Statistics
Entered service       ~      May 1995
Port of registry       ~      London
Gross tonnage         ~      69,153 tons
Length overall        ~      260 Metres (853 feet)
Breadth                    ~      32.2 Metres (106 feet)
Draught                    ~      7.9 Metres (26 feet)
Service speed           ~       24 knots
Main engines           ~       4 x Man medium speed diesels
Aux engines             ~       4 x Man medium speed diesels
Instaled power        ~       57,430 KW (78,000 BHP)
Propellers               ~        2 - 4 blade, diameter 5.8M (19ft)
Stabilisers               ~        2 x Brown Bros. folding fin
Bow thrusters         ~       3 - 1,500 KW (2,000 HP) each
Stern thruster        ~       1 - 1,500 KW (2,000 HP)
Crew                        ~      794
Officer nationality  ~      British
Passengers               ~      1822 (reg), 1928 (max)
Passenger decks      ~      10
Passenger cabins    ~       914 (594 outside, 320 inside) 
Facts & figures
On an average cruise of 14 days, 1,810 passengers & 794 crew
will eat some 116,550 main meals prepared from:-

14,600 kg      Meat                               1,700 kg   Shellfish
3,700 kg       Fish                                6,900 kg   Poultry & Game
3,500 kg       Ham & gammon            4,600 kg   butter, fats & cheese
28,000 kg     Fruit & veg                     8,500 kg   flour
18,000 kg     potatoes                           650 kg      coffee
1,900 kg       sugar                               51,000      fresh eggs
10,500 L      milk & cream                   4,000 L    of ice cream

& passengers will drink from the bars:-

2,600 bottles of Chapagne, sparkling & white wine
1,200 bottles of red wine
1,600 litre bottles of whiskey
1,200 litrle bottles of gin, rum & vodka
400 litre bottles of congnac
33,000 bottles or cans of beer
28,000 minerals                  
Cruisa's ORIANA Page
Oriana cruises I have had are listed below
1996     ~              Summer Gold              ~   3 Aug - 16 Aug
1997
    ~     Lands of The Crusades        ~   31 Jul - 16 Aug
1998      ~         Turkish Delights               ~   24 Jul - 9 Aug
1999      ~        Venitian Romance            ~   7 Aug - 23 Aug
1999      ~   The Indian Summer Cruise    ~ 9 Oct - 21 Oct
2000     ~    Mediterranean Moments    ~   15 Oct - 28 Oct
2000          Christmas Collection          ~ 18 Dec - 4 Jan
2001      ~          Adriatic Explorer           ~   20 Jul - 5 Aug
2001     ~           Iberian Interlude          ~   12 Sep - 19 Sep
2002      ~     Black Sea & Byzantium       ~   31 Aug - 18 Sep
2002      ~    Canary Island New Year      ~   28 Dec - 8 Jan
2003      ~          Latin Splendours            ~    27 Nov - 13 Dec
2004      ~     New Year's Spectacular       ~    27 Dec - 7 Jan
2006      ~   Pearls of the Mediterranean   ~   19 Oct - 1 Nov
2009      ~               Cruise X906                 ~    9 May - 23 May 2010      ~               Cruise XJG                  ~    29 Oct - 20 Nov
2012      ~      The Grand Event Cruise      ~    3 Jul - 7 Jul 2014      ~               Cruise X428                  ~    20 - 22 Nov
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