.jpg) Iona in Cádiz, 2022
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Iona |
| Owner |  Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator |  P&O Cruises |
| Port of registry |  Southampton, U.K. |
| Ordered | 6 September 2016 |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | S. 710[2] |
| Laid down | 29 May 2019 |
| Launched | 18 February 2020 |
| Sponsored by | Dame Irene Hays |
| Christened | 16 May 2021 |
| Completed | 9 October 2020[1] |
| Acquired | 9 October 2020 |
| Maiden voyage | 7 August 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Excellence-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 184,089 GT[1] |
| Displacement | 87,306 t (85,927 long tons; 96,238 short tons)[1] |
| Length | 344.5 m (1,130 ft 3 in)[3] |
| Beam | 42 m (137 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Draft | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Decks | 19 [1] |
| Installed power | Total Installed Power: 61.7 MW (82,700 hp)[3] |
| Propulsion | 2 × 18.5 MW (24,800 hp)[3][1] |
| Speed | Service speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[3] |
| Capacity | 5,206 passengers |
| Crew | 1,762 |
MS Iona is an Excellence-class cruise ship in service for P&O Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Papenburg,[4] she was delivered in October 2020 at a cost of £730 million. At 184,089 GT,[1] Iona became the largest cruise ship commissioned for P&O and the British market upon delivery until sister ship Arvia (measuring 184,700 GT[5][6]) was delivered in 2022. Iona was floated out on 18 February 2020 and delivered eight months later on 9 October amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed her debut by more than a year until 7 August 2021, when she sailed her maiden voyage from Southampton.
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- ^ "Arvia Cruise Ship". P&O Cruises.
- ^ "Arvia Itinerary, Current Position, Ship Review". CruiseMapper. Retrieved 14 March 2023.