Liberty of the Seas
Liberty of the Seas docked in Belize City on October 27, 2016 | |
| History | |
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| Bahamas | |
| Name | Liberty of the Seas |
| Owner | Royal Caribbean Group |
| Operator | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Route | Caribbean Homeport: Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Builder | Aker Yards Turku Shipyard, Finland |
| Cost | US$800 million |
| Christened | May 18, 2007 by Donnalea Madeley |
| Maiden voyage | May 19, 2007 |
| In service | 2007–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Freedom-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 155,889 GT |
| Length | 338.92 m (1,111.94 ft) |
| Beam |
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| Height | 63.70 m (209 ft) |
| Draught | 9.026 m (29.61 ft) |
| Decks | 18 total decks, 15 passenger decks |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 1,300 (average) |
| Notes | |
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Liberty of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean International Freedom-class cruise ship which entered regular service in May 2007. It was initially announced that she would be called Endeavour of the Seas; however, this name was later changed. The 15-deck ship accommodates 3,634 passengers served by 1,360 crew. She was built in 18 months at the Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland, where her sister ship, Freedom of the Seas, was also built. Initially built at 154,407 gross tonnage (GT), she joined her sister ship, Freedom of the Seas, as the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels then ever built. She is 1,111.9 ft (338.91 m) long, 184 ft (56.08 m) wide, and cruises at 21.6 knots (40 km/h).
Liberty of the Seas is the second of the Freedom-class vessels. A third ship, Independence of the Seas, was delivered in April 2008. In 2009, the first in a new Oasis class of ships measuring 220,000 gross tons displaced the Freedom class as the world's largest passenger ships.