Engineering:Edge-class cruise ship

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Celebrity Edge in Saint-Nazaire
Class overview
Builders: STX France/Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint Nazaire, France
Operators: Celebrity Cruises
Preceded by: Solstice-class cruise ship
Planned: 5
Building: 1
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 130,818 GT[1]
Length: 306 m (1,004 ft)[1]
Beam: 39 m (128 ft)[1]
Draught: 8.4 m (28 ft)[1]
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Capacity: 2,918 in 1,467 staterooms[2]

The Edge-class is a class of four cruise ships by Celebrity Cruises.

History

In December 2014 Celebrity Cruises signed a letter of intent for two ships with STX France. In June 2015, Celebrity Cruises converted the letter into a formal order for the first two ships.[3]

On 21 November 2016 the construction of the first ship started and the names Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Beyond were published.[4] A subsequent press release on 23 July 2018 revealed that the second ship is to be called Celebrity Apex, rather than the previously announced Celebrity Beyond.[5]

Celebrity Edge’s steel cutting ceremony took place in 2016. The keel of the Celebrity Edge was laid on 21 June 2017 in Saint-Nazaire, France.[6] The construction of Celebrity Apex begun on 23 July 2018.[7]

On 31 October 2018 Celebrity Edge was delivered and the keel of the Celebrity Apex was laid.[8]

Each ship costs about US$900 million.[9]

A fifth ship was ordered in April 2019 with delivery planned for 2024.[10]

Ships

Name Status Entered service with Celebrity Cuises Gross tonnage Home port Notes Image
Celebrity Edge In service 25 November 2018[2] 130,818 Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida[2] building number J34[11] Celebrity Edge - Sept 2018 (cropped).jpg
Celebrity Apex under construction April 2020 building number K34 [12]
originally planned as Celebrity Beyond
TBA ordered 2021 (planned) L34
TBA ordered 2022 (planned) M34
TBA ordered 2024 (planned)

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Celebrity Edge (34827)". Det Norske Veritas. http://vesselregister.dnvgl.com/VesselRegister/vesseldetails.html?vesselid=34827. 
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Monk, Dave (13 September 2018). "Celebrity Edge: What to expect on the $1bn cruise ship". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/articles/celebrity-edge-what-to-expect/. Retrieved 11 December 2018. 
  3. "Celebrity Cruises : Commande de deux navires à STX France confirmée". 2015-06-05. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/celebrity-cruises-commande-de-deux-navires-stx-france-confirmee. Retrieved 2017-07-05. 
  4. "With a Single Cut of Steel, Celebrity Cruises has the Edge". 2016-11-01. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/with-a-single-cut-of-steel-celebrity-cruises-has-the-edge-300366498.html. Retrieved 2017-07-05. 
  5. "A Cut Above: Celebrity Apex Begins Her Journey to the Top". 2018-07-23. https://www.celebritycruisespresscenter.com/press-release/1117/a-cut-above-celebrity-apex-begins-her-journey-to-the-top/. Retrieved 2018-07-30. 
  6. "Celebrity Edge : Cérémonie des pièces à Saint-Nazaire". 2017-06-22. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/celebrity-edge-ceremonie-des-pieces-saint-nazaire. Retrieved 2017-07-05. 
  7. https://www.celebritycruises.com/int/company/press-releases/July-23-2018
  8. "Saint-Nazaire livre le Celebrity Edge et met sur cale le Celebrity Apex". Oct 31, 2018. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/saint-nazaire-livre-le-celebrity-edge-et-met-sur-cale-le-celebrity-apex. Retrieved May 17, 2019. 
  9. "Cruise Ship Orderbook". https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/cruise-ship-orderbook.html. Retrieved 2017-07-05. 
  10. "A new order for Chantiers de l’Atlantique". Apr 11, 2019. http://chantiers-atlantique.com/en/a-new-order-for-chantiers-de-latlantique/. Retrieved May 17, 2019. 
  11. "Saint-Nazaire : EMR et paquebots se partagent la forme de construction" (in french). 2017-10-20. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/saint-nazaire-emr-et-paquebots-se-partagent-la-forme-de-construction. Retrieved 2017-10-20. 
  12. "Saint-Nazaire: Le Celebrity Edge reçoit sa timonerie". Dec 21, 2017. https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/saint-nazaire-le-celebrity-edge-recoit-sa-timonerie. Retrieved May 17, 2019.