Silver Whisper
{{short description|Cruise ship}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image = File:Silver Whisper at Syndey - IMO 9192179 (4291633716).jpg |Ship caption = Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010. }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship name = Silver Whisper |Ship owner = |Ship operator = Silversea Cruises |Ship registry = Nassau, {{nowrap|{{flag|Bahamas|civil}}}} |Ship route = |Ship ordered = |Ship builder = Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy |Ship original cost = |Ship yard number = |Ship way number = |Ship laid down = |Ship launched = 2 February 2000 |Ship completed = |Ship christened = June 18, 2001{{Cite web |url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/christened-whisper-silver304563 |title=Silver Whisper Is Christened In Genoa, Italy |date=June 18, 2001 |publisher=Marine Link}} by Marzia Lefebvre D'Ovidio | Ship status = In Service |Ship acquired = |Ship maiden voyage = |Ship in service = 2001-present |Ship out of service = |Ship identification=
|Ship notes = }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Ship type = Cruise ship |Ship tonnage = {{GT|28,258}} |Ship length = {{convert|610|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|81.8|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft = {{convert|19.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship decks = 10 |Ship power = 2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}Wärtsilä 8R46 (2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}7,850 kW{{nbsp}}) |Ship propulsion = Diesel-electric; two ABB Azipod propulsion units |Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn}} |Ship capacity = 388 passengers |Ship crew = 302 |Ship notes = }} |
Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises.{{Plowman-Sitmar |page=278}} The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is {{ship||Silver Shadow|ship|2}}; 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 {{convert|287|sqft|m2}} to {{convert|1435|sqft|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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18681-silversea-launches-seven-continent-world-cruise.html|title=Silversea Launches Seven Continent World Cruise|date=12 March 2018|access-date=13 March 2018|language=en-GB}}{{cite web|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/cruises/silversea-silver-whisper-cruise-continents? |last=Rizzo |first=Cailey |date=10 January 2020 |title=The First Cruise Ship to Touch All Seven Continents Just Set Sail |work=Travel + Leisure |access-date=15 January 2020}} 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
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External links
{{Commons category|IMO 9192179}}
- [http://www.silversea.com/ships/silver-whisper/ Silversea: Silver Whisper] – Silversea official site page about the ship
- [http://www.jn.pt/paginainicial/pais/concelho.aspx?Distrito=Lisboa&Concelho=Lisboa&Option=Interior&content_id=976784 JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident]
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