Engineering:Silver Cloud (ship)

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Silver Cloud in Antartica
History
Operator: Silversea Cruises
Port of registry: Nassau,  Bahamas
Launched: 6 March 1993
Maiden voyage: 2 April 1994
Identification:
Status: In Service
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 16,800 GT[1]
Length: 514 ft (157 m)[2]
Beam: 71 ft (22 m)
Decks: 9 total, 6 for passengers
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Capacity: 296 passengers
Crew: 222

Silver Cloud is a small cruise ship operated by Silversea Cruises, the luxury brand of the Royal Caribbean Group conglomerate of cruise lines. She entered service in 1994 as Silversea's first ship. Her sister ship is the Silver Wind, launched in 1995.[3]

Silver Cloud formerly sailed on European itineraries (both the North Sea and the Mediterranean) in summer. In winter, she cruised in the Caribbean and South America.[3] Since the ship was ice strengthened in 2017, itineraries have concentrated on polar regions, with visits to less common cruise destinations on transfers between the Arctic and Antarctic.

History

Silver Cloud departing Southampton 2011 in old livery
Details of M/V Silver Cloud embanked at St. Petersburg, Russia on 12 August 2009

As of 2008[4] the ship cruises the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean with stops at the Bahamas and in the Caribbean Sea, as well as journeys to the Atlantic coast of South America. Some cruises take passengers through the Mediterranean Sea. She also transits the Suez Canal with cruises through the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf calling at ports along the route that normal tourists seldom visit, such as Jeddah[5][6] in Saudi Arabia.

The Silver Cloud has been home to both the United States men's and women's national basketball teams during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil.[7]

Silver Cloud moored with HMS Belfast at Tower Bridge

In 2017, the ship underwent a comprehensive rebuild to bring her up to ice class and has since sailed on expedition cruises, including polar regions.[8]

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