Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship

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Vista Spirit hybrid class

MS Queen Victoria prior to her 2017 refit
Class overview
Builders	Fincantieri
Operators	Cunard Line Costa Cruises Carnival Cruise Line
Preceded by	Spirit class Vista class
Succeeded by	Dream class Pinnacle class
Built	2006–2010
In service	2007–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	92,700 GT
Length	964.5 ft (294.0 m)
Beam	106 ft (32 m) waterline, 120 ft (37 m) extreme (bridge wings)
Height	205 ft (62 m) keel to funnel
Draft	26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Decks	16 total, 12 passenger
Installed power	MS Queen Victoria: Sulzer ZA40 diesel engines 63,400 kW (85,000 hp) (combined) MS Queen Elizabeth: 4 × MaK 12VM43C 2 × MaK 8M43C 64,000 kW (86,000 hp) (combined)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric Two ABB Azipods
Speed	23.7 knots (43.9 km/h; 27.3 mph) maximum, Service speed 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	2,081 passengers
Crew	900

The Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship is the culmination of two cruise ship designs. Carnival Corporation had two competing and very similar ship designs, the Vista class and Spirit class. The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri constructed Vista-class ships for Holland America and P&O Cruises and the Finnish STX shipbuilder built Spirit-class vessels for the Carnival and Costa brands. Both designs incorporated Azipods, and were Panamax ships around 90,000 gross tonnage (GT).