MV AIDAbella

AIDAbella – © Willem Oldenburg

Steel twin screw ‘Sphinx’ class motor vessel built in 2008 by Meyer Werft GmbH, Papenburg, Germany (Yard No. S.666) as a Passenger (Cruise) ship for AIDA Cruises

Technical Data

• Original Cost: $390 million
• Length: 252.00m (overall), m (between perpendiculars)
• Breadth of hull: 32.19m
• Depth: 9.30m (moulded)
• Draught: 7.50m
• Tonnage: 69,203 gross/ net/8765t deadweight
• Engines: Four MAK M43C diesels
• Power/Propellers: 36,000kW/ hp
• Speed: 19.5 knots
• Capacity: 2,030 passengers
• Crew: 646
• Passenger Decks: 14
• Call Sign: ICGS
• IMO Number: 9362542
• MMSI Number: 247229700
• Germanischer Lloyd Register Number: 112323
• Registry: Genoa/Italy 🇮🇹
• Sister Ships: AIDAdiva (S659), AIDAluna (S660), AIDAblu (S680), AIDAmar (S690), AIDAsol (S689), AIDAstella (S695

History

March 10th 2007: Keel laid.

October 19th 2007: Launched.

March 27th 2008: Towed from Papenburg to Emden.

April 14th 2008: Delivered to Societa Di Crociere Mercurio S.r.L. Italy (Management Aida Cruises, Rostock, Germany).

April 23rd 2008: Christened in Warnemünde.

AIDAbella – © Jens Boldt

AIDAbella – © Nigel Scutt (Dover Strait Shipping)

AIDAbella – © Pieter Inpyn (Akureyri, Iceland 29/05/2022)

August 11th 2022: Arrived at Dover.

AIDAbella – © Dover Strait Shipping (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, Dover Strait Shipping, Pieter Inpyn, Willem Oldenburg and Meyer Werft for their assistance in producing this feature.

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