{{Short description|Ship of Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)}} {{Infobox ship | infobox_caption = ''Norwegian Encore'' | display_title = ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = NCLEncoreJuneau.jpg | image_caption = ''Norwegian Encore'' approaching Juneau, 2022 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | country = Bahamas | flag = {{shipboxflag|Bahamas|civil}} | name = ''Norwegian Encore'' | owner = Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings | operator = Norwegian Cruise Line | registry = Nassau, {{flag|Bahamas|civil}} | ordered = 14 July 2014<ref name="order"/> | builder = *Meyer Werft *Papenburg, Germany | original_cost = US$1 billion<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cruise-ship-review-ncl-norwegian-encore/ |title= NCL Raises the Curtain for New Ship Norwegian Encore |date= 2 November 2019 |accessdate=30 November 2019}}</ref> | yard_number = S.708<ref name="steel cutting"/> | way_number = | laid_down = 28 November 2018<ref name="keel"/> | launched = 17 August 2019<ref name=":3" /> | completed = 30 October 2019 | christened = 21 November 2019 | sponsor = Kelly Clarkson | acquired = 30 October 2019<ref name=":5"/> | maiden_voyage = 2 November 2019<ref name=":5" /> | in_service = 2019–present | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9751511}} *{{MMSI Number|311000879}} *Callsign: C6EF4 | status = In Service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | class = ''Breakaway'' Plus-class cruise ship | tonnage = *{{GT|169,116}}<ref name="dnv">{{DNV|name=Norwegian Encore|id=33558|accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref> *{{DWT|11,700}} | displacement = | length = {{convert|333.44|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | beam = *{{convert|48.13|m|abbr=on}}<small> (max)</small><ref name="dnv" /> *{{convert|41.36|m|abbr=on}}<small> (waterline)</small><ref name="dnv" /> | height = 217 ft (66 m) | draught = {{convert|8.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | depth = {{convert|11.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="dnv" /> | decks = *16 passenger decks *20 total decks | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | sail_plan = | power = *2 × MAN B&W 14V48/60CR<ref name="dnv" /> *3 × MAN B&W 12V48/60CR<ref name="dnv" /> *Total Installed Power: {{convert|76,800|kW|abbr=on}}<ref name=meyerwerft /> | propulsion = | speed = {{convert|22.5|kn|km/h|0}} (cruising) | capacity = 3,998 lower beds | crew = 2,100 | notes = Hull art designed by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.ncl.com/il/en/press-releases/norwegian-encore-hull-artwork-unveiled |title= Norwegian Encore Hull Artwork Unveiled |date= 11 September 2018 |accessdate=6 May 2020}}</ref> }} }}
'''''Norwegian Encore''''' is a ''Breakaway'' Plus-class cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). She is the fourth ''Breakaway'' Plus-class ship in the fleet, following sister ships ''Norwegian Bliss'', ''Norwegian Escape'' and ''Norwegian Joy,'' and was commissioned in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/norwegian-cruise-line-debuts-its-newest-ship-the-norwegian-encore-in-ny.html | title=Norwegian Cruise Line Debuts Its Newest Ship, The Norwegian Encore in NY | last=Hakimi | first=Soheila | work=TravelPulse | date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>
== History == === Construction and delivery === [[File:Norwegian Encore (3).jpg|thumb|''Norwegian Encore'' at Meyer Werft, 2019]]
==== Planning and construction ==== On 14 July 2014, NCL announced that it had reached an agreement with Meyer Werft for a €1.6 billion order of two new ''Breakaway'' Plus-class ships, scheduled for delivery in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Each ship was initially estimated to be approximately {{GT|164600}} and have 4,200 passenger berths.<ref name="order">{{Cite news|date=14 July 2014|title=Norwegian Cruise Line Orders Two New Ships|work=Meyer Werft|url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/press/press_detail/norwegian_cruise_line_orders_two_new_ships.jsp}}</ref>
In February 2017, it was announced that the ship scheduled for delivery in 2019 would be designed for the Chinese market, much like her sister ship, ''Norwegian Joy''.<ref name="cruiseindustrynews">{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/16455-norwegian-to-design-2019-newbuild-for-china.html|title=Norwegian to Design 2019 Newbuild for China - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News|website=cruiseindustrynews.com|date=22 February 2017|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref> However, in January 2018, it was later announced that the ship would instead be designed for the Western market like her other sister ship, ''Norwegian Bliss''.<ref name="cruiseindustrynews2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18469-norwegian-encore-will-debut-in-2019-in-miami-not-china.html|title=Norwegian Encore Will Debut in 2019 in Miami, not China - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News|website=cruiseindustrynews.com|date=31 January 2018|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref>
Construction started with the ship's steel cutting on 31 January 2018, the day her name was also announced as ''Norwegian Encore''.<ref name="steel cutting">{{Cite web|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_27840.jsp|title=Steel cutting for Norwegian Encore|website=meyerwerft.de|language=en|access-date=2018-03-02}}</ref> Her keel-laying ceremony was performed on 28 November 2018, accompanied by a performance from the musical ''Kinky Boots''.<ref name="keel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/norwegian-encore-keel-laying-gets-a-kinky-boots-kick/|title=Norwegian Encore keel-laying gets a 'Kinky Boots' kick|date=2018-11-28|website=Seatrade Cruise News|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref><ref name="GT">{{Cite web|url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_30401.jsp|title=Keel laying ceremony for the Norwegian Encore|date=28 November 2018|website=meyerwerft.de|publisher=Meyer Werft|access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref>
''Norwegian Encore''<nowiki/>'s float-out was on 17 August 2019 and the ship was towed from the building dock to receive her funnel cladding and further outfitting.<ref name=":3" /> The ship began her scheduled conveyance along the Ems towards the Eemshaven for her sea trials on 30 September 2019 and completed it on 1 October.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/norwegian-encore-is-floated-out-at-meyer-werft/|title=Norwegian Encore is floated out at Meyer Werft|date=2019-08-17|website=Seatrade Cruise News|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21655-norwegian-encore-conveyance-complete.html|title=Norwegian Encore Conveyance Complete|date=2019-10-01|website=cruiseindustrynews.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref><ref name=ShipsMonthly>Norwegian Encore: Last of the Breakaways ''Ships Monthly'' February 2020 pages 36-40</ref>
==== Delivery and christening ==== ''Norwegian Encore'' was delivered to NCL on 30 October 2019 in Bremerhaven.<ref name=ShipsMonthly/><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21829-norwegian-takes-encore-delivery.html|title=Norwegian Takes Encore Delivery|last=Staff|first=C. I. N.|date=2019-10-30|website=www.cruiseindustrynews.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> The ship was the 15th and last ship that Meyer Werft has built for NCL.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nachrichten |first=Kieler |date=2019-09-30 |title=Fotostrecke: Meyer Werft baut 14. Schiff für Norwegian Cruise Line |url=https://www.kn-online.de/wirtschaft/fotostrecke-meyer-werft-baut-14-schiff-fuer-norwegian-cruise-line-EZJG6OAQY53YZPXLWKMU3D66FM.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.kn-online.de |language=de}}</ref>
Andy Stuart, then-president and CEO of NCL, announced on ''The Kelly Clarkson Show'' on 10 September 2019 that Kelly Clarkson would be the godmother to ''Norwegian'' ''Encore.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/cruise/norwegian-names-kelly-clarkson-as-godmother-of-norwegian-encore.html | title=Norwegian Names Kelly Clarkson as Godmother of Norwegian Encore | first=JANEEN | last=CHRISTOFF | work=TravelPulse | date=September 10, 2019}}</ref> Clarkson performed at the christening ceremony and officially named the vessel on 21 November 2019 in Miami<ref name=":0" /><ref name="christened">{{Cite web|url=https://www.local10.com/news/2019/11/22/norwegian-encore-christened-with-champagne-and-celebration/|title=Norwegian Encore christened with champagne and celebration|website=WPLG|date=22 November 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref> prior to the ship's debut in the Caribbean on 24 November.<ref name=":4" />
=== Deployments and operational career === For her inaugural season, ''Norwegian Encore'' held different preview events in Europe, with a preview cruise from Bremerhaven to Southampton,<ref name=":5" /> before her inaugural voyage, an 8-day transatlantic sailing between Southampton and New York.<ref name=":5" /> The ship held different preview events in New York and Miami upon her arrival in North America, prior to her christening and debut.<ref name=":5" /> Following her debut in Miami, her deployment covered the Eastern Caribbean through the rest of her inaugural season.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Florida-bound Norwegian Encore gets first taste of water|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-tr-cru-norwegian-encore-float-out-20190819-yzchcpd44fc2hisot64ulmgz7m-story.html|last=Tribou|first=Richard|website=orlandosentinel.com|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref>
''Norwegian Encore'' was scheduled to homeport in New York in summer 2020 to sail to Bermuda, the Maritimes, and New England, before moving back to Miami in winter 2020 to cruise the Western Caribbean.<ref name=":1" /> In spring 2021, she was expected to make her first full Panama Canal transit to be deployed to Seattle for her first summer Alaska season.<ref name=":1" />
However, in March 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, NCL suspended all sailings. After the last passengers had disembarked from ''Norwegian Encore'' following this suspension, it was reported that several crew members had become sick and one who had already disembarked was later diagnosed with the coronavirus.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dolven|first=Taylor|date=29 March 2020|title=Crew are stuck on Miami cruise ships with COVID-19 spreading. Some aren't being paid.|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article241500941.html|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Teproff|first1=Carli|last2=Dolven|first2=Taylor|date=31 March 2020|title=Norwegian Encore crew member who disembarked a week ago tests positive for COVID-19|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241667916.html|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> By early October 2020, the ''Norwegian Encore'' was reported at anchor in Weymouth Bay, off the south coast of England. On 18 October, she arrived in Southampton, where she docked alongside the City Cruise Terminal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18786803.weymouth-portland-welcomes-cruise-ships-norwegian-bliss-encore/ |title=Weymouth and Portland welcomes cruise ships Norwegian Bliss and Encore |work=Dorset Echo |first=Martin |last=Lea |date=12 October 2020 |accessdate=26 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Vessels_Alongside/ |title=Vessels Alongside |publisher=ABP Southampton |accessdate=26 October 2020}}</ref>
== Design and specifications == ''Norwegian Encore'' has an overall length of {{convert|333.5|m|abbr=on}}, moulded beam {{convert|41.50|m|abbr=on}} and maximum draft {{convert|9.00|m|abbr=on}}. The ship has gross tonnage of {{GT|169,116}}<ref name="dnv" /> and deadweight of {{DWT|11,700}}. ''Norwegian Encore'' has 20 decks, 2,043 staterooms and capacity for 4,004 passengers at double occupancy.<ref name="meyerwerft">{{cite web|url=https://www.meyerwerft.de/en/ships/norwegian_encore.jsp|website=meyerwerft.de|title=Norwegian Encore|accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref>
''Norwegian Encore'' has five main engines with total output power of {{convert|102900|hp|MW|abbr=on}}. The vessel has two MAN B&W 14V48/60CR, each with power of {{convert|22520|hp|MW|abbr=on}} and three MAN B&W 12V48/60CR, each with power of {{convert|19300|hp|MW|abbr=on}}. The propulsion system is two ABB Azipod XO units with total power of 40 MW, which allows service speed of 22.5 kts, while the maximum speed during trials exceeds 25.0 kts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/norwegian-encore-hull-art-unveiled|title=Norwegian Encore Hull Art Unveiled|date=11 September 2018|access-date=3 March 2020|publisher=The Maritime Executive}}</ref> The engines are equipped with scrubbers and a heat recovery system for improved energy efficiency.<ref name="mw">{{cite press release|url=http://www.meyerwerft.de/en/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_23686.jsp|title=Steel cutting for Norwegian Bliss|date=28 October 2016|access-date=25 April 2017|publisher=Meyer Werft}}</ref>
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