On July 7, 2019, 18-month-old Chloe Wiegand died after falling through an open window on the 11th deck while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The fire was extinguished after an hour and a half, and the ship was able to continue on its planned itinerary. All passengers were sent to their muster stations, and one crew member sustained first degree burns. On July 22, 2015, a fire started in a mechanical area of the ship around 9:15 AM when the ship was en route from Cape Canaveral, Florida to Falmouth, Jamaica. When at sea Freedom of the Seas consumes approximately 12,800 kg (28,200 lb) of fuel per hour. Freedom of the Seas had the highest gross tonnage of any passenger ship yet built until the 2007 completion of Liberty of the Seas. Its gross tonnage as verified by Det Norske Veritas, a Norwegian marine classification society, was 154,407 GT, compared with QM2 's 148,528 GT. Freedom of the Seas however is the larger ship in terms of gross tonnage. Upon her completion in 2006, she became the largest passenger ship ever built, taking that honor from Queen Mary 2 ( QM2), an ocean liner.įreedom of the Seas is 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) narrower than QM2 at the waterline, 6 metres (19 ft 8 in) shorter, has 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) less draft, is 8.3 metres (27 ft 3 in) less tall and 10 miles per hour (16 km/h) slower.

Freedom of the Seas was the largest passenger ship ever built (by gross tonnage) from 2006 until construction of her sister ship, Liberty of the Seas in 2007.įreedom of the Seas under construction at Turku Shipyard in Turku, Finland on February 23, 2006įreedom of the Seas was built at the Aker Yards Turku Shipyard, Finland, which built the ships of the Voyager class as well as the other ships of the Freedom class. The vessel also has 4 crew decks below the waterline. She is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom class, and can accommodate 3,634 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks. MS Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. Diesel-electric Three ABB Azipod units, two azimuthing and one fixed.

Freedom of the Seas in Port Canaveral, Florida in 2016, after her 2015 refurbishmentģ8.60 m (126.64 ft) waterline 56.08 m (184 ft) extreme (bridge wings)

Freedom of the seas