EXPLORER OF THE SEAS cruise vessel

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Built as a passenger-cruise vessel under yard No 1345 by Kvaerner Masa Yard, Abo, Finland for Explorer of the Seas Inc, (managed by Royal Caribbean Cruise), Nassau Bahamas.
15 June 1998 laid down
04 November 1999 launched as the EXPLORER OF THE SEAS, four sisters.
Tonnage 137,308 gt, 10,000 dwt, dim. 311.12 x 38.60 x 8.60m, (draught)
Powered diesel electric by six Wärtsilä 12V46C diesels, 75,600 kW, these provide the power to three 14MW Azipod electric propulsion units. The two units on the sides are fully azimuthing, whereas the one at the centreline is a fixed unit. It incorporates an electric AC motor, located inside the propeller pod, which directly drives a fixed-pitch propeller.
There are also four 3MW tunnel thrusters in the bow. The total propulsion power is 42,000kW.
Passenger accommodation for a maximum of 3844 passengers and 1180 crew.
29 September 2000 completed. IMO No 9161728.

EXPLORER OF THE SEAS is a Voyager-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International, completed in 2000. She can accommodate over 3,000 guests, including scientists making use of a built-in atmospheric and oceanographic laboratory operated by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. (The manned lab with its attendant educational and outreach programs for passengers was discontinued in 2007.

History
The EXPLORER OF THE SEAS was completed in 2000 and has a capacity of 3,840 passengers. An automated system for gathering data was installed in 2008. At launch, EXPLORER OF THE SEAS had a tonnage of 137,308 GT, exceeding that of her sister ship VOYAGER OF THE SEAS by 32 GT and making her the world's largest passenger ship. She held that record until being overtaken by NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS in 2002. In early 2015, EXPLORER OF THE SEAS received major upgrades, including the replacement of the inline skating rink with a Flowrider surfing simulator and increasing her tonnage to 138,194 GT. The ship's godmother was American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
In 2019 September, the ship gets its refurbishment with $162 million makeovers, and again in 2020 with $110 million dollar amplification.

Ports of call
In fall 2014, she sailed 5 to 9-day Caribbean cruises out of Port Canaveral, Florida. After dry-dock refurbishment in the spring of 2015, Explorer began to sail Northern Europe, Mediterranean, and Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands itineraries out of Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.
From November 2015 to 23 April 2016 EXPLORER OF THE SEAS was based in Sydney, Australia, for the summer cruise season. A 24-day cruise relocated the ship to Seattle for the summer 2016 season. In 2019 January, the ship brings 4,000 passengers to Wollongong.

Accidents and incidents

Rescue of Tumbleweed
On 16 February 2008, while en route from Bayonne, New Jersey, on a nine-day cruise to the Caribbean the bridge crew heard a faint mayday call over the radio. This turned out to be the crew from Tumbleweed, a 39-foot sailing vessel, which had a planned sail from Baltimore to the Florida Keys. The crew reportedly had a mechanical breakdown of both engine and sails. The vessel drifted for 11 days to the location N32.35 W 72.49–roughly 275 miles southeast of North Carolina. EXPLORER OF THE SEAS located and rescued the three men, who then departed the ship in Puerto Rico on 21 February 2008.

Crew overboard
On 5 May 2010, 26-year-old bartender Satianand Buddaru was caught on surveillance jumping overboard. The ship turned around to rescue him but was unable to locate the bartender.]

NORWEGIAN STAR collision.
On 14 September 2012, EXPLORER OF THE SEAS was moored in Bermuda when heavy winds pushed Norwegian Cruise Line's NORWEGIAN STAR at its stern. Neither ship suffered any significant damage.

Norovirus outbreak
On 24 January 2014, 281 passengers and 22 crew members aboard EXPLORER OF THE SEAS fell ill, reporting symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Due to the number of passengers sick, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a Sanitation Program Officer and an epidemiologist to the ship on Sunday, 26 January 2014, when it was docked in St. Thomas. By 27 January 2014 the number of ill increased to 564 passengers and 47 crew members and a decision was made to end the cruise early. After EXPLORER OF THE SEAS returned to port, 684 of the 4,237 aboard had symptoms of norovirus.

Gastro outbreak
On 16 December 2015, a total of 182 passengers out of the 3566 onboard EXPLORER OF THE SEAS contracted infectious diarrhea. The ship’s operator contacted the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District before arriving in Sydney at 6 am. None of the passengers were taken to the hospital.
On 4 November 2019, the ship was forced to delay her arrival back in Southampton due to the heavy storms battering in the UK to Western Europe.

Coronavirus pandemic
During the coronavirus pandemic, the CDC reported, as early as 2020.04.22, that at least one person who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 had tested positive within 14 days after disembarking.

May 2020 at Bridgetown, Barbados.

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