MARINER OF THE SEAS cruise vessel

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Built as a passenger-cruise vessels under yard No 1348 by Kværner Masa-Yards, Turky, Finland for Mariner of the Seas Inc. (Royal Caribbean International).
03 April 2002 first section laid down.
28 February 2003 launched as the MARINER OF THE SEAS one of the Voyager class cruise vessels.
Tonnage 13,8279 gt, 105,131 nrt, 9,600 dwt. Dim. 311.12 x 38.60 x 8.60m. (draught).
Powered diesel electric by six Wärtsilä 12V46C diesel engines. 75,600 kW. Two ABB Azipods and one Fixipod, four bowthrusters. Speed 22 knots.
Accommodation for 3,114 passengers and 1,185 crew.
31 October 2003 completed. Homeport Nassau, Bahamas. IMO No 9227510.

MARINER OF THE SEAS is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships of Royal Caribbean International and can accommodate 4,252 passengers.
MARINER OF THE SEAS is a second generation Voyager-class vessel. The ship's godmother is American paralympic athlete Jean Driscoll.

Main propulsion
The ship has a diesel-electric powertrain using three Azipod azimuth thrusters. Each propeller is driven by a double wound 3-phase synchronous motor of 14,000 kW with 4-bladed fixed-pitch bronze propellers. The motors are mounted outside the hull directly on the propeller shaft inside the pod. The three propellers are arranged so that the center propeller is a pushing on–azimuthing Fixipod-type and the two wing ones are of pulling-azimuthing–type steering propellers. She has a maximum speed of 24 knots.
Although the ship is equipped with anchors, because of the azipods, bow thrusters and GPS navigation in good weather she is capable of maintaining station without anchoring. Thus, in ports without berthing facilities such as Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the ship does not generally drop anchor, and maintains position automatically.

Cabins
MARINER OF THE SEAS has 1,674 passenger cabins.
Many of the ship's interiors were decorated by muralist Clarissa Parish.

Dry dock
In early 2018, MARINER OF THE SEAS was refurbished, this lasted six weeks and cost $120 million.

Areas of operation
In 2018, MARINER OF THE SEAS operated cruises from Miami, Florida to the Bahamas visiting Nassau and Coco Cay . Prior to sailing to Miami, three repositioning cruises took place. Firstly from Singapore to Dubai, then Dubai to Barcelona via the Suez Canal and the final leg sailed from Barcelona to Miami.

2021 In-service Caribbean cruises.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_of_the_Seas
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