Norwegian Jewel is a cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). She is the lead vessel of NCL's Jewel-class cruise ship cruise ships and entered service in 2005. The vessel sails primarily in the western Pacific Ocean.
Design and description
Norwegian Jewel is NCL's first of four Jewel-class cruise ship ships. The vessel has a gross tonnage (GT) of 93,502 and measures. The cruise ship is 294.13 m long overall and 63.5 m between perpendiculars with a beam of 32.2 m and a draught of 8.6 m.
Norwegian Jewel is powered by a diesel-electric propulsion system comprising five MAN-B&W 12V48/60B diesel engines providing power to two Azipod thrusters. The system is variably rated at 100000 hp,[1] and 39000 kW. This gives the cruise ship a maximum speed of 25.6 kn.[1]