Engineering:MV Seabourn Encore
,_S%C3%A8te_cf01.jpg) Seabourn Encore, in the harbour of Sète, France
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| Name: | Seabourn Encore |
| Operator: | Seabourn Cruise Line |
| Port of registry: |
 Bahamas |
| Builder: | Fincantieri |
| Laid down: | September 15, 2015 |
| Launched: | March 4, 2016[1] |
| Completed: | November 30, 2016 |
| In service: | January 7, 2017 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Encore-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 41,865 GT[2] |
| Length: | 210.5 m (690 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) |
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| Capacity: | 604 passengers |
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.[3] She was delivered on November 30, 2016.[4] Sister ship of MV Seabourn Ovation.
Concept and construction
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Seabourn signed a letter of intent for the construction of Seabourn Encore in October 2013,[5] and announced her name in January 2015.[6] A steel plate-cutting ceremony was held in April 2015.[7] The ship is 210 meters long with a 28-meter beam, and has a cruising speed of 18.6 knots (37 km/h).[8]
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.[7]
Service history
Seabourn Encore entered service in January 2017, following two "pre-inaugural" cruises departing in December 2016.[9] 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.[10] After the maiden voyage, which sold out in just two days,[11] Seabourn Encore headed to Australia.[10]
In February 2017, Seabourn Encore was involved in a collision with the concrete carrier Milburn Carrier II after her mooring snapped during heavy winds.[12] The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission inquired into the incident, reporting in April 2019,[13] and urging that port companies should know the safe working loads of their moorings and have high quality monitoring of weather conditions
References
- ↑ "Seabourn Encore Launched at Fincantieri's Marghera Yard". 2016-03-04. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/13931-seabourn-encore-launched-at-fincantieri-s-marghera-yard.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Seabourn Encore". Fincantieri. https://www.fincantieri.com/en/products-and-services/cruise-ships/seabourn-encore/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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.
- ↑ http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/cronaca/2016/30-novembre-2016/fincantieri-pronta-crociera-extralusso-consegnata-seabourn-encore-2401097658215.shtml?refresh_ce-cp
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
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