{{Short description|Cruise ship}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = AIDAbella IMO 9362542 P Kiel 24-07-2022 (1).jpg | image_caption = ''AIDAbella'' in Kiel, 2022 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = ''AIDAbella'' | country = Italy | flag = {{shipboxflag|Italy|civil}} | owner = | operator = AIDA Cruises | registry = Genoa, Italy<ref name="Ward">{{cite book |title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2009 |edition=18th |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-268-564-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00doug }}</ref> | route = | ordered = 1 August 2005<ref name="XVAS">{{cite web |url=http://www.xvas.it/SPECIAL/VTship.php?imo=9362542&mode=CK |title= Data from XVAS |accessdate=7 July 2009|work=Vessel Assessment System|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329121656/http://www.xvas.it/SPECIAL/VTship.php?imo=9362542&mode=CK|archivedate=29 March 2009}}</ref> | builder = Meyer Werft (Papenburg)<ref name="Ward"/><ref name="parade">{{cite web |url=http://www.shipparade.com/az/AIDAbella/AIDAbella.htm |title= AIDAbella |accessdate=2009-07-07 |work=ShipParade}}</ref> | original_cost = $390 million<ref name="Ward"/> | yard_number = S.666<ref name="XVAS"/> | way_number = | laid_down = March 10, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1383 |title=Meyerwerft Website |access-date=2010-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728114706/http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1383 |archive-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | launched = October 19, 2007<ref name="XVAS"/> | completed = | christened = April 23, 2008 <small>in Warnemünde by Eva Padberg</small><ref>{{cite web |title=AIDAbella Christened in Germany |url=http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=2542 |date=2008-04-25 |work=Cruise Critic |accessdate=2009-07-07}}</ref> | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 2008–present<ref name="Ward"/> | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9362542}}<ref name="equasis">{{csr|register=E|id=9362542|shipname=AIDAbella|accessdate=2013-05-20}}</ref> *Call Sign ICGS<ref name="vesseltracker">{{cite web |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Aidabella-9362542.html |title= AIDAbella (IMO: 9362542) |accessdate=2009-07-07 |work=vesseltracker.com}}</ref> *MMSI 247229700<ref name="vesseltracker"/> | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | class = ''Sphinx''-class<ref name="Cox">{{cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Martin|title=Maintaining The AIDA "Difference": AIDAluna And The Sphinx Class Part One|url=http://maritimematters.com/2012/02/maintaining-the-aida-difference-aidaluna-and-the-sphinx-class-part-one/|accessdate=19 December 2017|work=Shipping News|publisher=Maritime Matters|date=18 February 2012|language=en-us|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051640/http://maritimematters.com/2012/02/maintaining-the-aida-difference-aidaluna-and-the-sphinx-class-part-one/|url-status=dead}}</ref> cruise ship | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Cruise ship | tonnage = {{GT|69,203}}<ref name=GL>{{DNV|name=AIDAbella|accessdate=19 December 2017|id=G112323}}</ref> | displacement = | length = {{convert|251.89|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | beam = *{{convert|32.2|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} <small>(waterline)</small> *{{convert|37.6|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} <small>(max)</small><ref name="GL" /> | height = 61 m (200 ft) | draught = {{convert|7.3|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | draft = | depth = {{convert|9.6|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="GL" /> | decks = 14 | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = *4 × Cat MaK 9M43C *(total power {{cvt|36,000|kW}})<ref name="caterpillar">{{cite web|title=New club ship generation with MaK engines from Caterpillar |url=http://www.mak-global.com/news/pdf/Toplaterne78e.pdf |year=2005 |publisher=Caterpillar Marine Power Systems |page=6 |accessdate=2009-07-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331035218/http://www.mak-global.com/news/pdf/Toplaterne78e.pdf |archivedate=31 March 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> | propulsion = diesel-electric; two shafts | speed = *{{convert|19.5|kn}} (service)<ref name="parade"/> *{{convert|21.8|kn}} (maximum)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffsspotter.de/Dokumente/Kreuzfahrtschiff_CS_AIDAbella/CS_AIDAbella.htm |title=AIDAbella |accessdate=2009-07-07 |work=SchiffsSpotter.de |language=German |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601091033/http://www.schiffsspotter.de/Dokumente/Kreuzfahrtschiff_CS_AIDAbella/CS_AIDAbella.htm |archivedate=1 June 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | capacity = 2,500 passengers<ref name="Ward"/> | crew = 646<ref name="Ward"/> | notes = }} }}
'''''AIDAbella''''' is a cruise ship operated by AIDA Cruises. Built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, she is a sister ship to ''AIDAdiva'' and ''AIDAluna''. The ship has a passenger capacity of over 2,050.<ref name="Tonline">{{cite news|url=http://reisen.t-online.de/c/17/05/49/20/17054920.html |title=Das Jahr der Megapötte |date=2008-12-05 |work=T-Online |publisher=Deutsche Telekom AG |language=German |accessdate=2008-12-05 |archivedate=2008-12-06 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206154806/http://reisen.t-online.de/c/17/05/49/20/17054920.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The name ''AIDAbella'' was chosen after a competition to name the new ship. The name was meant to signify how beautiful the ship is.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcruise-network.com/projects/aida/ |title= AIDAbella-World Cruise |accessdate=2009-07-07 |work=WorldCruise}}</ref>
==Facilities== The ship has 1,025 passenger cabins. There is a nude sunbathing area towards the rear of the ship. Amidships is a circular, glass-walled, and roofed Theatrium in the center of the ship.<ref name="Tonline"/>
{{wide image|AIDAbella panorama in Las Palmas.jpg|800px|''AIDAbella'' in Las Palmas, Canary Islands}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.aida.de/schiffe.aidabella.16974.0.html Official AIDAbella website] {{in lang|de}} *{{csr|register=E|id=9362542|shipname=AIDAbella|accessdate=2010-08-31}}
{{AIDA Ships}} {{Ships built at Meyer Werft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aidabella}} Category:Ships built in Papenburg Category:Ships of AIDA Cruises Category:2007 ships
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