AIDAbella
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| 300px AIDAbella in the Baltic Sea | |
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| Name: | AIDAbella |
| Operator: | AIDA Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Genoa, 22x20px Italy[1] |
| Ordered: | August 1, 2005[2] |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft (Papenburg)[1][3] |
| Cost: | $390 million[1] |
| Yard number: | S.666[2] |
| Laid down: | September 21, 2005[2] |
| Launched: | October 19, 2007[2] |
| Christened: | April 23, 2008 in Warnemünde by Eva Padberg[4] |
| In service: | April 2008[1] |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9362542[5] Call Sign ICGS[6] MMSI 247229700[6] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 68,500 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 738.1 ft (224.97 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 105.6 ft (32.19 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 24.6 ft (7.50 m)[1] |
| Decks: | 14 decks |
| Installed power: | diesel-electric (36,000 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 pods |
| Speed: |
19.5-knot (36 km/h; 22 mph) service speed[3] 21.8-knot (40 km/h; 25 mph) fastest speed[7] |
| Capacity: | 2,500 passengers[1] |
| Crew: | 646 crew[1] |
| Notes: | 10 elevators[1] |
AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.[8] The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.[9]
Features
The ship features 1,025 passenger cabins, many with balconies. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship which can be used as a nightclub.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Ward, Douglas (2009). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships (18th ed.). Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 978-981-268-564-3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Data from XVAS". Vessel Assessment System. http://www.xvas.it/SPECIAL/VTship.php?imo=9362542&mode=CK. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AIDAbella". ShipParade. http://www.shipparade.com/az/AIDAbella/AIDAbella.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ↑ "AIDAbella Christened in Germany". Cruise Critic. 2008-04-25. http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=2542. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ↑ United States Coast Guard (USCG). "AIDAbella". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=897184.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "AIDAbella (IMO: 9362542)". vesseltracker.com. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Aidabella-9362542.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ↑ "AIDAbella" (in German). SchiffsSpotter.de. http://www.schiffsspotter.de/Dokumente/Kreuzfahrtschiff_CS_AIDAbella/CS_AIDAbella.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Das Jahr der Megapötte" (in German). T-Online (Deutsche Telekom AG). 2008-12-05. Archived from the original on 200-12-05. http://www.webcitation.org/5cqJPStYz. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
- ↑ "AIDAbella-World Cruise". WorldCruise. http://www.worldcruise-network.com/projects/aida/. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
[[Commons: Category:AIDA bella
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]]- Official AIDAbella website (German)
- Germanischer Lloyd (2010). "MV AIDAbella ". Register Online. Hamburg: Germanischer Lloyd. http://www.gl-group.com/register/index.jsp?STyp=204&RegNo=112323. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
- AIDAbella
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- Current Position
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