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(Continued from page 40) control room and on the bridge; a designated storage room for pas- senger and crew luggage; spare parts storage and inventory sys- tem; underwater lighting at the stern and side boarding platforms; and high standards of crew accom- modation.

The ship will have a capacity for 200 passengers and more than 100 crew members. Designed for long distance self-sufficient cruising, the vessel will have large storage areas for extra food and drink as well as fuel and water. It will be fully air-conditioned and be fitted with extensive electronic systems including the latest navigation, steering and engine control sys- tems as well as entertainment and communications systems. "The exterior styling of the ves- sel has been proportioned so the vessel's length, height and beam are all in harmony to create a bal- ance between classic and contem- porary design that is so often over- looked in Cruise Ship design today," said Mr. Mansfield. The details of the interior design and furnishings have not been final- ized to date.

Sterling Design International has worked with Chantiers de l'Atlantique in the past on the design of cruise ships, including

Star Princess and Nordic Empress.

The company, headed by Joel

Bretecher, also designed the exterior and interior of the 328-ft. (100-m) cruise ship Le Levant, recently commissioned at Leroux & Lotz for Compagnie Des lies du

Ponant.

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Beau Mansfield Design/

Sterling Design International Project

Main Particulars

The shipbuilder, owner/operator, name, or flag of the vessel cannot be disclosed at the present time.

Country of owner/operator European

Classification Det Norske Veritas

Length, o.a 460 ft. (140 m)

Length, b.p 384 ft. (117 m)

Breadth, molded 62.3 ft. (19 m)

GT 9,975

Displacement 6,410 at 5 m draft

Lightweight 5,840 tons

DWT, design 570

DWT, scantling 860 at 5.15 m draft

Speed, service 21 knots

Bunker 464 tons diesel oil

Water ballast 195 tons

Fuel consumption 190 tons

Main engine mftr. Bergen Diesels

Main engine type .. .2 x KVMB 12 / 2 x KRMB 8

Total hp 2 x 2.180 kW / 2 X 1.480 kW

Auxiliary engines Bergen Diesels

Propellers Lip

Thrusters Brunvoll

Generator engines AEG

Motor starters Sitte

Fin stabilizers Blohm + Voss

Couplings Lohmann & Stolterfoht

Reduction gears Lohmann & Stolterfoht

Engine controls Noris

Steering controls Frydenboe

Fire alarm system Elna

Deck machinery Steen

Shafting Lips

Coatings International

VHF, SSB radio Standard Marine Debeg

Radar Krupp Atlas

Compass, Autopilot Anschutz

SATCOM EB Nachrichten

Pumps Behrens

Heat Exchangers Gea-Ahlborn

Air conditioning Noske-Keaser

Rescue boats Alusafe

Lifeboats Harding

Liferafts Vikin

Fifi system Minimax

Incinerator plant Techno Product

AC cooling compressors Stal

Fuel separators Alfa Laval

Desalination equipment Alfa Laval

Steam boiler plant Sunrod International

Sewage plant Deerberg

Electric motors AEG

PA system, general alarm Backens Electronic

Automatic telephone Nixdorf Computer AG

Main switchboard Interschalt

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