Cruise Ship Facts: Oasis of the Seas

Name: Oasis of the Seas

Owner: Royal Caribbean International

Operator: Royal Caribbean International

Port of registry: Nassau, The Bahamas

Ordered: February 2006

Builder: STX Europe shipyards in Turku, Finland

Cost: US$1.4 billion (2006)

Laid down: 12 November 2007

Launched: 22 November 2008 float-out

Completed: 28 October 2009

Christened: 30 November 2009

Maiden voyage: 5 December 2009

Identification: IMO number: 9383936

Status: in active service

General characteristics

Class and type: Oasis class cruise ship

Tonnage: 225,282 GT

Length: 361.8 m (1,187 ft) overall

Beam: 47 m (154 ft)

Height: 72 m (236 ft) above water line

Draught: 9.3 m (31 ft)

Depth: 22.55 m (74 ft)

Decks: 16 passenger decks

Installed power: 3 × Wärtsilä 12V46D engines (13,860 kW/18,590 hp each)

3 × Wärtsilä 16V46D engines (18,480 kW/24,780 hp each)

Propulsion: 3 × 20 MW ABB Azipod, all azimuthing

4 × 5.5 MW Wärtsilä CT3500 bow thrusters

Speed: 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph)

Capacity: 5,400 passengers at double occupancy; 6,296 maximum

Crew: 2,165