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Sapphire Princess is a cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises that entered service in 2004 as the sister ship of Diamond Princess.At the time she was one of the world's largest cruise ships, with a capacity of 2,670 passengers [1] and is the second Gem-class ship built by Princess Cruises.
Diamond Princess and her sister ship, Sapphire Princess, are the widest subclass of Grand-class ships, as they have a 37.5-metre (123 ft 0 in) beam, while all other Grand-class ships have a beam of 36 metres (118 ft 1 in). Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess were both built in Nagasaki, Japan, by Mitsubishi Industries.
Originally ordered for Sitmar Cruises, with the merger of Sitmar Cruises into Princess, she first entered service with Princess Cruises as Star Princess in 1989. From 1997 to 2003, she served in the P&O Cruises fleet as MV Arcadia. She was renamed Ocean Village in 2003 when the brand was established. [4]
Emerald Princess departing Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2024. Emerald Princess is usually based in Europe in the summer and in the United States in the winter. Past itineraries have included 11-day cruises to Scandinavia & Russia from Copenhagen and Warnemuende near Rostock, 10-day cruises to Canada/New England from New York, and 10-day cruises to the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale. [6]
Sun Princess was delivered on 14 February 2024. [9] There were technical issues aboard the ship after entering service, delaying its first port of call. [13] [14] [15] In April 2024, Princess announced that the delivery of the Star Princess will be delayed by two months. [16] The ship was launched in September and is scheduled for delivery in ...
MV Artania (previously Royal Princess and Artemis) is a cruise ship chartered since 2011 by Phoenix Reisen, a German-based travel agency and cruise ship operator. She was built for Princess Cruises by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki Shipyard , Finland, and was launched on 18 February 1984.
Princess renamed her Princess Italia and had the ship sail to Mexico out of Los Angeles. In 1968 the logo on the ship's funnel was changed from red and yellow triangles to Princess's now signature "sea witch" logo. [4] Italia as Sapphire in Málaga, Spain Italia as Sapphire in Messina, 2006
Azura is a Ventura Class ship, a subset of Grand-class, with a modified design which distinguishes her from early ships of the same class.Construction of Azura began in 2008 when her keel was officially laid on 27 October 2008. [5]