DATA & FACTS
Client: Meyer Werft
Year of construction: 1996 and 1997
Shipping company: Celebrity Cruises
Building yard: Jos. L. Meyer GmbH
Superstructure: chimney casing (funnel), whirlpool tower (on the Mercury)
FUNNEL AND WHIRLPOOL TOWER – MEYER-WERFT
For the sister ships Galaxy and Mercury of Celebrity Cruises, the focus of the shipyard was to achieve a significant weight reduction high above the ship’s center of gravity and a visually improved surface finish of the funnel cladding elements.
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The dark blue cladding made of high-strength GRP sandwich material contrasts elegantly with the white of the X emblem, the front grit and the substructure supporting the funnel, whose technical character is visually eclipsed by the bands running horizontally around it.
The weight reduction of the chimney cladding with the exhaust spoiler, which was also made of aluminum in the fiber composite version, is approx. 47% compared to a completely aluminum version of the funnel. If you only look at the substituted cladding panels and X symbols, the reduction is even around 60%.
The whirlpool tower with tiled shower recess was also manufactured in a sandwich construction and can therefore carry a multiple person load even without ribs. Due to the stiff material, the deflections of tiled areas are so small that there is no risk of joint cracks forming.