Norwegian Encore

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 169145

Net Tonnage: -

Displacement: -

Deadweight: 11700

Designer: Meyer Werft (overall); Tillberg, Studio Dado, SMC, we are light (interiors); Reimo (go kart track); Eduardo Arranz-Bravo (hull art)

Classification: DNV-GL

Length: 333.45m / 1094.00ft oa

Breadth: 41.40m / 135.83ft mld

Draught: 9.00m / 29.53ft load

Air draught: -

Depth: 11.60m / 38.06ft mld

Decks: 20 (16 passenger)

Complement: 5729 (3998 pax dbl occ, 1731 crew); 7003 (4903 pax max occ, 2100 crew)

Cabins: 1999

Yard Data

Meyer Werft GmbH S.708

Timeline

July 2014

Seahawk Two Ltd. and Meyer Werft GmbH signed the contract for the construction of S.708, the last Breakaway-Plus class cruise ship.

31 January 2018

Steel cutting ceremony for S.708.  She was slightly larger than Norwegian Joy and Norwegian Bliss, but with the same basic design.  She more closely resembled Norwegian Bliss, with the larger observation lounge forward.

27 November 2018

The first block of S.708 was laid down in the building dock in Hall 2 at Meyer Werft.

17 August 2019

Norwegian Encore is floated out of Hall 2 at Meyer Werft, stern first.

30 September-1 October 2019

Conveyance of Norwegian Encore down the Ems from Papenburg, Germany, to Eemshaven, The Netherlands.

October 2019

Norwegian Encore sails on her sea trials in the North Sea.

31 October 2019

Norwegian Cruise Line, through their subsidiary Seahawk Two Ltd., takes delivery of Norwegian Encore.

2-11 November 2019

Norwegian Encore sails on her maiden voyage, a westbound transatlantic crossing from Southampton, England, to New York City.

21 November 2019

Norwegian Encore is named by American singer and TV show host Kelly Clarkson.