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Below you’ll find all Norwegian Ships by Size, from the smallest that they offer to NCL’s biggest ship.

Here at Shipmate, we see cruise-goers ranging from one end of the spectrum to the other. Many of you like an intimate feel to their ships. You prefer to see the same people throughout the week. You’re content going to the same ship venues on a daily basis. You cruisers typically prefer the smallest ships. Those also tend to be Norwegian’s older ships.

Norwegian Jade Inside Staterooms are the most affordable way for you and your family to cruise. With room for up to four guests, you'll have two lower beds that convert into a queen-size bed and additional bedding to accommodate two more. Overview Norwegian Jadeis one of NCL’s newest Jewel class ships and the former Pride of Hawaii. She boasts the most flexible, versatile accommodation on the high seas, from very comfortable inside staterooms to ultra-luxury Courtyard Villas with their own private deck and swimming pool. Norwegian Jade is the second of NCL's four Jewel-class ships. She was preceded in 2005 by Norwegian Jewel, then followed in 2006 by Norwegian Pearl, and in 2007 by Norwegian Gem. Each ship has unique amenities, but has a similar exterior and interior design.

On the opposite end, we have cruise-goers who want the newest, biggest cruise ship out there. Norwegian seems to be catering to this crowd recently with the development of their most recent, largest cruise ships yet. These newest ships are over twice the size as their first couple vessels.

In the infographic below, we’ve analyzed all Norwegian ships by size. From biggest to smallest, you’ll see a visual representation of the following for each.

Gross Tonnage: the internal volume of permanently enclosed spaces in cubic feet of the ship minus certain spaces above the main or tonnage deck, which are called “exemptions.” This sounds incredibly confusing. But, just know that it’s a standard unit of measurement used across all cruise ships. While it’s meaning might be annoyingly complex, it can be helpful to compare ships of different sizes.

Passenger Capacity: this can also be a good proxy for “cruise ship size.” The amount of passengers is relevant because it could determine the size of the line to get to the Lido Bar. It’s also interesting to compare the passenger capacity to the gross tonnage to see which Norwegian ships have more passengers stuffed into a smaller space.

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We hope that the infographic above gives you a great visualization of Norwegian ships by size. We consider “size” to be one of the most important factors in deciding a cruise vacation and want to make it as easy as possible for you to understand the differences!

You can see there’s quite a range there. One of Norwegian's largest ships, the Escape, is a whopping 165k gross tons and holds over 4,200 passengers. The smallest in the fleet, the Spirit, is less than half that size at 75k gross tons and a capacity of 1,996 passengers.

Here’s more detail on each Norwegian Ship by Size:

Norwegian Escape

Year Built: 2015
Cost: $950 million
Passengers: 4.238
Crew: 1,731
Tonnage: 165k
Length: 326 meters (1,069 feet)
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph)

Norwegian Epic

Year Built: 2010
Cost: $700 million
Passengers: 4,100
Crew: 1,708
Tonnage: 156k
Length: 329 meters (1,081 feet)
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph)

Norwegian Getaway

Year Built: 2014
Cost: $900 million
Passengers: 4.000
Crew: 1,595
Tonnage: 147k
Length: 326 meters (1,069 feet)
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph)

Norwegian Breakaway

Year Built: 2013
Cost: $840 million
Passengers: 4.000
Crew: 1,595
Tonnage: 147k
Length: 326 meters (1,069 feet)
Speed: 22 knots (25 mph)

Norwegian Gem

Year Built: 2007
Cost: $700 million
Passengers: 2,394
Crew: 1,154
Tonnage: 94k
Length: 294 meters (965 feet)
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph)

Norwegian Jade

Year Built: 2006
Cost: $390 million
Passengers: 2,402
Crew: 1,100
Tonnage: 94k
Length: 294 meters (965 feet)
Speed: 23 knots (26 mph)

Norwegian Pearl

Year Built: 2006
Cost: $390 million
Passengers: 2,394
Crew: 1,154
Tonnage: 94k
Length: 294 meters (965 feet)
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph)

Norwegian Jewel

Year Built: 2005
Cost: $390 million
Passengers: 2,376
Crew: 1,150
Tonnage: 94k
Length: 294 meters (965 feet)
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph)

Norwegian Dawn

Year Built: 2002
Cost: $400 million
Passengers: 2,340
Crew: 1,126
Tonnage: 92k
Length: 292 meters (958 feet)
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph)

Norwegian Star

Year Built: 2001
Cost: $400 million
Passengers: 2,348
Crew: 1,100
Tonnage: 92k
Length: 294 meters (965 feet)
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph)

Pride of America

Year Built: 2002
Cost: $450 million
Passengers: 2,500
Crew: 935
Tonnage: 80k
Length: 260 meters (853 feet)
Speed: 22 knots (26 mph)

Norwegian Sun

Year Built: 2001
Cost: $330 million
Passengers: 2,400
Crew: 968
Tonnage: 78k
Length: 258 meters (846 feet)
Speed: 23 knots (26 mph)

Norwegian Sky

Year Built: 1999
Cost: $330 million
Passengers: 2,002
Crew: 800
Tonnage: 77k
Length: 260 meters (853 feet)
Speed: 23 knots (26 mph)

Norwegian Spirit

Year Built: 1998
Cost: $350 million
Passengers: 1,996
Crew: 965
Tonnage: 75k
Length: 260 meters (853 feet)
Speed: 21 knots (24 mph)

To see just how big of a difference NCL’s biggest ship is versus the smallest, check out this mini infographic below.

Tell us – Would you rather Norwegian’s biggest ship, smallest ship, or one in the middle?

Norwegian Jade is a cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), originally built as Pride of Hawaii for their NCL America division. She was christened in a ceremony at the San Pedro Pier in Los Angeles, California on 22 May 2006. The vessel is a Panamax form-factor ship that was built at Meyer Werft Shipyard, in Papenburg, Germany, and registers at just over 93,500 gross tons.

Vessel class[edit]

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Norwegian Jade is the second of NCL's four Jewel-class ships. She was preceded in 2005 by Norwegian Jewel, then followed in 2006 by Norwegian Pearl, and in 2007 by Norwegian Gem. Each ship has unique amenities, but has a similar exterior and interior design.

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Norwegian Jade has a similar exterior appearance to NCL's ships Norwegian Star, which entered service in 2001, and Norwegian Dawn, which entered service in 2002. The interior design and amenities, however, are significantly different and merit Norwegian Jade having a Jewel class designation.^[3]

History[edit]

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When built, the ship comprised the third in a series of U.S. flagged ships operated by NCL America for the Hawaii market. At a cost of over half a billion U.S. dollars, Pride of Hawaii was the largest and most expensive U.S. flagged passenger ship ever built. Her design was originally planned to be a sister ship to Pride of America, utilizing parts from the Northrop Grumman Shipyard and the failed Project America series of ships. Later, NCL America decided that it would be better to enlarge Pride of Hawaii and make her a sister ship to Norwegian Jewel. The ship was christened in Los Angeles by Senator Daniel Inouye.^[4] After delivery to NCL, she joined Pride of America and Pride of Aloha as the final ship in the NCL America fleet to deliver 7-day cruises to the Hawaiian Islands of Maui, Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island (Hawai'i).

On 11 April 2007, NCL announced that Pride of Hawaii would be withdrawn from the Hawaiian market in February 2008 and subsequently re-deployed to Europe for the summer. In a press release, NCL's CEO Colin Veitch cited substantial 2006 losses that had been caused by downward pricing pressure in the Hawaii market following the addition of Pride of Hawaii to the fleet, as well as an increase in the amount of foreign flagged competition entering the Hawaii market from the west coast as the reason for the vessel's redeployment. NCL did not commit to sending Pride of Hawaii back to Hawaii until the other NCL America vessels reach an acceptable level of profitability.^[5]On 4 February 2008, Pride of Hawaii departed from Pier 2 in Honolulu for the last time. After several repositioning cruises, name change, new livery, and an added onboard casino, she made her debut in Europe. Despite the changes, Norwegian Jade maintained much of her original Hawaiian themed decor until a refit in 2017. Additionally, Matson menu-inspired artwork and a large statue of King Kamehameha grace the main dining room. In November 2011, she underwent a dry dock in Marseille, France for two weeks. The ship received new carpets and tiling throughout and the hull was repainted plus the usual annual maintenance took place.^[6]Norwegian Jade was used as a floating hotel during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[7]

The ship underwent a three-week dry dock in March 2017, replacing the Hawaiian theme with a 'contemporary style'.^[8] The ship also received two brand new restaurants and two new bars and lounges, updated design and décor in many public spaces, and a refurbishment of all staterooms with new carpets, furniture, flat screen TVs, new larger headboards with USB charging outlets.^[9]

On 6 April 2018, American rock band Paramore embarked on a special four-day voyage entitled 'Parahoy!'. The event saw fans embark on the Norwegian Jade on a return trip from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas. The event featured three concerts and numerous activities. Support acts Local Natives, Judah & The Lion, mewithoutYou, Now, Now, Halfnoise, and comedians Jordan Rock, and Ryan O'Flanagan also joined the voyage.

On 27 October 2018, professional wrestler and musician Chris Jericho hosted the first-ever Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, a 4-day professional wrestling and rock music-themed cruise.^[10]

On 19 November 2018, Norwegian Jade experienced mechanical problems during a 10-day Southern Caribbean cruise out of Miami. While in San Juan, Puerto Rico, NCL decided to cancel the rest of the cruise, offering full refunds and credit for a future cruise on NCL. The ship underwent repairs in Miami.^[11]

On 11 September 2019, Norwegian Jade experienced mechanical issues during an 11-day Mediterranean cruise out of Rome, Italy. The malfunctions prevented the ship from reaching the port of Livorno and caused the cruise to end one day early. Guests were given $100 (per stateroom) credit for shipboard services and full refunds for any NCL-booked excursions in Livorno as compensation for the trouble.

Itineraries[edit]

Norwegian Jade is scheduled to spend winter 2019/2020 in Southeast Asia departing from Singapore and Hong Kong.^[12]

References[edit]

1. ^'First Block for Pride of Hawaii'. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
2. ^'Undocking of Pride of Hawaii'. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
3. ^'Building Boom Ushers in New Class System'. Cruise Travel. 1 January 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
4. ^'SIU Log'. seafarers.org.
5. ^'Deployment of Pride of Hawai'i in Europe''. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
6. ^'Norwegian Cruise Line Press Releases'. www.ncl.com.
7. ^Golden, Fran. 'Norwegian cruise ship to serve as hotel for Olympics'. USA Today.
8. ^Stone, Deborah (22 September 2016). 'Norwegian Jade's multi-million-pound upgrade before Southampton debut in 2017'. Express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
9. ^Thakkar, Emrys (30 March 2017). 'Norwegian Jade Completes 3 Week Dry Dock'. cruisehive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
10. ^Childers, Chad (19 September 2017). 'Chris Jericho's Rock 'n' Wrestling Rager at Sea Cruise to Set Sail in 2018'. loudwire.com. Loudwire. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
11. ^Burke, Ron (20 November 2018). 'Thanksgiving cruise comes to abrupt stop'. wpbf.com. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
12. ^'Norwegian Cruise Line Moving Cruise Ships to New Homeports'. cruisefever.net. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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