Royal Princess

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 142714

Net Tonnage: -

Displacement: 71300 load; 68155 design

Deadweight: 13000 load; 9855 design

Designer: Meyer Werft (overall)

Classification: LR + 100A1, +LMC with CCS notation IWS

Length: 330.00m / 1082.68ft oa; 306.00m / 1003.94ft pp

Breadth: 47.30m / 155.18ft ext; 38.40m / 125.98ft mld

Draught: 8.55m / 28.05ft load; 8.30m / 27.23ft design

Air draught: 60.70m / 199.15ft load

Depth: 21.00m / 68.90ft mld

Decks: 19 (14 passenger)

Complement: 5560 (3560 pax dbl occ, 2000 crew); 6200 (4200 pax max occ, 2000 crew)

Cabins: 1780 (342 inboard, 1438 outboard)

Yard Data

Fincantieri Monfalcone 6223

Timeline

10 April 2010

Fincantieri S.p.A. and Princess Cruises sign a contract to build yard number 6223, the first in a new class of cruise ships, the largest built by the yard to date.

14 December 2010

Steel cutting ceremony for Fincantieri yard number 6223.

20 October 2011

The first block of 6223 is laid down in a drydock in Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard in Italy.

31 July 2012

Royal Princess is floated out of the drydock and moved to the fitting out berth.

1 May 2013

Princess Cruises takes delivery of Royal Princess from Fincantieri S.p.A.  The ship is valued at $735,000,000.

13 June 2013

The Duchess of Cambridge christens the new flagship of the Princess Cruises fleet.

16 June 2013

Royal Princess sets sail on her maiden voyage.