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Name | Seabourn Encore |
Operator | Seabourn Cruise Line |
Port of registry | Bahamas |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Laid down | September 15, 2015 |
Launched | March 4, 2016 [1] |
Completed | November 30, 2016 |
In service | January 7, 2017 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Encore-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 41,865 GT [2] |
Length | 210.5 m (690 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) |
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Capacity | 604 passengers |
MV Seabourn Encore is a luxury cruise ship built by Fincantieri of Italy for Seabourn Cruise Line. The first of a new class of ships about 26% larger than Seabourn's three Odyssey-class vessels, she holds about 34% more passengers, based on double occupancy. [3] She was delivered on November 30, 2016. [4] Sister ship of MV Seabourn Ovation.
Seabourn signed a letter of intent for the construction of Seabourn Encore in October 2013, [5] and announced her name in January 2015. [6] A steel plate-cutting ceremony was held in April 2015. [7] The ship is 210 meters long with a 28-meter beam, and has a cruising speed of 18.6 knots (37 km/h). [8]
Seabourn Encore is larger than the Odyssey-class vessels, with an additional deck and expanded public areas. Adam D. Tihany, a well-known hospitality interior designer, was appointed to design the indoor and outdoor guest facilities. According to Fincantieri, fuel consumption is "significantly reduced" by optimization of the ship's hydrodynamics. [7]
Seabourn Encore entered service in January 2017, following two "pre-inaugural" cruises departing in December 2016. [9] She had a naming ceremony in Singapore on January 7, 2017, and then departed on her official maiden voyage, a 10-day cruise to Bali, Indonesia. [10] After the maiden voyage, which sold out in just two days, [11] Seabourn Encore headed to Australia. [10]
In February 2017, Seabourn Encore was involved in a collision with the concrete carrier Milburn Carrier II after her mooring snapped during heavy winds. [12] The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission inquired into the incident, reporting in April 2019, [13] and urging that port companies should know the safe working loads of their moorings and have high quality monitoring of weather conditions