Sky Princess in
Trieste, October 2019
| |
History | |
---|---|
Bermuda | |
Name | Sky Princess |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Princess Cruises |
Port of registry | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Ordered | 30 December 2015 [4] |
Builder | |
Yard number | 6268 [3] |
Laid down | 05 July 2018 [5] |
Launched | 14 February 2019 [2] |
Sponsored by | Kay Hire and Poppy Northcutt [6] |
Christened | 7 December 2019 [6] |
Completed | 12 October 2019 [1] |
Acquired | 15 October 2019 [3] |
Maiden voyage | 20 October 2019 [1] |
In service | 2019–present |
Identification |
|
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Royal-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 145,281 GT [3] |
Length | 330 m (1,080 ft) [3] |
Beam | 38.4 m (126 ft) [3] |
Draught | 8.5 m (28 ft) [3] |
Depth | 11.35 m (37.2 ft) [3] |
Decks | 19 |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 × 18,000 kW (24,000 hp) [7] |
Speed | |
Capacity | 3,660 passengers [8] |
Crew | 1,346 |
Sky Princess is a Royal-class cruise ship currently operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. She is the second ship in the cruise line's history to sail under this name. She is the fourth Royal-class ship in the Princess fleet and commenced operations in October 2019. [9] [10] The ship measures 145,281 GT and has a capacity of 3,660 passengers. [10] [4]
Carnival Corporation first entered a strategic agreement with Fincantieri in March 2015 for five cruise ships for delivery between 2019 and 2022. [11] From this agreement, the order for a then-unnamed, fourth Royal-class vessel was announced for Princess on 30 December 2015. [4] [12] The contract for this order was finalized on 2 April 2016. [13] On 30 November 2017, Princess Cruises officially announced the name of the fourth Royal-class ship as Sky Princess, in honor of a previous Princess vessel that carried the same name. [14] [15]
Construction began on 9 November 2016 with the steel cutting for the ship's bow at Fincantieri's shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, [16] with a separate milestone on 8 September 2017 marking the steel-cutting for the rest of the ship at Fincantieri's shipyard in Monfalcone. [17] Her keel-laying was performed on 5 July 2018. [5] She was floated out on 14 February 2019 [2] and completed her sea trials in September 2019. [18]
Sky Princess was officially delivered on 15 October 2019 in her handover ceremony at Fincantieri's shipyard in Monfalcone. [9] [10]
The ship sailed a four-day pre-inaugural "shakedown" cruise for the press on 16 October 2019 from Trieste to Athens with a call in Kotor. [19] She performed her official maiden voyage on 20 October 2019, a seven-day cruise sailing between Athens and Barcelona. [1] She sailed a short inaugural season in the Mediterranean in fall 2019 before repositioning to her new homeport of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arriving on 1 December 2019. [14] Due to high demand, two three-day inaugural cruises were scheduled on 1 December 2019 and 4 December 2019, with both cruising between Port Everglades and Princess Cays. [20]
Sky Princess was christened at Port Everglades on 7 December 2019 by NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Kay Hire and NASA engineer Poppy Northcutt. [6]
During the winter months, Sky Princess sails in the Caribbean from Port Everglades. [21] [22] For the summer months, she sails in Europe, including the Baltic region. [23] [24] In the fall, she sails along the Maritimes and New England from New York. [25] [26]
Sky Princess measures 145,281 GT, has a length of 330.0 metres (1,082.7 ft), a draft of 8.49 metres (27.9 ft), and a beam of 38.4 metres (126 ft). [7] [3] She is powered by a diesel-electric genset system, with four total Wärtsilä engines, producing a total output of 62.4 megawatts (83,700 hp). [7] Main propulsion is via two propellers, each driven by a 18 megawatts (24,000 hp) electric motor. [7] The system gives the vessel a service speed of 21.9 knots (40.6 km/h; 25.2 mph) and a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). [7] The ship houses 1,830 passenger cabins and 757 crew cabins. [7] Of the 1,830 passenger cabins, 81% have a balcony. [7] The ship has a maximum capacity of 5,800 passengers and crew. [7]
Sky Princess in
Trieste, October 2019
| |
History | |
---|---|
Bermuda | |
Name | Sky Princess |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Princess Cruises |
Port of registry | Hamilton, Bermuda |
Ordered | 30 December 2015 [4] |
Builder | |
Yard number | 6268 [3] |
Laid down | 05 July 2018 [5] |
Launched | 14 February 2019 [2] |
Sponsored by | Kay Hire and Poppy Northcutt [6] |
Christened | 7 December 2019 [6] |
Completed | 12 October 2019 [1] |
Acquired | 15 October 2019 [3] |
Maiden voyage | 20 October 2019 [1] |
In service | 2019–present |
Identification |
|
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Royal-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 145,281 GT [3] |
Length | 330 m (1,080 ft) [3] |
Beam | 38.4 m (126 ft) [3] |
Draught | 8.5 m (28 ft) [3] |
Depth | 11.35 m (37.2 ft) [3] |
Decks | 19 |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 × 18,000 kW (24,000 hp) [7] |
Speed | |
Capacity | 3,660 passengers [8] |
Crew | 1,346 |
Sky Princess is a Royal-class cruise ship currently operated by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. She is the second ship in the cruise line's history to sail under this name. She is the fourth Royal-class ship in the Princess fleet and commenced operations in October 2019. [9] [10] The ship measures 145,281 GT and has a capacity of 3,660 passengers. [10] [4]
Carnival Corporation first entered a strategic agreement with Fincantieri in March 2015 for five cruise ships for delivery between 2019 and 2022. [11] From this agreement, the order for a then-unnamed, fourth Royal-class vessel was announced for Princess on 30 December 2015. [4] [12] The contract for this order was finalized on 2 April 2016. [13] On 30 November 2017, Princess Cruises officially announced the name of the fourth Royal-class ship as Sky Princess, in honor of a previous Princess vessel that carried the same name. [14] [15]
Construction began on 9 November 2016 with the steel cutting for the ship's bow at Fincantieri's shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, [16] with a separate milestone on 8 September 2017 marking the steel-cutting for the rest of the ship at Fincantieri's shipyard in Monfalcone. [17] Her keel-laying was performed on 5 July 2018. [5] She was floated out on 14 February 2019 [2] and completed her sea trials in September 2019. [18]
Sky Princess was officially delivered on 15 October 2019 in her handover ceremony at Fincantieri's shipyard in Monfalcone. [9] [10]
The ship sailed a four-day pre-inaugural "shakedown" cruise for the press on 16 October 2019 from Trieste to Athens with a call in Kotor. [19] She performed her official maiden voyage on 20 October 2019, a seven-day cruise sailing between Athens and Barcelona. [1] She sailed a short inaugural season in the Mediterranean in fall 2019 before repositioning to her new homeport of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arriving on 1 December 2019. [14] Due to high demand, two three-day inaugural cruises were scheduled on 1 December 2019 and 4 December 2019, with both cruising between Port Everglades and Princess Cays. [20]
Sky Princess was christened at Port Everglades on 7 December 2019 by NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Kay Hire and NASA engineer Poppy Northcutt. [6]
During the winter months, Sky Princess sails in the Caribbean from Port Everglades. [21] [22] For the summer months, she sails in Europe, including the Baltic region. [23] [24] In the fall, she sails along the Maritimes and New England from New York. [25] [26]
Sky Princess measures 145,281 GT, has a length of 330.0 metres (1,082.7 ft), a draft of 8.49 metres (27.9 ft), and a beam of 38.4 metres (126 ft). [7] [3] She is powered by a diesel-electric genset system, with four total Wärtsilä engines, producing a total output of 62.4 megawatts (83,700 hp). [7] Main propulsion is via two propellers, each driven by a 18 megawatts (24,000 hp) electric motor. [7] The system gives the vessel a service speed of 21.9 knots (40.6 km/h; 25.2 mph) and a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). [7] The ship houses 1,830 passenger cabins and 757 crew cabins. [7] Of the 1,830 passenger cabins, 81% have a balcony. [7] The ship has a maximum capacity of 5,800 passengers and crew. [7]