 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 |
| Christened | June 18, 2001 [1] by Marzia Lefebvre D'Ovidio |
| In service | 2001-present |
| Refit | 2018 [2] |
| Identification |
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| 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 |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 8R46 (2 × 7,850 kW ) |
| Propulsion | Two Wärtsilä 8R46 engines; two controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Capacity | 388 passengers |
| Crew | 302 |
Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. [3] The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is 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.
