{{Short description|Cruise ship built in 2010}} {{About|the 2010 AIDA Cruises ship|the former ship of the same name|Karnika}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= AIDAblu in Corfu - September 2017.jpg |image_caption=''AIDAblu'' in Corfu }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |name=''AIDAblu'' |country=Italy |flag={{shipboxflag|Italy|civil}} |owner=Costa Crociere S.p.A.<ref name="gl">{{cite ship register|register=GL|id=112808|shipname=AIDAblu|access-date=2013-11-11}}</ref> |operator=AIDA Cruises |registry=Genoa, Italy |route= |ordered=July 1, 2006<ref name="meyer"/> |builder=Meyer Werft (Germany) |original_cost=$420 million |yard_number=S. 680<ref name="meyer">{{cite web |title=AIDA Cruises orders new cruise ship |url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=8&did=858 |date=6 December 2006 |publisher=Meyer Werft |access-date=8 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062407/http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=8&did=858|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=July 11, 2009 |completed= |christened=February 9, 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=AIDAblu Christened Successfully |url=http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3663-21010-aidablu-christened-successfully.html |date=2010-02-10 |work=Cruise Industry News |access-date=2010-03-31| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100217135400/http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3663-21010-aidablu-christened-successfully.html| archive-date= 17 February 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> |acquired= |maiden_voyage=February 9, 2010 to Palma, Majorca |in_service=2010–present |out_of_service= |identification=*Call sign: IBWX *{{IMO Number|9398888}} *{{MMSI Number|247282500}} |fate= |status=In service |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class=''Sphinx''-class<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 |access-date=2009-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331035218/http://www.mak-global.com/news/pdf/Toplaterne78e.pdf |archive-date=2010-03-31 }}</ref> cruise ship |tonnage={{GT|71,304}}<ref name="gl" /> |displacement= |length={{convert|253.33|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="gl" /> |beam={{convert|32.2|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="gl" /> |height= |draught={{convert|7.3|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="gl" /> |draft= |depth= |decks=15 decks |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power=Diesel-electric (about 36,000kW)<ref name="meyer"/> |propulsion=4 Caterpillar MaK engines<ref name="meyer"/><ref name="caterpillar"/> |speed= |capacity=2,192 passengers |crew=607 crew |notes= }} }}
'''''AIDAblu''''' is a ''Sphinx''-class cruise ship, operated by the German cruise line AIDA Cruises. ''AIDAblu'' is the seventh ship<ref name="marinelink"/> in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by Meyer Werft on 4 February 2010.<ref name="Meyer Werft">{{cite web |url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1722 |title=Delivery of AIDAblu |date=4 February 2010 |access-date=21 February 2010 |work=Meyerwerft website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062504/http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=3&subs=0&did=1722 |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref> She is a sister ship to ''AIDAdiva'', ''AIDAbella'', ''AIDAluna''<ref name="marinelink">{{cite web |title=New Cruise Vessel, AIDAblu |url=http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/New-Cruise-Vessel-AIDAblu/330783.aspx |date=2009-06-01 |work=Maritime News |access-date=2009-07-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090621051025/http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/New-Cruise-Vessel-AIDAblu/330783.aspx| archive-date= 21 June 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> with a half deck more, and is followed by similar ''AIDAsol'' and ''AIDAmar''. She has a passenger capacity of 2,050.
The name of ''AIDAblu'' was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.
==Facilities== ''AIDAblu'' has six restaurants, ten bars,<ref name="caterpillar"/> {{convert|8120|m2|sqft|sigfig=2}} of outer deck area and {{convert|3000|m2|sqft|sigfig=2}} theatrium.<ref name="caterpillar"/>
It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beers served in the ship are brewed.<ref name="Meyer Werft"/>
''AIDAblu'' has 1096 cabins, 374 on the inside and 722 on the outside.<ref name="Meyer Werft"/> The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.
==Incidents== In 2010 Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia before, was the captain of the Costa Atlantica, also a Carnival Corporation ship as it entered the port of Warnemünde, Germany, at too high a speed, allegedly causing damage to the ''AIDAblu''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/03/02/costa-capt-crashed-before-report.html |author= |title=Costa Capt. Crashed Before: Report | publisher=The Daily Beast| date=2 March 2012| access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref>
On 18 May 2020, whilst the ship was docked in Hamburg, a male Filipino crew member of ''AIDAblu'' who had worked in the galley department was found dead in his cabin. The crew member was not suspected to have died of COVID-19.<ref name="aidablu.crew">{{Cite web|url=http://crew-center.com/filipino-crew-member-found-dead-his-cabin-aida-cruise-ship|title=Filipino Crew Member Found Dead in His Cabin on Aida Cruise Ship|date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.aida.de/kreuzfahrt/reisen-mit-aida/schiffe/aidablu.19601.html Official AIDAblu website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118040409/http://www.aida.de/kreuzfahrt/reisen-mit-aida/schiffe/aidablu.19601.html |date=2011-11-18 }} {{in lang|de}} * {{cite ship register|register=E|id=9398888|shipname=AIDAblu|access-date=2010-08-31}}
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