Celebrity Century
Celebrity Century | |
Career | |
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Name: | Century (1995-2006) Celebrity Century (2006–) |
Owner: | Blue Sapphire Marine |
Operator: | Celebrity Cruises |
Port of registry: | Malta, Valletta |
Builder: | Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany |
Yard number: | 637 |
Completed: | 1995 |
In service: | 1995–present |
Identification: | Call sign: 9HJI9 IMO number: 9072446 MMSI: 249054000 |
Status: | In service |
Notes: | [1][2] |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Century-class cruise ship |
Tonnage: | 71,545 GT 39,002 NT |
Length: | 248 m (814 ft) |
Beam: | 32 m (105 ft) |
Draught: | 7.6 m (25 ft) |
Decks: | 12 |
Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
Capacity: | 1,814 passengers |
Crew: | 843 |
Notes: | [1][2] |
Celebrity Century, formerly Century, is the lead ship of the Century-class of cruise ships for Celebrity Cruises, and the co-flagship of the Celebrity fleet, along with Millennium-class ship Celebrity Constellation, and the newest Solstice-class, Celebrity Solstice. Other ships belonging to the Century-class include Mein Schiff 1 (formerly Celebrity Galaxy) and Mein Schiff 2 (formerly Celebrity Mercury).
Contents
[hide]- 1 History
- 2 In Media
- 3 References
- 4 External links
History
Century was launched in 1995 and went into a 5 week drydock in April 2006 whilst undergoing complete refurbishment. Designed to incorporate a variety of Celebrity's Millennium-class attributes, the revitalization of Century is the line's most extensive refurbishment to-date, and the largest cruise ship modification completed by Fincantieri's Palermo, Italy, shipyard.
A total of 314 new verandas have been added to the ship, along with 14 new suites, ten new staterooms ranging from inside to veranda categories, a new specialty restaurant, an expanded spa, and a series of features and amenities that typify the line's Millennium-class fleet.
The new Murano specialty restaurant in the center of the ship has chandeliers handcrafted of Murano glass, named for the island of Murano near Venice, Italy, where glass-blowing has been a fine art and tradition since the 13th century.
Century has the first "ice bar" concept at sea within its Martini Bar featuring a liquid wall that freezes to form a sparkling crystalline appearance, and a bar counter that freezes into ice-cold stone, while a solid block of ice will display bottles of liquor behind the bar.