en.unionpedia.org

Oasis-class cruise ship, the Glossary

The Oasis class is a class of 7 Royal Caribbean International cruise ships.^[1]

47 relations: Air draft, Allure of the Seas, Associated Press, Azimuth thruster, Azipod, Baltic Sea, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Chimney, Common rail, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships, Cruise ship, Displacement (ship), DNV, DR (broadcaster), Engine, English Channel, Finland, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, France, Funnel (ship), Great Belt Bridge, Gross tonnage, Harmony of the Seas, Icon of the Seas, Icon-class cruise ship, List of largest cruise ships, Maneuvering thruster, Meyer Turku, Oasis of the Seas, Option contract, Perno shipyard, Port Everglades, Royal Caribbean International, Saint-Nazaire, Squat effect, STX Europe, STX Finland, Symphony of the Seas, Telescoping (mechanics), The Solent, USA Today, Utopia of the Seas, V12 engine, V16 engine, Wärtsilä, Wonder of the Seas.
Cruise ship classes
Royal Caribbean International
Ships built in Finland

Air draft

Air draft (or air draught) is the distance from the surface of the water to the highest point on a vessel.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Air draft

Allure of the Seas

Allure of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Allure of the Seas

Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Associated Press

Azimuth thruster

An azimuth thruster is a configuration of marine propellers placed in pods that can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth), making a rudder redundant.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Azimuth thruster

Azipod is a trademarked azimuth thruster pod design, a marine propulsion unit consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola ("pod") containing the electric motor driving the propeller, allowing ships to be more maneuverable.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Azipod

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Baltic Sea

Chantiers de l'Atlantique

Chantiers de l'Atlantique is a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Chantiers de l'Atlantique

Chimney

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Chimney

Common rail

Common rail direct fuel injection is a direct fuel injection system built around a high-pressure (over) fuel rail feeding solenoid valves, as opposed to a low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors (or pump nozzles).

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Common rail

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships

Early in 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease spread to a number of cruise ships, with the nature of such shipsincluding crowded semi-enclosed areas, increased exposure to new environments, and limited medical resourcescontributing to the heightened risk and rapid spread of the disease.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ships

Cruise ship

Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Cruise ship

Displacement (ship)

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Displacement (ship)

DNV

Det Norske Veritas (DNV), formerly DNV GL is an international accredited registrar and classification society headquartered in Høvik, Norway.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and DNV

DR (broadcaster)

DR, officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and DR (broadcaster)

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Engine

English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and English Channel

Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Finland

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Fort Lauderdale, Florida

France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and France

Funnel (ship)

A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Funnel (ship)

Great Belt Bridge

The Great Belt Bridge (Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link (Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Great Belt Bridge

Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Gross tonnage

Harmony of the Seas

Harmony of the Seas is an built by STX France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, for Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Harmony of the Seas

Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas is the lead ship of the.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Icon of the Seas

Icon-class cruise ship

The Icon class (formally Project Icon) is a class of cruise ships ordered by Royal Caribbean International to be built by Meyer Turku in Turku, Finland. Oasis-class cruise ship and Icon-class cruise ship are cruise ship classes, Royal Caribbean International and ships built in Finland.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Icon-class cruise ship

List of largest cruise ships

Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and List of largest cruise ships

Maneuvering thruster

Manoeuvering thrusters (bow thrusters and stern thrusters) are transversal propulsion devices built into or mounted to either the bow or stern (front or back, respectively) of a ship or boat to make it more manoeuvrable.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Maneuvering thruster

Meyer Turku

Meyer Turku Oy is a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Turku, Finland Proper.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Meyer Turku

Oasis of the Seas

Oasis of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Oasis of the Seas

Option contract

An option contract, or simply option, is defined as "a promise which meets the requirements for the formation of a contract and limits the promisor's power to revoke an offer".

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Option contract

Perno shipyard

Perno shipyard is a shipyard in Turku, southwest Finland, that specialises in building cruise ships, passenger ferries, special vessels and offshore projects.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Perno shipyard

Port Everglades

Port Everglades is a seaport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, located in Broward County.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Port Everglades

Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean International (RCI), previously known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Royal Caribbean International

Saint-Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire (Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Saint-Nazaire

Squat effect

The squat effect is the hydrodynamic phenomenon by which a vessel moving through shallow water creates an area of reduced pressure that causes the ship to increase its draft and thereby be closer to the seabed than would otherwise be expected.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Squat effect

STX Europe

STX Europe AS, formerly Aker Yards ASA, was until 2012 a subsidiary of the South Korean STX Offshore & Shipbuilding.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and STX Europe

STX Finland

STX Finland Oy, formerly Aker Yards Oy, was a Finnish shipbuilding company operating three shipyards in Finland, in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma, employing some 2,500 people.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and STX Finland

Symphony of the Seas

Symphony of the Seas is an owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Symphony of the Seas

Telescoping (mechanics)

Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object (such as a telescope or the lift arm of an aerial work platform) from its rest state.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Telescoping (mechanics)

The Solent

The Solent is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and The Solent

USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and USA Today

Utopia of the Seas

Utopia of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Utopia of the Seas

V12 engine

A V12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where two banks of six cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and V12 engine

V16 engine

A V16 engine is a sixteen-cylinder piston engine where two banks of eight cylinders are arranged in a V configuration around a common crankshaft.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and V16 engine

Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä Oyj Abp, trading internationally as Wärtsilä Corporation, is a Finnish company which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Wärtsilä

Wonder of the Seas

Wonder of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International.

See Oasis-class cruise ship and Wonder of the Seas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis-class_cruise_ship

Also known as Genesis Class, Genesis of the Seas, Oasis Class, Oasis class cruise ship.

Oasis-class cruise ship, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Cruise ship classes

Royal Caribbean International

Ships built in Finland

References