MS Freedom of the Seas
Freedom of the Seas in Port Canaveral, Florida in 2016, after its 2015 refurbishment
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| Name: | Freedom of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. |
| Operator: | Royal Caribbean International |
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Nassau, Bahamas,  Bahamas
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| Ordered: | September 2003 |
| Builder: | Aker Yards Turku Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost: | US$800 million |
| Yard number: | 55 |
| Laid down: | November 9, 2004 |
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| Maiden voyage: | 4 June 2006 (Caribbean) |
| In service: | 4 June 2006 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Freedom-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 154,407 GT |
| Length: | 1,112 ft (338.94 m) |
| Beam: | 126.64 ft (38.60 m) waterline 184 ft (56.08 m) extreme (bridge wings) |
| Height: | 209 ft (63.70 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft (8.53 m) |
| Decks: | 18 total decks, 15 passenger decks |
| Installed power: | 6 × Wärtsilä 12V46 (6 × 12,600 kW) |
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| Speed: | 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) |
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| Crew: | 1,360 |
MS Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. It is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom class, and can accommodate 3,634 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks. Freedom of the Seas was the largest passenger ship ever built (by gross tonnage) from 2006 until construction of the Royal Caribbean International's Oasis-class ships in late 2009.
Although the ship is registered in Nassau, The Bahamas, it is home ported in Port Canaveral, Florida, United States, after moving from the Port of Miami
The Freedom of the Seas was built at the Aker Yards Turku Shipyard, Finland, which built the ships of the Voyager class as well as the other ships of the Freedom class. Upon its completion, it became the largest passenger ship ever built, taking that honor from Cunard's Queen Mary 2.
Freedom of the Seas is 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) narrower than QM2 at the waterline, 6 metres (20 ft) shorter, has 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) less draft, is 8.3 metres (27 ft) less tall and 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) slower. Freedom however is the larger ship in terms of gross tonnage. While its gross tonnage was estimated to range from 154,000 GT to 160,000 GT, its official rating by Det Norske Veritas, a Norwegian marine classification society, is 154,407 GT, compared with QM2's 148,528 GT.Freedom of the Seas had the highest gross tonnage of any passenger ship yet built, until the 2009 completion of MS Oasis of the Seas and then the 2010 completion of MS Allure of the Seas.
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