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Independence of the Seas is a Freedom-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.The 15-deck ship was built in the Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland.At 154,407 GT, [4] she joined Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas as the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels when built.
Freedom of the Seas left Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland on 24 April 2006 and started regular sailings out of Miami the next month. The second ship of the class, Liberty of the Seas, sailed on its maiden voyage on 19 May 2007. The third ship of the class, Independence of the Seas, was delivered and started work out of Southampton in ...
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.
Freedom of the Seas is 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) narrower than QM2 at the waterline, 6 metres (19 ft 8 in) shorter, has 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) less draft, is 8.3 metres (27 ft 3 in) less tall and 8 knots (15 km/h) slower. Freedom of the Seas however is the larger ship in terms of gross tonnage.
SS Independence was an American built passenger liner, which entered service in February 1951 for American Export Lines.Originally, she plied a New York-Mediterranean route, specializing in a high-end clientele, sailing one way while her sister ship, SS Constitution, plied the route the opposite.
The world's largest cruise ship, complete with 20 decks and six waterslides, is getting ready to set sail for the first time. Royal Caribbean's "Icon of the Seas" is in Port Miami getting ready ...
MS Monarch (formerly Monarch of the Seas) was the second of three Sovereign-class cruise ships owned by Royal Caribbean International. Beginning on April 1, 2013, Monarch was operated by RCCL's Pullmantur Cruises , before being sold for scrap in 2020 following Pullmantur's closure.
Majesty of the Seas was a Sovereign-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. [1] She was built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards in Saint-Nazaire, France, weighing 73,941 gross tons. She was placed in service on 26 April 1992 offerering 4- and 5-night Caribbean cruises, sailing from Florida.