ANTHEM OF THE SEAS cruise vessel

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Built as a passenger cruise vessel under yard No 698 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany for Anthem of the Seas Inc., Miami, USA.
29 February 2012 ordered.
19 November 2013 laid down.
21 February 2015 floated out as the ANTHEM OF THE SEAS .
Tonnage: 168,666 grt, 12,000 dwt, dim. 347.00 x 41.40 x 8.80m, (draught), length bpp. 320.1m.
Powered diesel electric by two Wärtsillä 16V46F and two Wärtsilä 12V46F diesel engines, 66,800 Kw,
Twin ABB Azipod XO thrusters (2 × 20.5 MW), speed 22 knots.
2 × 4 × 3,500 kW (4,694 hp) Brunvoll FU115 thrusters,
Accommodation for 4180 passengers.
10 April 2015 completed, IMO No 9656101, homeport Nassau, Bahamas. Managed by Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd.
Building cost US$940 million.
15 April 2015 arrived Southampton.
20 April 2015 christened by Mrs.Emma Wilby a travel agent from the U.K.

On 11 February 2011, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered a new class of ships from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, the first of which was scheduled to be delivered by autumn 2014. At the time, the project was code-named "Project Sunshine".Later that year, two 20.5-megawatt ABB Azipod XO propulsion units were ordered for that ship.

On 29 February 2012 the company announced that a second "Project Sunshine" ship had been ordered and would be delivered by Spring 2015, and ordered identical Azipod propulsion units shortly thereafter. Just under a year later, on 31 January 2013, Royal Caribbean announced the official name of the new class of ships, Quantum Class, as well as the names of the first two ships in the class, QUANTUM OF THE SEAS and ANTHEM OF THE SEAS

Service history
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS was delivered to Royal Caribbean on 10 April 2015. She arrived at her first homeport, Southampton, England, on 15 April 2015, to prepare for her maiden European summer season.
At a ceremony held in Southampton on 20 April 2015, she was christened by Emma Wilby, a British travel agent chosen after a search for a travel agent who could sing, and also because she exemplified "grace, beauty, a social conscious (sic) and a sense of adventure." In addition to being a travel agent, Wilby is a military wife who sings in the Military Wives Choir in Kinloss, Scotland.
The christening ceremony took place in the vessel’s Royal Theatre in front of 1,300 guests. It began with a procession, followed by performances by the Reading Scottish Pipe Band, and Only Boys Aloud, a boys’ choir from Wales. Wilby then sang Katy Perry's hit song "Firework", after which she pushed a button to send a very large bottle of Perrier-Jouët champagne down a zipline on the ship's top deck, from the North Star gondola thrill ride into a wall bearing the ship's name.

ANTHEM OF THE SEAS departed from Southampton on her maiden voyage, an eight-night cruise to France and Spain, on 22 April 2015. She has spent her maiden European season cruising from Southampton to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, and the Canary Islands. Beginning in November 2015, she will operate seven- to twelve-night itineraries to the Caribbean and Bahamas from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. In 2016, ANTHEM OF THE SEAS will sail year-round out of New Jersey, sailing to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Canada/New England. ANTHEM OF THE SEAS will become the largest ship ever to cruise Canadian waters. Beginning May of 2020, ANTHEM OF THE SEAS will homeport in Southampton, UK and will return to Cape Liberty in November of 2020.

Facilities
ANTHEM OF THE SEAS has 16 passenger-accessible decks with a total of 2090 passenger cabins. Her facilities include a Wave Loch Flowrider surf simulator, a rock-climbing wall, a skydiving simulator, swimming pools, a solarium, a Spa and Fitness Center, a theater and a casino.

Incidents
On 7 February 2016, the ship was struck by "extreme wind and sea conditions" off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina while sailing south from Bayonne, New Jersey to Port Canaveral, Florida. The ship was caught in 30-foot (9.1 m) waves and a 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) apparent wind. Passengers were advised to stay in their cabins, as the rocking of the ship overturned furniture and caused damage in public areas and cabins, including collapsing part of a suspended ceiling and rendering one of the ship's two azipod propulsion units inoperable. Royal Caribbean reported that only four passengers suffered minor injuries, but many aboard the ship told a different story. One man described the storm as "The scariest, most horrible experience of my life."(he was not a seaman) The ship resumed sailing on the 8 February, returning to port in the New York area to avoid further bad weather that had been forecast. Passengers were refunded their full cruise fare, and received a credit for 50% of their fare toward a future cruise within the next year.
On 30 June 2016, as the ship sailed from Bayonne, New Jersey, 8-year-old Prince Adepoju of Maryland was found unresponsive in the ship's pool. As CPR was performed, the ship returned to port and was met by NYPD and FDNY boats and an NYPD helicopter which eventually flew him to Staten Island University Hospital. After two days in pediatric intensive care, Adepoju died on 2 July 2016. The medical examiner deemed his death to be an accident.
On 4 September 2016, the ANTHEM OF THE SEAS was again confronted with stormy conditions generated from the nearby Hurricane Hermine, which was a post tropical cyclone at the time. The ship experienced gusts of up to 90 mph. Again, passengers were confined to their staterooms to ride out the storm. However, this one caused less damage than the previous incident.
On 1 December 2016, as ANTHEM OF THE SEAS docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two American passengers were found dead. Authorities said the bodies showed no signs of violence and seemingly had died from natural causes.
On 18 February 2017 at approximately 9:55 a.m., a 75-year-old woman experiencing diabetic shock was airlifted by the U.S. Coast Guard from the vessel located approximately 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
On 8 February 2018 at approximately 4:00 p.m., a 71-year-old man, experiencing a medical emergency, was transferred on to a Bermudian pilot boat. It took place about a quarter mile from shore, near the Northern end of the island of Bermuda. The man was then taken to a local hospital for treatment.[citation needed]
On 14 April 2018, a 24-year-old man jumped from the ship around 3:30 p.m. when the ship was 65 miles offshore Chincoteague, Virginia, according to a spokesman for the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard and U.S. Navy searched for signs of the man with the use of a helicopter, airplane and cutter boat until the search was called off the next day at 11:02 a.m. on Saturday, 15 April 2018.
On 28 April 2018, a 71-year-old man, who was suffering from possible kidney failure, was hoisted off the deck of the vessel by an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew out of Air Station Atlantic City.
On the night of 19 December 2018, a 79-year-old man, who was suffering from symptoms of kidney complications, was hoisted off the deck of the vessel 402 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City.
2019 In service.

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