Norwegian Epic
Norwegian Epic passes Calshot Spit ( Solent )
IMO no. 9410569
The Norwegian Epic (English: "Norwegian Epic ") is a cruise ship in the U.S. Norwegian Cruise Line. The construction of the ship of the type "F3 " class at the French shipyard STX France Cruise SA (formerly Chantiers de l' Atlantique) was overshadowed by disputes between the parties and a number of other problems.
The Norwegian Epic was measured with 155 873 GT and was at the time of entry into the largest ship of the company. It is 329 meters long, 40 meters wide and has a draft of 8.7 meters. On 19 decks can 4,228 passengers (for 2 pers. / Unit) and 1,730 crew members are accommodated. The ship has a diesel-electric propulsion and can reach a speed of 22 knots.
History
Construction and commissioning
On 9 September 2006, the U.S. company Norwegian Cruise Line and the French shipyard STX France Cruise SA signed (formerly Chantiers de l' Atlantique) the contract for the construction of two 150,000 - gt cruise ships of the new "F3" class with the option to buy new construction. The keel of the hull number C33 took place on April 24, 2008. At the ceremony, along with representatives from the shipping company and shipyard also representatives of the shareholders Star Cruises and Apollo Management were present.
Mid-September 2008 confirmed STX France Cruise SA that it had come to a dispute with the management of NCL and its shareholders because of the cost of building the ships, which had then pulled even termination of the contract into account. The ship was completed at this time to about 25 %. Finally, the shipping company in late 2008, announced officially without explanation announced that they would not perceive the option on the other new buildings of the "F3 " class.
On 28 January 2009, the shipping company published a press release the name of the new building and confirmed the commissioning in May 2010. Having assembled the last building block the completion of the hull was completed on April 9. The Bugsegment called "Block 642 " had a weight of 445 tons, was 26 meters long, 33 meters wide and 9 meters high. Designed by the NCL marketing department hull painting was completed a month later. With the assembly of the two adjacent chimneys of the shell was largely completed by early June. Each chimney weighs 45 tons, is 20 meters long, 14 meters high and is rising next to the exhaust piping or components of heating, ventilation and air conditioning on.
On 11 July 2009, the Norwegian Epic was docked in the presence of representatives of the shipyard and shipping company and relocated with the help of six tugs at the outfitting quay. Beginning of February 2010 found the first test drives take place on the Atlantic Ocean. In the following weeks, there were several incidents. This resulted in a greater damage during sea trials in mid-April 2010 Main motor 2. Beginning of May 2010 broke the back part of the deck 4 from a fire that damaged the parts of the electrical installation. A few days later, it burned again on the upper decks. In early June he came to another fire in the area of air conditioning. The losses remained low, the investigating police suspected arson.
On 13 June 2010, the shipyard trials were completed and the Norwegian Epic was handed over in the evening of June 17, 2010 Norwegian Cruise Line. Without further ceremony the ship left the shipyard and was first converted to Rotterdam. On the way to Southampton, where the first passengers should go for the Atlantic crossing aboard, there were problems with one of the two propeller shafts, which had several hours of delay result. On 23 June 2010, the Norwegian Epic departed for New York, where she arrived on July 2, and was baptized by country singer Reba McEntire.
Use
The Norwegian Epic is designed for use in the traditional cruise areas in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.
Gallery
The aqua park water slide
Close-up of a water slide