 Norwegian Prima, the lead vessel of the Prima class
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Fincantieri |
| Operators | Norwegian Cruise Line |
| Preceded by | Breakaway class |
| Subclasses | Prima-plus class |
| Planned | 6 |
| Building | 1 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 142,500−172,000 GT |
| Length | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
| Capacity | 3,300–3,550 |
Prima-class cruise ships, formerly known by the project name Project Leonardo, are a class of cruise ships built for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). These are the first NCL ships to be built by Fincantieri. Each ship is expected to cost about $850 million.[1] The modifications that are to be made to the design for the future Prima-class ships would result in an extra 1.2 billion euros in shipbuilding costs — about $1.27 billion.[citation needed]
The first ship, Norwegian Prima, entered service in 2022, with the second, Norwegian Viva, in 2023.
The third and fourth Prima-class ships will debut in 2025 and 2026 and will be around 10 percent bigger in gross tonnage than the Norwegian Prima, the first in the NCL's new class of ships. The fifth and sixth Prima-class ships will be 20 percent larger, making them the largest in the entire fleet, and they will debut in 2027 and 2028.[2] The ships will be wider and longer than Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Viva.[3]
- ^ "Cruise Ship Orderbook". 2016-06-26. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ Zelinski, Andrea (2023-02-28). "NCL will make future Prima-class ships bigger and greener". Travel Weekly. Rutherford, New Jersey. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Norwegian Cruise Line Adding More Capacity to 4 Prima Class Ships". Cruise Industry News. New York. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-11.