Silver Whisper

Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010.
History
Name:	Silver Whisper
Operator:	Silversea Cruises
Port of registry:	Nassau,  Bahamas
Builder:	Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy
Launched:	2 February 2000
In service:	2001
Identification:	Call sign: C6FN7 IMO number: 9192179 MMSI number: 308322000
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
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity:	382 passengers
Crew:	295

Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2000, and is operated by Silversea Cruises.^[1] The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is the 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.

Accommodations

There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from 287 square feet (26.7 m²) to 1,435 square feet (133.3 m²); 80% of which feature teak balconies.

References

Notes

1. Plowman 2004, p. 278.

Bibliography

• Plowman, Peter (2004). The SITMAR Liners: Past and Present. Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 273–282. ISBN 1877058254.

External links

• Silversea: Silver Whisper – Silversea official site page about the ship
• JN: Lisbon 2008 Silver Whisper Incident
• "Silversea's Silver Whisper cross-Atlantic cruise: Sailing the Titanic's route in reverse" – review by John Coleman on traveller.com.au (Fairfax Media) of a cruise on Silver Shadow