AIDAbella in Kiel, 2022
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History | |
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Italy | |
Name | AIDAbella |
Operator | AIDA Cruises |
Port of registry | Genoa, Italy[3] |
Ordered | 1 August 2005[4] |
Builder | Meyer Werft (Papenburg)[3][7] |
Cost | $390 million[3] |
Yard number | S.666[4] |
Laid down | March 10, 2007[5] |
Launched | October 19, 2007[4] |
Christened | April 23, 2008 in Warnemünde by Eva Padberg[6] |
In service | 2008–present[3] |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sphinx-class[9] cruise ship |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 69,203 GT[8] |
Length | 826.41 ft (251.89 m)[8] |
Beam |
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Draught | 23.95 ft (7.3 m)[8] |
Depth | 31.50 ft (9.6 m)[8] |
Decks | 14 |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | diesel-electric; two shafts |
Speed | |
Capacity | 2,500 passengers[3] |
Crew | 646[3] |
AIDAbella is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to AIDAdiva and AIDAluna. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.[12] The name AIDAbella was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.[13]
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