MS Marina
{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Marina (ship, 2011), Sète 01.jpg | Ship image size = 300px | Ship caption = MS Marina docked in Sète, October 2015 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Marina | Ship owner = Oceania Cruises | Ship operator = | Ship registry = Majuro, {{flag|Marshall Islands}} | Ship route = | Ship ordered = 2007 | Ship builder = Fincantieri Sestri Ponente | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 6194 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 10 March 2009 | Ship launched = 4 April 2010 | Ship completed = 19 January 2011 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = 22 January 2011 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = * {{IMO Number|9438066}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In active service | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass2|Oceania|cruise ship}} | Ship tonnage = {{GT|66,084}} | Ship length = {{convert|782|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|105|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|24|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 2 x 12,600 kW Wartsila 12V46C 2 x 8,400 kW Wartsila 8L46C | Ship propulsion = 2 x 12 MW Electric motors affixed to fixed pitch propellers 2 x 2,200 kW bow thrusters 1 x 1,900 kW stern thruster | Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0|lk=in}} | Ship capacity = 1,250 passengers (double occupancy) | Ship notes = }} |
MS Marina is an {{sclass2|Oceania|cruise ship}}, which was constructed at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy for Oceania Cruises. Marina is the first in a duo of cruise ships, and was followed by {{MS|Riviera}} in May 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/1502-8508-oceania-commences-construction-of-first-oceania-class-newbuild-qmarinaq.html |title=Oceania commences construction of first Oceania class newbuild "Marina" |date=5 August 2009|access-date=1 April 2010 |work=Cruise Industry News}} The option for the third ship was declined.{{cite news| url=http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2010/11/oceania-cruises-marina-riviera-class-ship-order-fincantieri/129923/1?csp=34travel | work=USA Today | title=Most Popular | first=Gene | last=Sloan | date=4 November 2010}} The ship was named in Miami by Mary Hart on 5 February 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Oceania-names-the-Marina|title=Oceania names the Marina: Travel Weekly|website=www.travelweekly.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-13}}
Concept and construction
The finalization of contract for the construction of Marina and her sister ship, plus an option for a third, was reached on 18 June 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/635-61807-countdown-begins-for-the-debut-of-the-new-oceania-class.html |title=Countdown begins for the debut of the new Oceania class |date=18 June 2007|access-date=1 April 2010 |work=Cruise Industry News}} Marina was designed by Norwegian architectural firm Yran & Storbraaten (Y&S).{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/1069-22808-oceania-releases-1st-design-details-of-the-new-oceania-class.html |title=Oceania releases first design details of the new Oceania class |date=28 February 2008 |access-date=1 April 2010 |work=Cruise Industry News}} The keel of Marina was laid on 10 March 2009 and included the welding of a U.S. silver dollar coin and a pre-Castro Cuban peso coin in the keel, which according to shipbuilding tradition is believed to bring fortune to the ship, its passengers and crew during their seagoing life.{{cite web |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2420-31009-fincantieri-starts-construction-of-oceanias-marina.html |title=Fincantieri starts construction of Oceania's Marina |date=10 March 2009 |access-date=15 April 2010 |work=Cruise Industry News}} Marina has a diesel-electric powerplant with a pair of fixed pitch propellers.
The ship measures 66,084 gross tons and has the capacity for 1,250 passengers at double occupancy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceaniacruises.com/ships/marina/|title=Oceania Cruises' Marina|website=oceaniacruises.com|publisher=Oceania Cruises|access-date=9 January 2019}}
References
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- {{Saunders-Giants of the Seas}}
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 9438066}}
- {{Official website|http://www.oceaniacruises.com/ships/marina/default.aspx}}
{{List of ships built by Fincantieri}}
{{Oceania Cruises ships}}