Coral Princess

Coral Princess

The Coral Princess in Vancouver, June 2011

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Cruise ship class Coral class Callsign ZCDF4 home port Hamilton Owner Brittany Shipping Shipping company Princess Cruises Shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire Build number C32 Launch February 3, 2002 takeover December 23, 2002 Commissioning January 3, 2003 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 294 m ( Lüa ) width 32.2 m Draft Max. 8 m measurement 91,627 GT   crew 900

Machine system machine 2 × Wärtsilä 16V46C diesel engines ; 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines Machine performance 33,600 kW (45,683 hp) Top speed 21.5 kn (40 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 3,178

Others Registration numbers IMO 9229659

The Coral Princess is a 2003 posed into service cruise ship of the American shipping company Princess Cruises . She is the lead ship of the two-unit Coral class. Together with her sister ship, the Island Princess , which was also commissioned in 2003 , she is the shipping company's only Panamax ship.

history

The Coral Princess was built under the hull number C32 at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire and was undocked on February 3, 2002. After she was delivered to Princess Cruises on December 23, 2002, she began cruise service on January 3, 2003.

Incident 2013

On May 2, 2013, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Coral Princess , which however could be extinguished by the sprinkler systems on board. Nobody was injured in the incident.

Coronavirus 2020

In 2020 the coronavirus broke out on board the ship. The ship waited on April 2 for permission to dock in Fort Lauderdale, which became the port of destination for several cruise ships that had to abandon their voyages due to the virus.

commitment

In the summer months, the Coral Princess operates on the seven-day route from Vancouver to Whittier in Alaska . In the winter months, the ship is stationed in Fort Lauderdale , from where it offers trips to the Caribbean .

Web links

Commons : Coral Princess  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• German-language website of the Coral Princess

Individual evidence

1. ^ Covid-19: au tour du Coral Princess. April 3, 2020, accessed April 3, 2020 . 
2. ^ "Coronavirus-hit cruise ships dock in Florida as yet more wait at sea" theguardian.com of April 3, 2020