COURTESY: JOINT PRESS RELEASE HELSINKI SHIPYARD – SWAN HELLENIC: Jan. 26, 2023 – Newest and largest ship in iconic cruise pioneer’s new fleet set for extraordinary Spring explorations of the Med
Helsinki, Thursday the twenty sixth of January 2023: Swan Hellenic immediately introduced that SH Diana, the most recent and largest ship in its ultramodern 5-star fleet, was floated out of dry dock at Helsinki Shipyard this Monday 23rd January.
SH Diana’s becoming out is now already beneath method, leaving her comfortably on schedule for her maiden cruise, “Mysteries of Carthage and the Moors”, which might be leaving Palermo in Italy for Lisbon in Portugal on 15 April. Diana will then make her method up the West Atlantic seaboard of Europe for explorations of the Arctic.
Andrea Zito, CEO of Swan Hellenic Limited, stated: “We are delighted with the construction progress and quality of SH Diana, a Polar Class PC6 vessel with state-of-the-art ship technology and sustainability that will enter service as planned in April. We look forward to welcoming our guests aboard her to experience our cultural expedition cruises with the first-time option of choosing between shore exploration by tender boat as well as expedition zodiac.”
Kim Salmi, CEO of Helsinki Shipyard, “With exemplary co-operation between our personnel, owners representatives and our multiple contractors and suppliers, SH Diana has reached maturity for this milestone and was floated out. Works will now continue with intense commissioning phase, preparing her for passengers in April.”
SH DIANA Fact Sheet
Construction
| Exterior design: | McFarlane ShipDesign |
| Interior Design: | Tillberg Design of Sweden |
| Builder: | Helsinki Shipyard OY |
| Year of construct: | December 2022 |
Review
| Class: | Polar ice-class expedition ship (PC6) |
| Classification: | Lloyds Register |
| Registered: | PANAMA |
Accommodation
| Capacity: | 192 visitors and 141 employees |
| Guest staterooms & suites: | 96 together with 11 suites (80% with giant panoramic balconies) |
| Crew staterooms: | 73 |
Dimensions
| Decks: | 9 |
| Length: | 125 m |
| Beam: | 23 m |
| Max Draft: | 5.45 m |
| Gross tonnage: | 12,100 GRT |
Engines
| Engine Type: | Hybrid Diesel Electric – 4x Medium velocity |
| Propulsion: | 4.6 MW |
| Generators: | 690V/1760 kV |
| Cruising velocity: | 14.5 knots |
| Maximum velocity: | 15.5 knots |
Expedition Equipment
| Expedition workforce: | 12 |
| Zodiacs: | 15 (11 Mk 5 and 4 Mk 6) |
| Tender Boats: | 2 (48 visitors every) |
| Kayaks: | 8 |
Safety
| Notations: | Polar Class PC6, Safe return to port (SRtP) |
| Endurance: | 40 days / 8000 nautical miles |
| Lifeboats: | 2 absolutely enclosed |
About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly proceed the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the corporate pioneered within the Nineteen Fifties. Building on its British roots, the brand new firm has a world cultural cruising outlook devoted to offering visitors with the chance to see what others don’t.
Swan Hellenic’s purpose-built ships characteristic elegant Scandi-design interiors, intensive outside areas and devoted expedition amenities. SH Minerva and SH Vega, two new 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ships with ice-strengthened hulls, launched in December 2021 and July 2022 respectively, every accommodate 152 visitors in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the bulk with giant balconies. A barely bigger PC 6 ice-class vessel, SH Diana, accommodating 192 visitors in the identical distinctive consolation and elegance in 96 staterooms and suites, might be arriving in early 2023.
All three ships characteristic 3 eating venues – the Swan Restaurant, Club Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are being in-built full compliance with SOLAS Safe Return to Port necessities. Dedicated to visitors with a ardour for journey and cultural exploration, the corporate’s meticulously deliberate itineraries discover the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and distinctive cultures of the world’s much less travelled areas.
The crews every embrace a workforce of 12 seasoned expedition guides, knowledgeable audio system and lecturers, for a complete complement of 120 and 140 individuals respectively, providing excellent staff-to-guest ratios to ship the very best requirements of attentive private service.
Headquartered in Cyprus with places of work in London, Dusseldorf, Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving GreaterChina and South-East Asia), Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand) and Copenhagen (serving Scandinavia and Iceland), in addition to partnerships serving India and Japan, Swan Hellenic helps the journey commerce with native specialist companions to supply clients with knowledgeable private service worldwide.
About Helsinki Shipyard:
Helsinki Shipyard Oy is situated within the capital of Finland and makes a speciality of shipbuilding expertise and constructing of particular vessels for demanding circumstances and routes. The shipyard has an extended custom and unmatched experience in designing and constructing of icebreakers and different excessive ice-class vessels for operations in chilly surroundings. In addition to the arctic know-how, our specialization covers additionally passenger ferries and cruise ships.
The shipyard operations date again 155 years to when Helsingfors Skeppsdocka was licensed to open a shipyard in Hietalahti on the 4th of March 1865. The shipyard is famend as a pioneer in Finnish shipbuilding, a considerable employer and a part of the historical past and panorama of the City of Helsinki.
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