Norwegian Dawn

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 92250

Net Tonnage: 61406

Displacement: -

Deadweight: 7500 load

Designer: Meyer Werft (overall); SMC Design (hull art)

Classification: DNV-GL + 1A1 BIS, ECO

Length: 294.13m / 964.99ft oa; 264.80m / 868.77ft pp

Breadth: 38.10m / 125.00ft ext; 32.20m / 105.64ft mld

Draught: 8.63m / 28.31ft load; 8.20m / 26.90ft design

Air draught: -

Depth: 11.50m / 37.73ft mld

Decks: 15 (11 passenger)

Complement: 3542 (2224 pax dbl occ, 1318 crew); 5354 (4036 pax max occ, 1318 crew)

Cabins: 1112

Yard Data

Meyer Werft GmbH S.649

Timeline

9 March 1998

Norwegian Dawn Ltd. and Meyer Werft GmbH sign a contract for the construction of the second Libra-class Panamax cruise ship, yard number S.649.

29 June 1998

Steel cutting ceremony for S.649.

1 June 2002

Norwegian Dawn is floated out of the construction hall at Meyer Werft.  She was the first ship laid down in the new, larger building hall at the German yard.

3 December 2002

Meyer Werft GmbH delivered Norwegian Dawn to Norwegian Dawn Ltd., a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line.  The ship was valued at $450,000,000 at the time of her completion.

7 December 2002

Norwegian Dawn departed on her inaugural cruise.

16 December 2002

Kim Cattrall named Norwegian Dawn in an official ceremony.