MSC Preziosa

MSC Preziosa in Greenock Ocean Terminal on 12 May 2017.
History
NameMSC Preziosa
OperatorMSC Cruises
Port of registry Panama
RouteMediterranean
BuilderSTX France
Cost$550 million
Yard numberX32
Launched2 September 2011
Christened23 March 2013
In serviceMarch 2013
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeFantasia-class cruise ship
Tonnage139,072 GT[1]
Length333.33 m (1,093.60 ft)[1]
Beam37.92 m (124.41 ft)[1]
Height66.81 m (219.2 ft)
Draft8.65 m (28.38 ft)[1]
Decks18 total, 13 passenger decks
Installed powerDiesel (40,000kW)
PropulsionTwin propellers
Speed23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph)[1]
Capacity
  • 3,959 passengers (double)
  • 4,345 passengers (maximum)
Crew1,370 crew
Notes17 elevators, post-Panamax

MSC Preziosa is a Fantasia-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She entered service in March 2013. She is an enhanced version of her first two class member ships, MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasia, and is identical to the previous MSC Divina. She debuted on 13 March as the fourth ship in the Fantasia class.[2]

MSC Preziosa was constructed from 2010 to 2013 at the STX shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, and was delivered in March 2013, being named MSC Preziosa while under construction in 2012. She has a capacity of 3,502 passengers in 1,310 outside cabins and 327 inside cabins, who are accommodated with a crew complement of 1,370. She was the 13th cruise ship of the MSC Cruises line.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "MSC Preziosa (9595321)". BV Fleet. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "List of MSC Cruise Ships: Newest to Oldest". 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ "MSC Preziosa Cruise Ship, Fantasia Class". Ship Technology.