Silver Whisper

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title: "Silver Whisper" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cruise-ships", "ships-built-in-genoa", "2000-ships", "ships-built-by-t.-mariotti"] description: "Cruise ship" topic_path: "general/cruise-ships" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Whisper" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Cruise ship ::

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Field	Value
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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Silver Whisper at Syndey - IMO 9192179 (4291633716).jpg
image_caption	Silver Whisper docked in Sydney Harbour, 2010.
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	Silver Whisper
operator	Silversea Cruises
registry	Nassau, Bahamas
builder	Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy
launched	2 February 2000
christened	June 18, 2001 by Marzia Lefebvre D'Ovidio
status	In Service
in_service	2001-present
refit	2018
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Cruise ship
tonnage
length	610 ft
beam	81.8 ft
draft	19.6 ft
decks	10
power	2×Wärtsilä 8R46 (2×7,850 kW)
propulsion	Two Wärtsilä 8R46 engines; two controllable pitch propellers
speed	21 kn
capacity	388 passengers
crew	302
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• Call sign: C6FN7

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Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is ; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratio—the ship's gross tonnage divided by the passenger capacity—at 74, providing more space per passenger than many other cruise ships. [The reduction in passengers to 740 on Crystal Serenity and to 606 on Crystal Symphony makes those ships higher at 93 an 84, respectively.] The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.

Accommodations

There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from 287 sqft to 1435 sqft; 80% of which feature teak balconies.

Destinations

On 6 January 2020, Silver Whisper, left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to begin a journey that will take one hundred and forty days to visit sixty two port of calls on all seven continents. In March 2020, Silver Whisper was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.

References

Notes

References

1. (June 18, 2001). "Silver Whisper Is Christened In Genoa, Italy". Marine Link.
2. (Sep 25, 2017). "Silversea Announces Refurbishment for Silver Whisper, Silver Wind". Travel Agent Central.
3. {{Plowman-Sitmar
4. (12 March 2018). "Silversea Launches Seven Continent World Cruise".
5. Rizzo, Cailey. (10 January 2020). "The First Cruise Ship to Touch All Seven Continents Just Set Sail". [[Travel + Leisure]].

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