Silver Explorer in the Arctic in July 2015
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Port of registry | Bahamas |
Builder | Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland |
Yard number | 304 |
Launched | 3 February 1989 |
Completed | June 1989 |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 6,072 GT |
Displacement | 1905 MT |
Length | |
Beam | 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.38 m (14 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
Decks | 7 (5 passenger) |
Ice class | Swedish/Finnish Ice Class 1A (DNV) |
Installed power | Wärtsilä diesel engines (2 × 2250 kW) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Capacity | 144 passengers |
Crew | 118 crew |
Silver Explorer was an expedition ship operated by Silversea Cruises, now owned and operated by Exploris, a French Expedition cruising line under its new name Exploris One. The ship typically hosts cruises to Norway, the South Pacific, and Antarctica. It is the first ship of Silversea involved in expedition cruising.