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Meyer Werft Delivers to RCCL

Main Particulars - Serenade of the Seas

Class DNV

Flag

Length, (o.a.)

Length, (b.p.)

Breadth, (molded) .

Draft

Number of decks .

Tonnage

Total engine power

Propulsion power

Dynamic positioning ...

Integrated Bridge System

Gas turbines

Thrusters

Propulsion

Bridge alarm

Ship automation

Speed, (max.)

Passenger capacity

Officers and crew

Bahamas 962 ft. (293.2 m) 873 ft. (266.2 m) 106 ft. (32.2 m) 26 ft. (8.1 m) 15 90,090 gt .59,000 kW = 80,240 hp .via two GE gas turbines .40,000 kW = 54,400 hp ... .via ABB propulsion

Kongsberg Simrad

Litton Marine

GE Marine

Rolls-Royce

ABB

CAE

Valmarine 25 knots 2,490 858

The most recent addition to Royal Caribbean's (RCCL) tleet of vessels is the 90,090-gt Serenade of the Seas, which was delivered to the cruise line by Meyer Werft Shipyard in

Papenburg, Germany on July 30, 2003. The third member of the Radiance-class fleet, Serenade, along with its sisterships, is a luxury cruise vessel boasting a very slim, yachtlike design with extensive use of glass on the outside, as more than 80 per- cent of the vessel's cabins are designated as outside cabins.

Serenade features advanced technology designed to make the ship efficient, and to ensure it is as quiet and vibration free as possible. To this end. it features an advanced gas turbine . Tel.:+31 (0)10 429 2222

P P , . CA Fax:+31 (0)10 429 6459 ston plant, , v ' , .. K , , [email protected] and its 15 decks Ms^ ... ^km www.wortelboer.nl employ the latest in sound dampening technol- ogy-

Following Serenade's delivery, the vessel sailed from Amsterdam to

Boston, Mass. on August 4, 2003 continu- ing on to New York City where it was chris- tened there by actress Whoopi Goldberg, who was LEFT: Aboard RCCL's Serenade of the Seas with actress Whoopi Goldberg, (center), flanked by RCCL chairman and CEO, Richard

Fain (left), and Capt. Nikolaos ("Nick")

Antalis. Goldberg served as Serenade's god- mother.

RIGHT: Serenade is the third in a series of

Radiance-class vessels for RCCL.

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