AIDAbella in Helsinki, 3 August 2013

AIDAbella

IMO 9362542
Built 2008, Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany
Tonnage 69 203 GT
Length 251,89 m
Width 32,20 m
Draugth 7,20 m
2 500 passengers
4 MaK diesels, combined 36 000 kW
2 azipods
2 bow thrusters
2 stern thusters
Service speed 19,5 knots
Maximum speed 21,8 knots

As I may have mentioned before, I find it very hard to get excited about AIDA Cruises ships... especially the Sphinx-class ones. There are so many, and they don't really have any individual identity at all. Still, that doesn't change the fact the exterior design of the ships is quite interesting.

AIDAbella departing Helsinki West Harbour in the afternoon of 3 August 2013, photographed from Sisä-Hattu. Click on the images to see them in larger size.

I was displaying a Bruce Peter -esque paparazzing of unsuspecting bystanders for the foreground, it seems.

Upright shots seem to be in fashion for me these days.

Foreground reeds and the AIDAbella.

This one I really like.

The Photogenic Tree returns once again.

Here comes the sun.

Next time: Translandia & Nordlandia

AIDAbella in Helsinki, 28 June 2013

AIDAbella

IMO 9362542
Built 2008, Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany
Tonnage 69 203 GT
Length 251,89 m
Width 32,20 m
Draugth 7,20 m
2 500 passengers
4 MaK diesels, combined 36 000 kW
2 azipods
2 bow thrusters
2 stern thusters
Service speed 19,5 knots
Maximum speed 21,8 knots

Not much to say about the AIDAbella. She was completed as the second ship of AIDA Cruises' Sphinx class of newbuildings, and as such lacks the additional structures above the bridge introduced in the latter ships of the series (such as the AIDAmar featured in the previous entry).

The photographs below show the AIDAbella departing from Helsinki West Harbour in the afternoon of 28 June 2013, photographed from Sisä-Hattu. Click on the images to see them in larger size.

Today's foreground theme: The Japanese Rose (Rosa rugosa).

Now with a sprinkling of added Rowan.

Next time: Probably the Vision of the Seas.