Norwegian Escape

Norwegian Escape

Norwegian Escape in Bremerhaven, 2015
History
Bahamas
Name	Norwegian Escape
Owner	Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Operator	Norwegian Cruise Line
Port of registry	Nassau,  Bahamas
Ordered	18 October 2012
Builder	Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany
Cost	€700 million
Yard number	S693
Laid down	19 September 2014
Launched	15 August 2015
Sponsored by	Pitbull
Christened	9 November 2015
Acquired	22 October 2015
Maiden voyage	2015
In service	2015–present
Identification	Call sign: C6BR3 IMO number: 9677076 MMSI number: 311000341 DNV ID: 33199
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Breakaway Plus-class cruise ship
Tonnage	164,998 GT[1]
Length	1,069 feet (325.9 m)[2]
Beam	136 feet (41.4 m) (waterline)[2] 153 feet (46.5 m) (max)[2]
Height	153 ft
Draft	28.29 feet (8.622 m)[2]
Decks	20
Installed power	2 × MAN 14V48/60CR (2 × 16,800 kW) 3 × MAN 12V48/60CR (3 × 14,400 kW) 1 × Cat 3516C DH (1 × 2,500 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric: 2 × ABB Azipod XO units (2 × 20 MW)[3] 3 × Brunvoll AS FU 115 LTC3000 thrusters (3 × 3.5 MW)[2]
Speed	23 kn
Capacity	4,266[4]
Crew	1,733[2]

Norwegian Escape is a Breakaway Plus-class cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. She was the fleet's first Breakaway Plus-class ship to be delivered and was designed with larger dimensions and gross tonnage than her older sister ships, Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway, at 164,998 GT.

After NCL ordered the ship with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in October 2012 at an estimated cost of €700 million, her keel was laid in September 2014 and she was floated out from the building dock in August 2015. She was subsequently delivered in October 2015 and was officially christened by Pitbull in Miami on 9 November 2015. Since her debut, she has homeported in Miami, New York City, and Orlando, operating itineraries to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Maritimes.