''AIDAperla'' is a cruise ship of
AIDA Cruises
AIDA Cruises is a German cruise line founded in the early 1960s and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2003. Based in Rostock, Germany, AIDA Cruises caters primarily to the German-speaking market; as seag ...
, which was built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was delivered in May 2017 and was formally named in June 2017 by its godmother,
German fashion model
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and
television host
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Lena Gercke.
Design
''AIDAperla'' has overall length of , moulded beam of , and maximum draft of . The vessel has deadweight of 9,200 DWT and gross tonnage of 125,572 GT. The
cruise ship
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has 1,643 cabins and capacity for 3,286 passengers in double occupancy. ''AIDAperla'' has 16 passenger decks (of 18 total decks).
Engineering
The cruise ship ''AIDAperla'' is driven by three Caterpillar 12VM43C diesel units, each with power of 12,670 hp. Additionally the ship has one dual-fuel Caterpillar 12VM46DF with power of 11,650 hp and generator Caterpillar 3516B with power of 2,250 kW. A 10 MWh battery is to be installed in 2020.
The cruise ship operates with service speed of 22.5 kts.
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Ships of AIDA Cruises
2016 ships
Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries