Grand Princess
Grand Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises. It was built in 1998 by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Monfalcone, Italy, with yard number 5956, at a cost of approximately US$450 million. She was the largest and most expensive passenger ship ever built at the time. Grand Princess was the flagship in the Princess Cruises fleet until the new Royal Princess took that title in June 2013.
Grand Princess docked in Ketchikan, Alaska in 2023 | |
| History | |
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| Bermuda | |
| Name | Grand Princess |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry | |
| Ordered | 8 February 1994 |
| Builder |
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| Cost | US$450 million |
| Yard number | 5956 |
| Launched | 20 May 1998 |
| Sponsored by | Olivia de Havilland |
| Christened | 29 September 1998 |
| Maiden voyage | 27 May 1998 |
| In service | 1998–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Notes | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Grand-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 107,517 GT |
| Length | 289.86 m (951 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 35.97 m (118 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 61.26 m (201 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in) |
| Decks | 17 |
| Propulsion | Two shafts; fixed-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) (cruising) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 6 tenders |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 1,100 |
| Notes | |
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