&sq=&lang=&file=File:Diamond_Princess_(ship,_2004)_-_cropped.jpg) Diamond Princess anchored in Toba in December 2019
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| History | |
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 [1]United Kingdom | |
| Name | Diamond Princess |
| Owner | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Carnival_Corporation_house_flag.svg){kind=small} Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Cost | US$500 million |
| Yard number | 2181 |
| Laid down | 2 March 2002 |
| Launched | 12 April 2003 |
| Christened | 2004 |
| Completed | 26 February 2004 |
| Maiden voyage | 2004 |
| In service | March 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gem-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 115,875 GT |
| Length | 290.2 m (952 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 37.49 m (123 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 62.48 m (205 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8.53 m (28 ft 0 in) |
| Decks | 13 |
| Installed power | Wärtsilä 46 series common rail engines |
| Propulsion | Twin propellers |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Capacity | 2,670 passengers |
| Crew | 1,100 crew |
| Notes | [1] |
Diamond Princess is a British-registered cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises. She began operation in March 2004 and primarily cruises in Asia during the northern hemisphere summer and Australia during the southern hemisphere summer. She is a subclassed Grand-class ship, which is also known as a Gem-class ship. Diamond Princess and her sister ship, Sapphire Princess, are the widest subclass of Grand-class ships, as they have a 37.5-metre (123 ft 0 in) beam, while all other Grand-class ships have a beam of 36 metres (118 ft 1 in). Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess were both built in Nagasaki, Japan, by Mitsubishi Industries.
There have been two notable outbreaks of infectious disease on the ship – an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus in 2016 and an outbreak of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 in 2020. In the latter incident, the ship was quarantined for nearly a month with her passengers on board, and her passengers and crew were subject to further quarantine after disembarking. At least 712 out of the 3,711 passengers and crew were infected,[2] and by mid-April 2020 nine had died.[3][4]
- ^ a b c "Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel Diamond Princess". VesselTracker. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ Feuer, William (28 March 2020). "CDC says coronavirus RNA found in Princess Cruise ship cabins up to 17 days after passengers left". CNBC. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (14 April 2020). "横浜港で検疫を行ったクルーズ船に関連した患者の死亡について (About death of patient associated with cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Port)" (in Japanese).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "How Dangerous is Covid-19?". 25 August 2020.