AIDAstella

AIDAstella in port of Hamburg on 5 May 2013
History
Name: AIDAstella
Owner: Costa Crociere S.p.A.[1]
Operator: AIDA Cruises
Port of registry: Genoa,  Italy
Builder: Meyer Werft
Yard number: 695[1]
Laid down: 17 December 2008[1]
Launched: 25 January 2013[1]
Christened: 16 March 2013 in Warnemünde by 10 ladies[2]
Completed: 11 March 2013[1]
Maiden voyage: 17 March 2013
In service: 17 March 2013
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class & type: Sphinx-class cruise ship (modified)
Tonnage:
Length: 253.26 m (830.91 ft)
Beam: 32.2 m (105.64 ft)
Draught: 7.3 m (23.95 ft)
Decks: 14
Installed power: 36,000 kW (combined)[3]
Propulsion:

Diesel-electric; two shafts (2 × 12,500 kW)

Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 2,700
Crew: 620

AIDAstella is a Sphinx-class cruise ship, built at Meyer Werft for AIDA Cruises. She is the seventh Sphinx series ship, preceded by sisters AIDAdiva, AIDAbella, AIDAluna, AIDAblu, AIDAsol and AIDAmar. AIDAstella was delivered to the shipping company by Meyer Werft on 11 March 2013.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aidastella (115489)". Register online. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  2. Zehn heiße Patinnen für das neue Traumschiff(German)
  3. AIDAstella. Meyer Werft. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  4. M/S AIDAstella, Fakta om fartyg (Swedish)

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