Engineering:MV Seabourn Encore

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Seabourn Encore, in the harbour of Sète, France

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General characteristics
Class and type: Encore-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 41,865 GT[1]
Length: 210.5 m (690 ft 7 in)
Beam: 28 m (91 ft 10 in)
Draught: 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)
Installed power:
Speed:
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (cruise)
  • 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) (max)
Capacity: 604 passengers
Seabourn Encore in Cannes Bay, 2018

MV Seabourn Encore is a luxury cruise ship built by Fincantieri of Italy for Seabourn Cruise Line. The first of a new class of ships about 26% larger than Seabourn's three Odyssey-class vessels, she holds about 34% more passengers, based on double occupancy.[2] She was delivered on November 30, 2016.[3] Sister ship of missing name.

Concept and construction

MV Seabourn Encore, in the harbour of Bali, Indonesia, on her maiden voyage.

Seabourn signed a letter of intent for the construction of Seabourn Encore in October 2013,[4] and announced her name in January 2015.[5] A steel plate-cutting ceremony was held in April 2015.[6] The ship is 210 meters long with a 28-meter beam, and has a cruising speed of 18.6 knots (37 km/h).[7]

Architecture and equipment

Seabourn Encore is larger than the Odyssey-class vessels, with an additional deck and expanded public areas. Adam D. Tihany, a well-known hospitality interior designer, was appointed to design the indoor and outdoor guest facilities. According to Fincantieri, fuel consumption is "significantly reduced" by optimization of the ship's hydrodynamics.[6]

Service history

Seabourn Encore entered service in January 2017, following two "pre-inaugural" cruises departing in December 2016.[8] She had a naming ceremony in Singapore on January 7, 2017, and then departed on her official maiden voyage, a 10-day cruise to Bali, Indonesia.[9] After the maiden voyage, which sold out in just two days,[10] Seabourn Encore headed to Australia.[9]

In February 2017, Seabourn Encore was involved in a collision with the concrete carrier Milburn Carrier II after her mooring snapped during heavy winds.[11] The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission inquired into the incident, reporting in April 2019,[12] and urging that port companies should know the safe working loads of their moorings and have high quality monitoring of weather conditions

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Seabourn Encore". Fincantieri. https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/seabourn-encore/. 
  2. Sloan, Gene (January 21, 2014). "New Seabourn ship to be line's biggest ever". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2014/01/21/new-seabourn-cruise-ship/4707897/. 
  3. "Fincantieri: consegna nave crociera extra-lusso 'Seabourn Encore' (3)". metronews.it. November 30, 2016. http://www.metronews.it/16/11/30/fincantieri-consegna-nave-crociera-extra-lusso-seabourn-encore-3.html. 
  4. Sloan, Gene (October 18, 2013). "Another super-snazzy cruise ship is on the way". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2013/10/18/seabourn-cruise-new-ship/3009077/. 
  5. Sloan, Gene (January 29, 2015). "First look at luxury line Seabourn's next ship". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2015/01/29/seabourn-encore-first-look/22514785/. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Norton Masek, Theresa (April 13, 2015). "Construction Starts on Seabourn's New Luxury Ship". TravelPulse.com. http://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/construction-starts-on-seabourns-new-luxury-ship.html. 
  7. http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cronaca/2016/30-novembre-2016/fincantieri-pronta-crociera-extralusso-consegnata-seabourn-encore-2401097658215.shtml?refresh_ce-cp
  8. Forgione, Mary (March 4, 2015). "Seabourn opens sales for newest ship Encore's 2016 and 2017 cruises". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/la-trb-seabourn-encore-cruise-ship-20150303-story.html. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Macmillan, Sally (March 25, 2015). "Encore's inaugural". traveller.com.au (Fairfax Media). http://www.traveller.com.au/cruising-by-yourself-good-news-ahoy-1m3hwe. 
  10. Norton Masek, Theresa (March 6, 2015). "Seabourn Encore Inaugural Voyage Sells Out in Two Days". TravelPulse.com. http://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/seabourn-encore-inaugural-voyage-sells-out-in-two-days.html. 
  11. "Cruise ship collides with vessel after moorings fail in light winds". http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/89326844/cruise-ship-collides-with-vessel-after-moorings-fail-in-light-wind. 
  12. "MO-2017-204: Passenger vessel Seabourn Encore, breakaway from wharf and collision with bulk cement carrier at Timaru, 12 February 2017" (in en). https://taic.org.nz/inquiry/mo-2017-204.