History | |
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Name | MSC Divina |
Owner | MSC Cruises |
Operator | MSC Cruises |
Port of registry | ![]() |
Route | Caribbean, Mediterranean |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire ![]() |
Cost | $550 million |
Yard number | U32 |
Launched | 3 September 2011 |
Christened | 19 May 2012, by Sophia Loren |
Completed | 16 May 2012[1] |
Maiden voyage |
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In service | Operational |
Identification |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fantasia-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 139,072 GT[1] |
Length | 333.33 m (1,093.60 ft)[1] |
Beam | 124.41 ft (37.92 m)[1] |
Height | 219.2 ft (66.81 m) |
Draft | 28.38 ft (8.65 m)[1] |
Decks | 18 total, 13 passenger decks |
Installed power | Diesel (40,000kW) |
Propulsion | Twin propellers |
Speed | 23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph)[1] |
Capacity | |
Crew | 1,388 crew[2] |
Notes | 17 elevators, post-Panamax |
MSC Divina is a cruise ship measured at 139,400 gross tonnage (GT) owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was constructed from 2010 to 2012 being originally named MSC Fantastica while under construction.[2] MSC renamed her when near complete in the shipyard to honour the actress Sophia Loren.[3]
The MSC Divina is the third ship of the four Fantasia-class cruise ships, built after MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasia, and followed by her identical sister ship the MSC Preziosa. MSC Divina and MSC Preziosa are larger than the two previous ships in the class (which were of 137,936 tons each). She is the twelfth ship in MSC's fleet, and was the joint largest ship with MSC Preziosa at 139,400 tons,[4] until the completion of the company's MSC Seaside (160,000 tons) and MSC Meraviglia (171,598 tons) in 2017. 3,502 passengers in 1,539 cabins are accommodated with a crew complement of 1,388.[2] The MSC Divina entered service in May 2012, with her identical sister ship MSC Preziosa following in March 2013. MSC Divina cruises in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
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