{{Short description|Cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox ship | infobox_caption = ''AIDAperla'' | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Aida perla, Le Havre, mars 2018 (cropped).jpg | image_caption = AIDAperla at Le Havre }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Italy | flag = {{shipboxflag|Italy|civil}} | owner = AIDA Cruises | operator = | registry = Genoa, {{flag|Italy|civil}} | ordered = 2 November 2011 | builder = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | original_cost = | yard_number = 2301 | way_number = | laid_down = 14 December 2012 | launched = 20 March 2016 | christened = | completed = 27 April 2017 | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | renamed = | identification = *Call sign: IBRL *{{IMO number|9636967}} *{{MMSI|247385300}} | fate = | status = In service | notes = Type Hyperion-class Cruise ship }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = | type = Cruise ship | tonnage = *{{GT|125,572}} *{{DWT|9,700}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|300.00|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|37.00|m|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{convert|8.25|m|ft|abbr=on}} | depth = | decks = 18 | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = Caterpillar 12VM43C diesel units (38,100 hp) | propulsion = 2 x ABB Azipod thrusters | speed = {{convert|22.5|kn|km/h|0}} (cruising) | capacity = 4,350 passengers<ref name="faktaomfartyg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/aidaperla_2017.htm|title=M/S AIDAperla (2017)|website=www.faktaomfartyg.se|accessdate=14 September 2020}}</ref> | crew = 900 | notes = }} }}
'''''AIDAperla''''' is a cruise ship of AIDA Cruises, which was built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was delivered in May 2017 and was formally named in June 2017 by its godmother, German fashion model and television host Lena Gercke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news-headlines/model-and-presenter-lena-gercke-aidaperla-s-godmother|title=Model and presenter Lena Gercke is AIDAperla's godmother|date=12 April 2017|website=seatrade-cruise.com|accessdate=14 September 2020}}</ref>
== Design == ''AIDAperla'' has overall length of {{convert|300.00|m|abbr=on}}, moulded beam of {{convert|37.00|m|abbr=on}}, and maximum draft of {{convert|8.25|m|abbr=on}}. The vessel has deadweight of 9,200 DWT and gross tonnage of 125,572 GT. The cruise ship has 1,643 cabins and capacity for 3,286 passengers in double occupancy. ''AIDAperla'' has 16 passenger decks out of a total of 18 decks.
== Engineering == The cruise ship ''AIDAperla'' is driven by three Caterpillar 12VM43C diesel units, each with a power of {{cvt|12,670|hp}}. Additionally the ship has one dual-fuel Caterpillar 12VM46DF with a power of {{cvt|11,650|hp}} and a generator Caterpillar 3516B with a power of {{cvt|2,250|kW|order=flip}}. The cruise ship has a service speed of {{cvt|22.5|kn}}.
==Accidents and incidents== While en route from Hamburg to La Coruña, a crew member was reported missing, believed overboard, off Ramsgate on 22 October 2023. A 9-hour search by HM Coastguard helicopter and the RNLI assisted by the ''AIDAperla'' which had returned to the area the person was thought to have gone missing, failed to find them and the search was called off.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edell |first1=Nathalie |title=Channel search ends for man overboard from cruise ship off Ramsgate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-67191594 |website=BBC News |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} *[https://vesselregister.dnv.com/vesselregister/details/G117144 DNV GL: AIDAperla] *[https://www.shipvideos.net/ships/video/provence_2017/aida_perla_june_03/ Video of AIDAperla @ Marseille]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:AIDAperla}} Category:Ships of AIDA Cruises Category:2016 ships Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries