Silver Whisper
.jpg) 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 |
| Identification |
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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 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.
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.[2][3] In March 2020, Silver Whisper was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic. Given the extended suspension of cruising around the globe, on 1 May, Silversea made available for download an anthology produced after Silver Whisper's "Tale of Tales" world cruise in 2019, featuring essays from some of the world's prominent travel writers, including Paul Theroux, Pico Iyer and Tahir Shah, as well as a photo essay by the American photographer Steve McCurry.[4]
References
Notes
- ^ Plowman 2004, p. 278.
- ^ "Silversea Launches Seven Continent World Cruise". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Rizzo, Cailey (10 January 2020). "The First Cruise Ship to Touch All Seven Continents Just Set Sail". Travel + Leisure. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Take a Journey Into the Imagination With Some of the World's Greatest Travel Writers". trvltrend.com. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 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