Marella Explorer - IMO 9106297

AS MARELLA EXPLORER

AS MEIN SCHIFF 1

Name:	1996—2008: Galaxy 2008—2009: Celebrity Galaxy 2009—2010: Mein Schiff[1] 2010 onwards: Mein Schiff 1
Owner:	1996—2009: Celebrity Cruises[2][3] 2009 onwards: TUI Cruises
Operator:	1996—2009: Celebrity Cruises 2009 onwards: TUI Cruises
Port of registry:	1996—2002: Monrovia,  Liberia[2] 2002—2008: Nassau,  Bahamas[4] 2008 onwards: Valletta,  Malta[2]
Builder:	Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
Cost:	$320 million[4]
Yard number:	638[2]
Laid down:	25 May 1995[5]
Launched:	May 1996[5]
Acquired:	10 October 1996[5]
In service:	21 December 1996[2]
Identification:	Call sign: 9HJH9 IMO number: 9106297 MMSI number: 249051000
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Century-class cruise ship
Tonnage:	76,522 GT 6,500 DWT[3]
Length:	259.70 m (852 ft 0 in)[2]
Beam:	32.20 m (105 ft 8 in)[2]
Draught:	7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)[2]
Decks:	10 (passenger accessible)[4]
Installed power:	2 × MAN B&W 9L48/60 2 × MAN B&W 6L48/60 diesels 29,250 kW (combined)[2]
Propulsion:	Twin propellers[4]
Capacity:	1,870 passengers (lower berths) 2681 passengers (all berths)[4]
Crew:	909