MS Allure of the Seas
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| Name: | Allure of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Operator: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: |
Nassau,  Bahamas
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| Ordered: | 31 March 2007 |
| Builder: | STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost: | US$1.2 billion (2006) |
| Yard number: | 1364 |
| Laid down: | 2 December 2008 |
| Launched: | 20 November 2009 |
| Christened: | 28 November 2010 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1 December 2010 |
| Homeport: | Port Everglades |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Oasis-class cruise ship |
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| Displacement: | Approximately 100,000 tons |
| Length: | 362 m (1,187 ft) |
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| Height: | 72 m (236 ft) above water line |
| Draught: | 9.322 m (30.6 ft) |
| Depth: | 22.5 m (74 ft) |
| Decks: | 16 passenger decks |
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| Speed: | 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph) |
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| Crew: | 2,384 as of July 2012[update] |
| Notes: | 50 mm (2.0 in) longer than Oasis |
MS Allure of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. As of April 2016[update] the Oasis class were the largest passenger ships ever in service, and Allure is 50 millimetres (2.0 in) longer than her sister ship Oasis of the Seas, though both were built to the same specifications. Designed under the name "Project Genesis", she was ordered from Aker Finnyards in February 2006 and her construction began at the Perno shipyard, Turku, Finland, in February 2008. She was named in May 2008 after a contest was held to name her and her sister. The keel of Allure of the Seas was laid on 2 December 2008, shortly after the shipyard had been acquired by STX Europe.
Upon her launch in November 2009, she became the world's largest passenger ship, taking the place of Oasis of the Seas. She was eclipsed by her sister ship, Harmony of the Seas, upon its launch in June 2016.Harmony has an overall length of 362.12 metres (1,188.1 ft).
The keel of Allure of the Seas was laid on 2 December 2008 at the STX Europe shipyards in Turku, Finland, during a ceremony involving Royal Caribbean and STX representatives. She was launched on 20 November 2009, and outfitting continued through her departure from the yards. She left the Turku shipyard on 29 October 2010 at 05:45 UTC, heading directly to her future home port of Port Everglades, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The ship is equipped with telescoping funnels to pass under bridges such as the Storebælt Bridge, which she passed on 30 October 2010. While media has reported that there was only 30 centimetres (12 in) of clearance, the truth is that at the mean water level it was closer to 2–3 metres (6.6–9.8 ft) and the much-advertised squat effect, whereby vessels traveling at speed in a shallow channel will be drawn deeper into the water, did not have significant effect on the draft of the vessel.
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