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{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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| infobox caption = ''MSC Orchestra''
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| Ship image = [[File:MSC_Orchestra_Full_2010.JPG|300px|MSC Orchestra]]
| Ship caption = ''MSC Orchestra'' at the [[Geirangerfjord]]
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| Ship operator = [[MSC Cruises]]
| Ship registry = {{flag|Panama}}<ref name="cruisecritic">[http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review_page2.cfm?ShipID=364 Cruise Critic Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804011143/http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review_page2.cfm?ShipID=364 |date=4 August 2008 }}</ref>
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| Ship builder = [[Aker Yards]], [[Chantiers de l'Atlantique]]<ref name="shipparade">{{Cite web |url=http://www.shipparade.com/cruise%20reviews/MSC%20Cruises/MSC_Orchestra/MSC_Orchestra.htm |title=Ship Parade Review and Photos |access-date=10 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203625/http://www.shipparade.com/cruise%20reviews/MSC%20Cruises/MSC_Orchestra/MSC_Orchestra.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Ship original cost = US$480 million
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| Ship launched = 9 September 2006
| Ship completed = 2007
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| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|9320099}}
*{{MMSI Number|372497000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: 3EJF3
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| Ship status = In service
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Musica|cruise ship}}
| Ship tonnage = {{GT|92,409}}
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| Ship length = {{convert|293.83|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="ShipFacts">[http://www.msccruisesusa.com/flotta/dati.asp?ship_id=145&page_id=2063 MSC Orchestra Ship Facts], MSC Cruises</ref>
| Ship beam = {{convert|32.31|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}
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| Ship decks = 13 passenger, 4 crew
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| Ship speed = {{convert|23|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship capacity = *2,550 passengers (as built)
*3,200 passengers (after retrofit)
| Ship crew = 987
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'''''MSC Orchestra''''' is a cruise ship that was built in 2007 for [[MSC Cruises]]. She is the second ship of the ''Musica'' class. She could at the time accommodate 2,550 passengers in 1,275 cabins. Most inside cabins were later refitted with two bunk beds and therefore she can now accommodate 3,200 passengers. Her crew complement is approximately 990.<ref name="cruisecritic"/><ref name="shipparade"/>



==Design==
The cruise ship has length of {{convert|293.8|m|ft}} and beam of {{convert|32.20|m|ft}}. ''MSC Orchestra'' has draft of {{convert|7.88|m|ft}} and gross tonnage of 92,409. The ship has capacity for 2,550 passengers and a crew complement of 987.

== Incidents ==

Eight passengers, four Bulgarians and four Lithuanians, were arrested during 2010 after [[cocaine]], worth an estimated £1.4m, was found on board whilst berthed at [[Dover]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=8 January 2011|title=Six jailed over cruise drugs plot|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12141510|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> Seven of the passengers pleaded guilty and the eighth was convicted at trial.<ref name=":0" />

On 22 February 2019, due to an unknown navigational error, ''MSC Orchestra'' collided with {{ship||MSC Poesia}} as it was departing [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, and ''MSC Orchestra'' also hit a pier. Both ships only sustained minor damage and were cleared to depart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruisehive.com/two-ships-from-the-same-cruise-line-collide-in-port/29807|title=Two Ships from the Same Cruise Line Collide in Port|date=22 February 2019|website=Cruise Hive|language=en-US|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of cruise ships]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{Saunders-Giants of the Seas}}
*{{Smith-Cruise Ships-2010}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|IMO 9320099}}
*[https://www.msccruises.com/en-gl/Discover-MSC/Cruise-Ships/MSC-Orchestra.aspx Official Website]

{{Musica class}}
{{MSC Ships}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Ships of MSC Cruises|Orchestra]]
[[Category:Ships built in France]]
[[Category:2006 ships]]


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