GTS Celebrity Summit is a Millennium-class cruise ship owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises and as such one of the first cruise ships to be powered by more environmentally friendly gas turbines.[4] Originally named Summit, she was renamed with the "Celebrity" prefix in 2008.[1]
 Celebrity Summit departing Bar Harbor in June 2019.
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Celebrity Cruises |
| Operator | Celebrity Cruises |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder |
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| Cost | US$350 million |
| Yard number | T31 |
| Launched | 9 March 2001 |
| Acquired | October 2001 |
| In service | November 2001 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| Notes | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Millennium-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 294 m (964 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 32.00 m (105 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Decks | 11 (passenger accessible) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 999 |
| Notes | [1][2][3] |
Construction
editShe was built in 2001 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Celebrity Cruises.
Design
editMachinery
editShe is fitted with two General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines and is fitted with two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuthing electric pod propulsion units. These pods proved unreliable early in the ships career, however with upgrades and operational experience they are currently more reliable.[4] She also has three bow thrusters.
Layout
editAs per the practice with the other ships of her class she included a remembrance in one of her restaurants to an historic early liner in the form of several panels and a bronze statue from the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ship Normandie. The statue, which was named La Normandie, had been purchased by Celebrity Cruises from the Miami Beach based Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. The statue has since been removed from the main dining room during the ship's refurbishment in March 2019.
In 2012 she was refitted at a cost of US$16 million which included the creation of extra cabins.[4] This increased her double occupancy to 2,158 passengers[4] and her gross tonnage to 90,940.[5]
Celebrity Summit spent approximately three weeks in dry dock followed by time in the shipyard in March 2019 having all of her existing cabins and suites refurbished as well as the addition of 30 new cabins which will bring her total capacity to 2,218 (double occupancy).[4][6]
Operation
editIn the summer of 2006 Summit arrived in Seward, Alaska with a humpback whale dead on her bow.[7]
On 3 April 2010, passenger Bob Gricius fell overboard and swam for 17 hours to Cayo Lobos, three miles (4.8 km) off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico.[8][9][10]
In March 2017, Celebrity Summit had an unscheduled dry dock because of a propulsion issue. One cruise was canceled and another one was shortened.[11]
Celebrity Summit currently undertakes cruises from Bayonne, New Jersey or San Juan to destinations in Bermuda and the Caribbean. Additionally, other services on the Celebrity Summit start from Vancouver, Canada and has destinations to Seward, Alaska and San Pedro, California. Celebrity Summit has future plans to sail from Miami, Florida to destinations in Mexico and the Bahamas.
See also
edit- Kate McCue, Captain of Celebrity Summit 2015–2018
References
edit- ^ a b c Asklander, Micke (2008). "GTS Summit (2001)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ a b Ward, Douglas (2008). Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. pp. 293–295. ISBN 978-981-268-240-6.
- ^ "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Celebrity Summit". VesselTracker. 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Jordan, Allan E. (November 2018), "Celebrity Summit", Ships Monthly: 50–52
- ^ "Celebrity Summit: Solsticized and ready to go!". Celebrity Cruises. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "Celebrity Cruises to Refurbish Entire Fleet - Cruise Critic". www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Alaska Cruise Ship Docks With Dead Whale". CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. 21 August 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006.
- ^ Correa Cepeda, Carla V. (3 April 2010). "Rescatan náufrago en Fajardo que nadó 19 horas". Primera Hora. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Celebrity Summit". Castles of the Seas. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Cruise and Ferry Passengers and Crew Overboard 1995 - 2019". Cruise Ship Junkie. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Celebrity Summit is Going to Enter an Unexpected Drydock | CruiseBe". CruiseBe. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
Further reading
edit- Cudahy, Brian J (2001). The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America. Centreville, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-529-4.
External links
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