Anthem of the Seas is the second ship in Royal Caribbean's Quantum Class. The 4,180-passenger cruise ship features innovations like RipCord by iFly, a skydiving simulator; North Star, a jewel.
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| Name: | Anthem of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Operator: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Ordered: | 14 February 2011[1] |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany[2] |
| Cost: | US$940 Million (2015)[3] |
| Laid down: | 19 November 2013[1] |
| Launched: | 21 February 2015[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Emma Wilby |
| Christened: | 20 April 2015[4] |
| Completed: | 10 April 2015[1] |
| Acquired: | 10 April 2015[5] |
| Maiden voyage: | 22 April 2015[6] |
| In service: | 22 April 2015[6] |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Tonnage: | 168,666 GT[7] |
| Length: | 347.06 m (1,139 ft)[7] |
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| Draught: | 8.8 m (29 ft)[7] |
| Decks: | 18 (16 passenger-accessible)[8] |
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| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[10] |
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Anthem of the Seas is a Quantum-classcruise ship owned by Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the second ship of her class. The Quantum class is the third largest class of cruise ships behind MSC Cruises's Meraviglia class and Royal Caribbean International's Oasis class by gross tonnage.[2]
Concept and construction[edit]
On 11 February 2011, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered a new class of ships from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, the first of which was scheduled to be delivered by autumn 2014. At the time, the project was code-named 'Project Sunshine'.[11] Later that year, two 20.5-megawatt ABBAzipod XO propulsion units were ordered for that ship.[9]
On 29 February 2012 the company announced that a second 'Project Sunshine' ship had been ordered and would be delivered by Spring 2015,[12] and ordered identical Azipod propulsion units shortly thereafter.[9] Just under a year later, on 31 January 2013, Royal Caribbean announced the official name of the new class of ships, Quantum Class, as well as the names of the first two ships in the class, Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas.[2][13]
Service history[edit]
Anthem of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean on 10 April 2015.[5] She arrived at her first homeport, Southampton, England, on 15 April 2015, to prepare for her maiden European summer season.[14] At a ceremony held in Southampton on 20 April 2015, she was christened by Emma Wilby, a British travel agent chosen after a search for a travel agent who could sing, and also because she exemplified 'grace, beauty, a social conscious (sic) and a sense of adventure.'[4] In addition to being a travel agent, Wilby is a military wife who sings in the Military Wives Choir in Kinloss, Scotland.[15]
The christening ceremony took place in the vessel’s Royal Theatre in front of 1,300 guests. It began with a procession, followed by performances by the Reading Scottish Pipe Band, and Only Boys Aloud, a boys’ choir from Wales. Wilby then sang Katy Perry's hit song 'Firework', after which she pushed a button to send a very large bottle of Perrier-Jouët champagne down a zipline on the ship's top deck, from the North Star gondola thrill ride into a wall bearing the ship's name.[4][15]
Anthem of the Seas departed from Southampton on her maiden voyage, an eight-night cruise to France and Spain, on 22 April 2015.[6] She has spent her maiden European season cruising from Southampton to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and the Canary Islands.[16] Beginning in November 2015, she will operate seven- to twelve-night itineraries to the Caribbean and Bahamas from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States.[17] In 2016, Anthem of the Seas will sail year-round out of New Jersey, sailing to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Canada/New England.[18]Anthem of the Seas will become the largest ship ever to cruise Canadian waters.[citation needed] Beginning May of 2020, Anthem of the Seas will homeport in Southampton, UK and will return to Cape Liberty in November of 2020.
Facilities[edit]
Anthem of the Seas has 16 passenger-accessible decks with a total of 2090 passenger cabins. Her facilities include a Wave Loch Flowrider surf simulator, a rock-climbing wall, a skydiving simulator, swimming pools, a solarium, a Spa and Fitness Center, a theater and a casino.[8]
Incidents[edit]
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On 7 February 2016, the ship was struck by 'extreme wind and sea conditions' off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina while sailing south from Bayonne, New Jersey to Port Canaveral, Florida. The ship was caught in 30-foot (9.1 m) waves and a 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) apparent wind. Passengers were advised to stay in their cabins, as the rocking of the ship overturned furniture and caused damage in public areas and cabins, including collapsing part of a suspended ceiling and rendering one of the ship's two azipod propulsion units inoperable.[19] Royal Caribbean reported that only four passengers suffered minor injuries. The ship resumed sailing on the 8 February, returning to port in the New York area to avoid further bad weather that had been forecast. Passengers were refunded their full cruise fare, and received a credit for 50% of their fare toward a future cruise within the next year.[20][21]
On 4 September 2016, Anthem of the Seas was again confronted with stormy conditions generated from the nearby Hurricane Hermine, which was a post tropical cyclone at the time. The ship experienced gusts of up to 90 mph. Again, passengers were confined to their staterooms to ride out the storm. However, this one caused less damage than the previous incident.[22]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'ANTHEM OF THE SEAS - DNV GL Vessel Register'. dnvgl.com. DNV GL. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ abc'Start of Steel-Cutting for First Project Sunshine Ship'. Meyer Wert. February 5, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/anthem-of-the-seas/
- ^ abcNorton Masek, Theresa (April 20, 2015). 'Anthem of The Seas Christened in Southampton'. TravelPulse.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ abSloan, Gene (April 10, 2015). 'Royal Caribbean takes delivery of giant new ship'. USA Today. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ abcSloan, Gene (April 22, 2015). 'New giant cruise ship to set sail on maiden voyage'. USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ abcdefghi'Anthem of the Seas (32028)'. DNV GL Vessel Register. Det Norske Veritas.
- ^ abcde'Anthem of the Seas Fact Sheet'. Royal Caribbean Press Center. Royal Caribbean International. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ abc'Azipods ordered for two RCL cruise ships'. The Motorship. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^Innovation & Technology: Shipbuilding in Papenburg(PDF). Papenburg, Germany: Meyer Werft. 2013. p. 26. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ^'Royal Caribbean Signs Letter of Intent to Build New Generation of Ships'. Investor Relations. February 11, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^'Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Exercises Option to Build Second 'Project Sunshine' Ship'. Investor Relations. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^Tribou, Richard (February 5, 2013). 'Royal Caribbean announces names for new cruise ships'. Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^'Anthem of the Seas cruise ship arrives in Southampton'. BBC News Online. April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ abStone, Deborah (April 20, 2015). 'Inside Look: Anthem of the Seas is officially named in Southampton'. Daily Express. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^'Quantum of the Seas introduces new wows for Royal Caribbean'. miamiherald.
- ^'Bayonne port loses big ship'. NJ.com.
- ^'Royal Announces 2016-2017 Caribbean Deployment, Harmony to Port Everglades'. cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ^'Coast Guard deciding if storm-damaged cruise ship can sail'. AP.com. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ^'Giant Royal Caribbean ship damaged in 'extreme' storm will return to port'. usatoday.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^Stapleton, AnneClaire (February 8, 2016). 'Cruise ship turns around, calls of trip after storm'. CNN. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^'Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Experiences Rough Sea Conditions'. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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