History of the Liberty of the Seas
The history of the Liberty of the Seas is very amazing. The initial name announced for this ship was Endeavour of the Seas, but later on, changed to Liberty of the Seas. This amazing ship has the ability to carry over 4000 passengers at once. This ship took a total of 18 months to build and the company that make this ship was Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland.
Original Name | Liberty of the Seas |
Owner | Royal Caribbean Group |
Operator | Royal Caribbean International |
Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
Routes of the ship | Caribbean Homeport: Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Builder & manufacturing costs | Aker Yards Turku Shipyard, Finland, Cost US$800 million |
Start service in | 2007–present |
Identification Codes | Call sign: C6VQ8, IMO number: 9330032, MMSI number: 309436000, DNV ID: 26180 |
Status | Active |
Tonnage | 155,889 GT |
Length | 338.92 m (1,111.94 ft) |
Beam | 38.618 m (126.70 ft) (waterline), 39.034 m (128.06 ft) (max) |
Draught | 9.026 m (29.61 ft) |
Decks | 18 total decks, 15 passenger decks |
Installed power | 6 × Wärtsilä 12V46 (6 × 12,600 kW)), 2 × Cat 3516B (2 × 2,500 kW) |
Speed | 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) |
Capacity | 3,798 (double occupancy), 4,960 (maximum occupancy) |
Crew | 1,300 (average) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 2 × ABB Azipod V21, 1 × ABB Fixipod, 4 × Ulstein tunnel thrusters |