Engineering:Celebrity Silhouette
.jpg) Celebrity Silhouette in Le Havre, 2016
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| Name: | Celebrity Silhouette |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Operator: | Celebrity Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
Valletta,  Malta |
| Ordered: | 18 May 2007[1] |
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| Yard number: | S.679[2] |
| Launched: | 29 May 2011[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Michelle Morgan[4] |
| Christened: | 21 July 2011[5] |
| Acquired: | 18 July 2011[5] |
| Maiden voyage: | 23 July 2011[5][4] |
| In service: | 2011—present |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Solstice-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 122,210 GT[1] |
| Length: | 315 m (1,033 ft) (length overall) |
| Beam: | 36.9 m (121 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 8.3 m (27 ft)[1] |
| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)[6] |
| Capacity: | 2,886 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,500 |
Celebrity Silhouette is a Solstice-class cruise ship currently operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
History
Celebrity Silhouette is the fourth ship in the Solstice class, following her sister ships, Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, and preceding Celebrity Reflection. Solstice, Equinox, and Eclipse entered service in 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Silhouette debuted in 2011, and Reflection, the final ship in the class, debuted in 2012.[7]
Construction and delivery
In May 2007, Celebrity Cruises announced an order for the fourth Solstice-class ship, then unnamed, for a tentative Fall 2011 debut.[8] The ship, at a guest capacity of approximately 2,850 passengers, was estimated to cost around $250,000 per berth, or roughly $712.5 million.[8] The vessel's name, Celebrity Silhouette, was announced on 21 December 2009.[9] On 29 May 2011, Celebrity Silhouette was floated out from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg,[3] and was delivered to Celebrity Cruises on 18 July 2011.[5] She sailed to Hamburg for her naming ceremony on 21 July 2011,[5] where Michelle Morgan, president and CEO of Signature Travel Network, officially christened the vessel.[4]
Design specifications
Celebrity Silhouette is built to the same design as her preceding three Solstice-class sister ships,[9] but carries slightly larger dimensions, being 400 tons larger, and six feet longer than her preceding sister ships.[10] She is 319 metres (1,047 ft) in length overall, with a beam of 36.8 metres (121 ft), and a tonnage value of 122,400 gross tons.[11] Upon completion, she had a capacity of 2,885 passengers.[12]
Service history
Celebrity Silhouette was last refurbished during a 42-day dry dock that began in January 2020 at the Navantia shipyard in Cádiz.[13] Among the changes were six new passenger cabins and new venues.[14]
Deployments
On 23 July 2011, Celebrity Silhouette embarked on her maiden voyage to Barcelona, including a call in Rome, where she would begin cruising Mediterranean voyages for the rest of the summer season.[5][4] Beginning in November 2011, she homeported in Bayonne, New Jersey at Cape Liberty Cruise Port, to operate 12-night Caribbean itineraries for her inaugural year.[4]
Celebrity Silhouette is currently homeported at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and sails 9-day and 12-day Southern Caribbean itineraries.[15] In summer 2020, she will cruise out of Southampton, sailing to Northern Europe and Iceland,[16] before re-positioning to South America for her maiden season in the Southern Hemisphere, cruising along Brazil , Argentina , Peru, and Antarctica.[17]
Currently homeported in Southampton UK, for British Isle Cruises around the UK during summer 2021.
Gallery
Solarium indoor pool
Balcony view looking aft from the port side of deck 8
Swimming pools on deck 12
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Celebrity Silhouette (28392)". Det Norske Veritas. http://vesselregister.dnvgl.com/VesselRegister/vesseldetails.html?vesselid=28392.
- ↑ "25 years of cruise ship construction in Papenburg" (in en-gb). 2011-05-04. https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/25_years_of_cruise_ship_construction_in_papenburg.jsp.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Meyer Floats Out Celebrity Silhouette". 2011-05-31. http://www.cruisenewsdaily.com/nf10531.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Celebrity's Silhouette to be Christened By Signature's Michelle Morgan". 2011-07-13. https://www.travelpulse.com/news/destinations/celebritys-silhouette-to-be-christened-by-signatures-michelle-morgan.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Press Release | Delivery of Celebrity Silhouette". 2011-07-18. https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_4769.jsp.
- ↑ "Celebrity Silhouette Cruise Ship". Ship Technology. https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/celebrity-cruise/.
- ↑ Celebrity Cruises orders fifth Solstice-Class Ship , retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Staff, C. I. N. (2007-05-22). "Celebrity Cruises Announces Fourth Solstice-Class Ship" (in en-gb). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/598-52207-celebrity-cruises-announces-fourth-solstice-class-ship.html.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Silverstein, Erica. "Happy Winter Solstice: Celebrity Names next ship in class". Cruise Critic. http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=3606.
- ↑ "Celebrity Eclipse vs Celebrity Silhouette - Cruise Critic" (in en-us). https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2922.
- ↑ "Meyerwerft Website: Celebrity Cruises". Meyer Werft. http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=1&subs=0&did=1401.
- ↑ "Celebrity Cruises names fourth Solstice-class ship Celebrity Silhouette". Cruise Industry News. 21 December 2009. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3517-122109-celebrity-cruises-names-fourth-solstice-class-ship-celebrity-silhouette.html.
- ↑ "Celebrity Silhouette Currently Sailing To Cadiz For 55M$ Revolution". Cruise & Harbour News. 2020-01-08. https://www.cruiseharbournews.com/silhouetterevolution.html.
- ↑ Williamson, Jeannine (2020-02-26). "Celebrity Cruises Completes Major Refit of Celebrity Silhouette". Cruise Critic. https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5130/.
- ↑ "Celebrity Sends Six Ships to Caribbean for 2019 – 2020 Season" (in en). 2017-12-11. https://www.travelagentcentral.com/cruises/celebrity-sends-six-ships-to-caribbean-for-2019-2020-season.
- ↑ Souza, Ben (2018-11-28). "Celebrity Cruises Will Have Six Cruise Ships Sailing in Europe in 2020" (in en-US). https://cruisefever.net/celebrity-cruises-will-have-six-cruise-ships-sailing-in-europe-in-2020/.
- ↑ Kalosh, Anne (2018-11-06). "Celebrity broadens South America program with modernized Silhouette in 2020". https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/celebrity-beefs-up-south-america-program-with-modernized-silhouette-in-2020/.
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