Silver Whisper is a cruise ship that entered service in 2001, and is operated by Silversea Cruises. The passenger capacity is 382 passengers, and there are 295 crew members. Her sister ship is ; both ships were built by the Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. They both have a high space-to-passenger ratioâÂÂthe ship's gross tonnage divided by the passenger capacityâÂÂat 74, providing more space per passenger than many other cruise ships. [The reduction in passengers to 740 on Crystal Serenity and to 606 on Crystal Symphony makes those ships higher at 93 an 84, respectively.] The passenger-to-crew ratio is also high, at 1.31 to 1.
There are 194 outside suites, ranging in size from to ; 80% of which feature teak balconies.
On 6 January 2020, Silver Whisper, left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to begin a journey that was to take one hundred and forty days to visit sixty-two port of calls on all seven continents. In March 2020, Silver Whisper was forced to end the Legends of Cruising world cruise due to the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.