Silver Whisper
Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010. | |
| History | |
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| Name | Silver Whisper |
| Operator | Silversea Cruises |
| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder | Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy |
| Launched | 2 February 2000 |
| Christened | June 18, 2001 by Marzia Lefebvre D'Ovidio |
| In service | 2001-present |
| Refit | 2018 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 28,258 GT |
| Length | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Beam | 81.8 ft (24.9 m) |
| Draft | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 8R46 (2 × 7,850 kW ) |
| Propulsion | Two Wärtsilä 8R46 engines; two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 388 passengers |
| Crew | 302 |
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Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is Silver Shadow; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratio—the ship's gross tonnage divided by the passenger capacity—at 74, providing more space per passenger than any other cruise ship. The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.