''Silver Whisper'' is a
cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by
Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her
sister ship
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is ; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in
Genoa,
Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratio—the ship's
gross tonnage
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divided by the passenger capacity—at 74, providing more space per passenger than any other cruise ship. The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.
Accommodations
There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from to ; 80% of which feature teak balconies.
Destinations
On 6 January 2020, ''Silver Whisper'', left
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
, to begin a journey that will take one hundred and forty days to visit sixty two port of calls on all
seven continents.
In March 2020, ''Silver Whisper'' was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
''Silversea:'' Silver Whisper– Silversea official site page about the ship
JN: Lisbon 2008 ''Silver Whisper'' Incident
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Cruise ships
Ships built in Genoa
2000 ships
Ships built by T. Mariotti