MS Quantum of the Seas

History
Quantum of the Seas on the Elbe River near Wedel in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Name:	Quantum of the Seas
Owner:	Royal Caribbean International
Operator:	Royal Caribbean International
Port of registry:	Nassau, Bahamas
Ordered:	February 11, 2011
Builder:	Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
Cost:	US$935 million
Yard number:	S. 697
Laid down:	August 2, 2013
Launched:	August 9, 2014 (float-out)
Christened:	October 30th, 2014
Completed:	October 28, 2014
Maiden voyage:	November 2, 2014
In service:	October 31, 2014
Identification:	Call sign: C6BH8 IMO number: 9549463 MMSI number: 311000267
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Quantum-class cruise ship
Tonnage:	168,666 GT
Length:	347.08 m (1,139 ft)
Beam:	49.47 m (162 ft) (max) 41.4 m (136 ft) (waterline)
Draught:	8.8 m (29 ft)
Decks:	18 (16 passenger-accessible)
Installed power:	2 × Wärtsilä 12V46F (2 × 14,400 kW) 2 × Wärtsilä 16V46F (2 × 19,200 kW) 2 × Cat 3516C HD (2 × 2,500 kW)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric 2 × ABB Azipod XO thrusters (2 × 20.5 MW) 4 × 3,500 kW (4,694 hp) Brunvoll FU115 bow thrusters
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity:	4,180 passengers (double occupancy) 4,905 passengers (maximum occupancy)

MS Quantum of the Seas is a cruise ship for Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and the lead ship of the Quantum class of cruise ships. The Quantum class surpasses RCI's 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.Quantum of the Seas was delivered to RCI on October 28, 2014 and is sailing from Shanghai, China.

On February 11, 2011, RCI announced that it had ordered the first of a new class of ships from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, 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, steel cutting for the first ship began with a silhouette of the ship being cut by the lasers. The same day, RCI 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. Details on the major features of Quantum of the Seas were announced on April 16, 2013.

Quantum of the Seas spent its inaugural 2014–2015 season sailing from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, before repositioning to China in May 2015. Beginning late June 2015, the ship began to sail three- to eight-night itineraries year-round from Shanghai to Japan and Korea. On June 20, 2015, the ship visited Hong Kong.

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