MS Anthem of the Seas
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| Name: | Anthem of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Operator: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: |
Nassau,  Bahamas
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| Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Cost: | US$940 Million (2015) |
| Laid down: | November 20, 2013 |
| Launched: | February 20, 2015 |
| Sponsored by: | Emma Wilby |
| Christened: | April 20, 2015 |
| Acquired: | April 10, 2015 |
| Maiden voyage: | April 22, 2015 |
| In service: | April 20, 2015 |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Quantum-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 168,666 GT |
| Length: | 348 m (1,142 ft) |
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| Draught: | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
| Decks: | 18 (16 passenger-accessible) |
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| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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MS Anthem of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International (RCI). She is the second ship of the Quantum class, which surpasses the earlier Freedom-class ships by over 14,000 GT, becoming the second largest class of passenger ships behind RCI's Oasis class ships on a gross tonnage basis.
Anthem of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean on April 10, 2015, and christened on April 20, 2015.
On February 11, 2011, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered a new class of ships from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, the first of which was scheduled to be delivered by Fall 2014. At the time, the project was code-named "Project Sunshine". Later that year, two 20.5-megawatt ABB Azipod XO propulsion units were ordered for that ship.
On February 29, 2012 the company announced that a second "Project Sunshine" ship had been ordered and would be delivered by Spring 2015, and ordered identical Azipod propulsion units shortly thereafter. Just under a year later, on January 31, 2013, Royal Caribbean announced the official name of the new class of ships, Quantum Class, as well as the names of the first two ships in the class, Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas.
Anthem of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean on April 10, 2015. She arrived at her first homeport, Southampton, England, on April 15, 2015, to prepare for her maiden European summer season. At a ceremony held in Southampton on April 20, 2015, she was christened by Emma Wilby, a British travel agent chosen after a search for a travel agent who could sing, and also because she exemplified "grace, beauty, a social conscious (sic) and a sense of adventure." In addition to being a travel agent, Ms Wilby is a military wife who sings in the Military Wives Choir in Kinloss, Scotland.
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