Viking Serenade (conversion)
Ship type
Cruise
Ship owner
Royal Caribbean International (RCI)
Shipyard
South West Marine Shipyard
Project type
Conversion/Retrofit
Ship status
Delivered
Design scope
Concept,
Basic,
Detail
Delivery year
1991
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Commission for the Ship Owner
- Complete conversion project design for the owner, including general arrangement, lightweight calculations, stability calculations, hull form, speed and power estimation, and feasibility studies
- Yard evaluation for the owner
Commission for the Shipyard
- Engineering package, including naval architectural calculations, classification drawings, and other basic design aspects, as well as detail engineering of hull, outfitting, machinery, HVAC, and electrical systems
- Management and supervision package, including production assistance and supervision at the yard, responsibility for late design modifications, and coordination with classification society and USCG meetings and approvals
- Troubleshooting site team responsibilities, including weight supervision and special weight surveys, coordination and supervision of the ventilation supplier, oversight of the production organization, control of progress of the supplier’s design, and supervision of the inclining experiment
Project Features
- Conversion from a RoPax ferry to a cruise vessel
- Possibility for the owner to select a new yard from the market
- The first major passenger cruise vessel project in the US in twenty years
- The project leveraged the yard's existing expertise and infrastructure to successfully execute a new type of conversion
Main dimensions
- Dwt 4 294
- GT 40 171
- Capacity 40,200 gt
- LoA 185,26
- Beam 27
- Draught 6,851
Additional Information
- IMO Number 8002597
- Special features Conversion of ‘Stardancer’ into ‘Viking Serenade’