Freedom of the Seas

FREEDOM of the SEAS

VITAL STATISTICS

Gross Tonnage: 154,417

Length: 1,112 feet

Width: 185 feet

Draft: 28 feet

Speed: 21.6 knots(service)
22.5 (maximum)

Staterooms: 1,817

Passengers: 4,328 (total)

Crew: 1,360

Registered: Bahamas

Line: Royal Caribbean International

Entered service: May 11, 2006

Builder: Kvaerner Masa-Yards,

Turku, Finland

Stablizers:                  2 B&V Industinetech

Gernators/Engines:     6 Warsilia Diesel 12V6
        generators (12,600 kw each)

Propulsion:           Each propeller is driven by a double
wound 3-phase synchronous motor. The motors are
mounted directly on the propeller shaft inside three
submerged pods. The three propellers are arranged so that
the center propeller is a pushing non-azimuthing Fixipod
type and the two wing ones are pulling azimuthing Azipod
type steering propellers.

FEATURE ARTICLES

Captain Interview - - A conversation with
Captain Espen Been.

Cruise Director Interview - - A talk with
Abe Hughes

Cruise review - - Review of a Western
Caribbean cruise

The Art of Freedom of the Seas - - A look
at Freedom's art collection

Cruise review - - Review of a Caribbean
cruise.

Specialty Restaurant Review - - Review of
Chops Grile, Giovanni's Table and Sabor.

"The New Title Holder" - - Profile of
Freedom of the Seas including an interview with
her first master Captain Carlos Perdicini.

"Big and Bigger" - - A comparison of
Freedom of the Seas and Queen Mary 2, when
they were the largest passenger ships ever built.