Silver Whisper
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Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Silver Whisper |
| Operator: | Silversea Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Nassau,  Bahamas |
| Builder: | Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy |
| Launched: | 2 February 2000 |
| In service: | 2001 |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 28,258 GT |
| Length: | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Beam: | 81.8 ft (24.9 m) |
| Draft: | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity: | 382 passengers |
| Crew: | 295 |
Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2000, and is operated by Silversea Cruises.[1] The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is the Silver Shadow; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratio—the ship's gross tonnage divided by the passenger capacity—at 74, providing more space per passenger than any other cruise ship. The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.
Accommodations
There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from 287 square feet (26.7 m2) to 1,435 square feet (133.3 m2); 80% of which feature teak balconies.
References
Notes
- ↑ Plowman 2004, p. 278.
Bibliography
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silver Whisper. |
- Silversea: Silver Whisper – Silversea official site page about the ship
- JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident
- "Silversea's Silver Whisper cross-Atlantic cruise: Sailing the Titanic's route in reverse" – review by John Coleman on traveller.com.au (Fairfax Media) of a cruise on Silver Shadow
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