AIDAperla

AIDAperla at Le Havre
History
Italy
Owner	AIDA Cruises
Port of registry	Genoa,  Italy
Ordered	2 November 2011
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Yard number	2301
Laid down	14 December 2012
Launched	20 March 2016
Completed	27 April 2017
Identification	Call sign: IBRL IMO number: 9636967 MMSI number: 247385300
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	125,572 GT 9,700 DWT
Length	300.00 m (984.25 ft)
Beam	37.00 m (121.39 ft)
Draught	8.25 m (27.1 ft)
Decks	18
Installed power	Caterpillar 12VM43C diesel units (38,100 hp)
Propulsion	2 x ABB Azipod thrusters
Speed	22.5 knots (42 km/h) (cruising)
Capacity	4.350 passengers[1]
Crew	900

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.^[2]

Design

AIDAperla has overall length of 300.00 m (984.25 ft), moulded beam of 37.00 m (121.39 ft), and maximum draft of 8.25 m (27.1 ft). 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 power of 12,670 hp. Additionally the ship has one dual-fuel Caterpillar 12VM46DF with power of 11,650 hp and generator Caterpillar 3516B with power of 2,250 kW. A 10 MWh battery is to be installed in 2020.^[3] The cruise ship operates with service speed of 22.5 kts.

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.^[4]