''AIDAmar'' is an Icarus-class

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, built at

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for

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. She is the sixth Sphinx series ship, preceded by sisters '' AIDAdiva'', '' AIDAbella'', '' AIDAluna'', '' AIDAblu'', '' AIDAsol'' and followed by '' AIDAstella''. ''AIDAmar'' was delivered to the shipping company by Meyer Werft on 3 May 2012.M/S AIDAmar, Fakta om fartyg
''AIDAmar'' was christened in

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on 12 May 2012.

Concept and construction

2011-08-26 Papenburg Meyer-Werft Baudock 1 AIDAmar

''AIDAmar'' was ordered on 13 December 2007 from Meyer Werft by

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, the parent company of AIDA. On 1 April 2012 ''AIDAmar'' was floated to Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ''AIDAmar'' is fifth in a series of six ships ordered by the German company AIDA Cruises, the ship measuring long and wide. Displaying a gauge 71,300 tons, it has 1,096 cabins. Facilities included are an additional deck, an onboard brewery and a

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facility. The ''AIDAmar'' is a sister ship of ''AIDAblu'' and ''AIDAsol'', delivered in 2010 and 2011 respectively. These ships are slightly larger than the first three series units, ''AIDAdiva'', ''AIDAbella'' and ''AIDAluna'' (68,500 tons, 1,025 cabins), completed in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Meyer Werft. After leaving the hall building covered in Papenburg, ''AIDAmar'' went down the

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in mid-April to reach the

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and to conduct its tests before its release in May of the same year. The last ship of the class, the ''AIDAstella'', was delivered by Meyer Werft in late 2013.

References

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