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MV Celebrity Silhouette – Past and Present

IMO Number: 9451094

MV Celebrity Silhouette

© Robbie Cox

Celebrity Silhouette © Robbie Cox

Steel twin Azipod ‘Solstice Class’ motor vessel built in 2011 by Meyer Werft GmbH & Co. KG, Papenburg, Germany (Yard No 679) as a Passenger (Cruise) Ship for Celebrity Cruises

Technical Data

  • Length: 315m (overall) 293,7m (between perpendiculars)
  • Breadth: 36.9m
  • Depth: 11.3m
  • Draught: 8.3m
  • Tonnage: 122,210 gross/88,427 net/9,500 deadweight
  • Engines: 2 × MAN 14V48/60CR 16,800 kW (22,500 hp) and 2 × MAN 12V48/60CR 14,400 kW (19,300 hp)
  • Propulsion: 2 × ABB XO Azipods 17,500 kW (23,500 hp)
  • Power: Combined Engine Output: 62,400kW – Propulsive Power: 35,000kW
  • Passenger Decks: 14
  • Speed:  24 knots (cruise speed)
  • Capacity: 2,886 passengers
  • Crew: 1,210
  • Call Sign: 9HA2583
  • MMSI Number: 248939000
  • IMO Number: 9451094
  • DNV GL ID: 28392
  • Port of Registry: Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹 
  • Sister-Ship: Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Reflection


Current AIS Location


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History

May 18th 2007: Contract date.

January 29th 2010: Keel laid.

May 29th 2011: Towed out of her building dock.

June 30th 2011: Arrived at the Emden yard.

July 18th 2011 : Delivered to Celebrity Silhouette Inc (Management; Celebrity Cruises Inc), Valletta, Malta at a cost of $641 million.

July 21st 2011: Naming ceremony in Hamburg.

© Jens Boldt  © Jens Boldt

Celebrity Silhouette © Jens Boldt

July 23rd 2011: Maiden voyage to Barcelona via Civitavecchia/Rome.

© Carsten Dettmer  © Robbie Cox

Celebrity Silhouette © Carsten Dettmer (left) and © Robbie Cox (right)

July 2011: Introduced into Mediterranean cruises, with winter cruising in the Caribbean.

© Jörn Prestien  © Jörn Prestien

Celebrity Silhouette © Jörn Prestien

© Dennis Mortimer  © Dennis Mortimer

Celebrity Silhouette © Dennis Mortimer

June 10th 2015: Maiden Call at the Port of Dover.

© Nigel Scutt  © Nigel Scutt

© Nigel Scutt  © Nigel Scutt

© Nigel Scutt

Celebrity Silhouette – Maiden arrival and departure at Dover 10/06/15 © Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping)

April 28th 2018: Arrived in Southampton, replacing sister ship Celebrity Eclipse for the 2018 UK cruise season. The Celebrity Silhouette is offering a mix of seven- to 14-night Norwegian fjords, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean, Canaries & Azores, and Iceland and Ireland sailings until October.

June 4th 2021: Arrived in Dover.

July 24th 2021: Due at Dover.

September 5th 2021 (07.00 hrs LT): Due at Dover


All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Jens Boldt, Carsten Dettmer, Jörn Prestien, Robbie Cox, Dennis Mortimer, Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping) and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

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