Silver Whisper

Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010.
History
Name	Silver Whisper
Operator	Silversea Cruises
Port of registry	Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder	Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy
Launched	2 February 2000
Christened	June 18, 2001[1] by Marzia Lefebvre D'Ovidio
In service	2001-present
Refit	2018[2]
Identification	Call sign: C6FN7 IMO number: 9192179 MMSI number: 308322000
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
Installed power	2 × Wärtsilä 8R46 (2 × 7,850 kW )
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two ABB Azipod propulsion units
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity	388 passengers
Crew	302

Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises.[3] The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is 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 m^2) to 1,435 square feet (133.3 m^2); 80% of which feature teak balconies.

Destinations

On 6 January 2020, Silver Whisper, left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to begin a journey that will take one hundred and forty days to visit sixty two port of calls on all seven continents.[4][5] In March 2020, Silver Whisper was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.

References

Notes

1. "Silver Whisper Is Christened In Genoa, Italy". Marine Link. 18 June 2001.
2. "Silversea Announces Refurbishment for Silver Whisper, Silver Wind". Travel Agent Central. 25 September 2017.
3. Plowman 2004, p. 278. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPlowman2004 (help)
4. "Silversea Launches Seven Continent World Cruise". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
5. Rizzo, Cailey (10 January 2020). "The First Cruise Ship to Touch All Seven Continents Just Set Sail". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

Bibliography

• Plowman, Peter (2004). The SITMAR Liners: Past and Present. Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 273–282. ISBN 1877058254.

External links

• Silversea: Silver Whisper – Silversea official site page about the ship
• JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident