MSC Orchestra

{{Short description|Cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox ship | display_title = ital | infobox_caption = ''MSC Orchestra'' |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = MSC_Orchestra_Full_2010.JPG | image_caption = ''MSC Orchestra'' at the Geirangerfjord }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = | owner = | operator = MSC Cruises | registry = {{flag|Panama}}<ref name="cruisecritic">[http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review_page2.cfm?ShipID=364 Cruise Critic Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804011143/http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review_page2.cfm?ShipID=364 |date=4 August 2008 }}</ref> | route = | ordered = | builder = Aker Yards, Chantiers de l'Atlantique<ref name="shipparade">{{Cite web |url=http://www.shipparade.com/cruise%20reviews/MSC%20Cruises/MSC_Orchestra/MSC_Orchestra.htm |title=Ship Parade Review and Photos |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203625/http://www.shipparade.com/cruise%20reviews/MSC%20Cruises/MSC_Orchestra/MSC_Orchestra.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | original_cost = US$480 million | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 9 September 2006 | completed = 2007 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9320099}} *{{MMSI Number|372497000}} *Callsign: 3EJF3 | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = {{sclass|Musica|cruise ship}} | tonnage = {{GT|92,409}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|293.83|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="ShipFacts">[http://www.msccruisesusa.com/flotta/dati.asp?ship_id=145&page_id=2063 MSC Orchestra Ship Facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210121202/http://www.msccruisesusa.com/flotta/dati.asp?ship_id=145&page_id=2063 |date=10 December 2006 }}, MSC Cruises</ref> | beam = {{convert|32.31|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = | draft = | depth = | decks = 13 passenger, 4 crew | deck_clearance = | ramps = | power = | propulsion = | speed = {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}} | capacity = *2,550 passengers (as built) *3,200 passengers (after retrofit) | crew = 987 | notes = }} }} '''''MSC Orchestra''''' is a cruise ship that was built in 2007 for MSC Cruises. She is the second ship of the ''Musica'' class. She could at the time accommodate 2,550 passengers in 1,275 cabins. Most inside cabins were later refitted with two bunk beds and therefore she can now accommodate 3,200 passengers. Her crew complement is approximately 990.<ref name="cruisecritic"/><ref name="shipparade"/>

==Design== The cruise ship has length of {{convert|293.8|m|ft}} and beam of {{convert|32.20|m|ft}}. ''MSC Orchestra'' has draft of {{convert|7.88|m|ft}} and gross tonnage of 92,409. The ship has capacity for 2,550 passengers and a crew complement of 987.

== Incidents ==

Eight passengers, four Bulgarians and four Lithuanians, were arrested during 2010 after cocaine, worth an estimated £1.4m, was found on board whilst berthed at Dover, United Kingdom.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=8 January 2011|title=Six jailed over cruise drugs plot|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12141510|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> Seven of the passengers pleaded guilty and the eighth was convicted at trial.<ref name=":0" />

On 22 February 2019, due to an unknown navigational error, ''MSC Orchestra'' collided with {{ship||MSC Poesia}} as it was departing Buenos Aires, Argentina, and ''MSC Orchestra'' also hit a pier. Both ships only sustained minor damage and were cleared to depart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruisehive.com/two-ships-from-the-same-cruise-line-collide-in-port/29807|title=Two Ships from the Same Cruise Line Collide in Port|date=22 February 2019|website=Cruise Hive|language=en-US|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

== See also == * List of cruise ships

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} *{{Saunders: Giants of the Seas}} *{{Smith: Cruise Ships 2010}} {{Refend}}

==External links== {{Commons category|IMO 9320099}} *[https://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/Discover-MSC/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Orchestra.aspx Official Website]

Orchestra Category:Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique Category:2006 ships