Sun Princess (ship, 1995)

Sun Princess

The Sun Princess off Fremantle, November 2018

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Ship type Cruise ship class Sun class home port Hamilton Owner Carnival Corporation & plc Shipping company Princess Cruises Shipyard Fincantieri , Monfalcone Build number 5909 Launch January 21, 1995 takeover November 8, 1995 Commissioning 2nd December 1995

Ship dimensions and crew length 261.31 m ( Lüa ) width 32.25 m Draft Max. 8 m measurement 77,441 GT   crew 924

Machine system machine diesel-electric Service speed 18 kn (33 km / h) Top speed 22 kn (41 km / h) Energy supply 4 × Fincantieri-Grandi Motori 16ZA 40S diesel engines Generator power 46,080 kW (62,651 hp) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 2,342

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO no. 9000259

The Sun Princess (II) is a cruise ship that was commissioned in 1995 by the US shipping company Princess Cruises . She is the lead ship of the four-unit Sun class and was one of the largest cruise ships in the world when it was completed.

history

The Sun Princess was built under hull number 5909 in the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone and was launched on January 21, 1995. After completion and delivery to Princess Cruises on November 8, 1995, the ship began service on December 2, 1995 for cruises from Fort Lauderdale . It is the shipping company's second ship with this name. The first Sun Princess entered service in 1972 as the Spirit of London and was in service with Princess Cruises from 1974 to 1988.

The Sun Princess was the first unit of the Sun class named after her . It was followed by the sister ships Dawn Princess (1997), Sea Princess (1998) and Ocean Princess (2000). From 1995 to 2000 the ship was registered in Monrovia and then in London until 2004 . Hamilton has been the home port ever since .

In July 2018, the Sun Princess received a two-week shipyard overhaul. In addition to modernizing the interior, this also included a new hull painting on the bow of the ship. The Sun Princess has been in service for cruises in Australia and New Zealand since 2019 . It was originally planned to be used as a hotel ship during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo before it had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic .

Also due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ship was refused to dock in a port in Madagascar on February 13, 2020 after a visit to Thailand . On March 1, the Sun Princess was allowed to dock in Réunion , where the passengers were prevented from leaving the ship and objects were thrown at them by local demonstrators. On March 26, 2020, the Department of Health for Western Australia announced that at least one passenger on the Sun Princess has contracted Covid-19.

Web links

Commons : Sun Princess  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• German-language website of the ship on princesscruises.de
• Entry about the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morgan Hines: Thousands may have been exposed to coronavirus on Princess cruise ship; 62 passengers confined. In: USA Today . March 5, 2020, accessed June 27, 2020 . 
2. ↑ COVID-19 update - March 26, 2020. In: Government of Western Australia. March 26, 2020, accessed June 27, 2020 .