 Caribbean Princess docked in Cobh in 2017
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Bermuda | |
| Name | Caribbean Princess |
| Owner |  Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry |  Hamilton, Bermuda[1] |
| Builder | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)[2] |
| Cost | US $500 million[1] |
| Launched | 4 July 2003 |
| Christened | 2 April 2004 by Jill Whelan in Fort Lauderdale[3] |
| Maiden voyage | 3 April 2004[4] |
| In service | April 2004[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Grand-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 112,894 GT |
| Length | 951 ft (289.9 m) |
| Beam | 118 ft (36.0 m) |
| Draft | 26.2 ft (8.0 m)[1] |
| Decks | 17 total, 15 passenger[1] |
| Installed power | 2 diesel-electric propellers (42,000 kW (56,000 hp) each)[1] |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1] |
| Capacity | 3,142 passengers |
| Crew | 1,200 crew[7] |
MS Caribbean Princess is a modified Grand-class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet until June 2013 when the new Royal Princess, another Princess ship superseded its record. She has 900 balcony staterooms and a deck of mini-suites.
Caribbean Princess is slightly larger than the other ships in her class (Star Princess, Golden Princess, and Grand Princess), due to an additional deck of cabins called the "Riviera" deck. Another difference is that, being initially designed to cruise the Caribbean year-round, there is no sliding roof over the pool area for shelter in poor weather.
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- ^ "Caribbean Princess (9215490)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "MV Caribbean Princess (IMO: 9215490)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
- ^ "Princess Cruises: Caribbean Princess – Cruise Ship Facts". www.princess.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.