Silver Muse at sea. The
fl agship of the ultra luxury
Silversea Cruise Line will
be followed by Silver
Moon in 2020 and Silver
Dawn in 2021.http://www.shipsmonthly.com • Summer 2018 • 33
SHIP OF THE MONTH
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The expanding ultra-luxury operator Silversea Cruise Line will be celebrating its silver
anniversary in 2019 and is ready to mark the milestone with its latest ship, Silver Muse,
as Alan Moorhouse explains.Flagship for Silversea Cruises
SILVER MUSE
S
ilversea Cruise Line
operates a nine-
ship fl eet, with the
2017-built Silver
Muse (40,791gt)
being the current fl agship.
The line is presently going
through signifi cant changes,
with the recent refurbishment
and enlargement of Silver
Spirit at Fincantieri Palermo,
the transfer of the fi rst vessel,
Silver Cloud (16,927gt), to
the expedition side of the
brand, and the order of Silver
Moon, a sister to Silver Muse,
from Fincantieri, which is due
for delivery in 2020. Two
further Muse class ships are
also on order.
Silversea Cruises was
founded in 1994 through
a joint venture between
the Rome-based Lefebvre
Family, headed then by
the late Antonio Lefebvred’Ovideo, and V Ships, who
previously owned Sitmar
Shipping Company. The
family company, with its
Headquarters in Monaco,
is now headed by Manfredi
Lefebvre d’Ovideo di
Balsorano di Clunieres,
who has a background in
international shipping and
maritime law, and specialises
in small upmarket all-balcony
boutique cruise ships withSILVER MUSE
OPERATOR Silversea Cruises
BUILT 2017, Fincantieri StA, Sestri,
Italy; yard no.6232
FLAG Nassau, Bahamas
TONNAGE 40,791gt
DIMENSIONS 213m x 26m
POWER Conventional twin-screw
fi xed-pitch propeller
ENGINES 2 x 26,100kW VEM AC
Electric 8.5MW diesel electric engines
SPEED 19.8 knots
CAPACITY Passengers 596, crew 408