

Navigation Atla

Speed log

Compasses Anschutz

GPS Magnavox

IPS Racal

Autopilot Anszuth

Joystick controls KaMeWa

Vessel:

Yard:

SENSATION

Kvaerner Masa-Yards'

Helsinki New Shipyard

On October 18, 1993 the 70,400-grt, 2,600- passenger cruise liner M/S Sensation was deliv- ered to Carnival Cruise Lines by the Kvaerner

Masa-Yards' Helsinki New Shipyard in Finland.

The ship is the third of five luxury cruise ships for the same owner. The Sensation is 853 feet long with a breadth of 103 feet. The maximum crew number is 980. All 980 passenger cabins on decks 4-7 were made from prefabricated units at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Piikkio Works and brought to the Helsinki yard as below-type con- structions with all items in place. The main entrance on deck seven leads into the six-deck- high Grand Atrium. The atrium is illuminated by hidden neon tubes running along the side on all decks (see photo, above). The hull of Sensa- tion is designed with transversal framing along

The Sensation's Grand Atrium. the side shell, longitudinal framing for the bot- tom and decks, and more than 2,000 pillars supporting the decks, placed six in a row. There are special bulkheads to stiffen the structure between the outer pillar and the side shell. The noise and vibration levels on these cruise liners are lower than on any previously built by the yard. Four Wartsila Sulzer 12ZAV40S and two 8ZAL40S medium-speed diesel engines with a total output of 42,240 kW (57,430hp) at 514 rpm power the Sensation. Each engine drives an AC alternator. The four bigger alternators have an output of 10.3 MVA each and two smaller ones of 6.8 MVA each. These six generators produce electric power for the two switchboards at a rate of 6.6 kV. Propulsion power is provided by two 14 MW (19,000-hp) water/air cooled synchro- nous cyclo converter-controlled electric AC mo- (Continued on page 62)

Glass sculpture in the Maasdam Atrium (below).

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