Ventura (ship)

Ventura

The Ventura in Lisbon, July 2017

Ship data flag  Bermuda Ship type Cruise ship class Grand class Callsign ZCDT2 home port Hamilton Owner Carnival Corporation & plc Shipping company P&O Cruises Shipyard Fincantieri , Monfalcone Build number 6132 Keel laying August 29, 2006 baptism April 16, 2008 Launch June 8, 2007 takeover March 31, 2008 Commissioning April 18, 2008

Ship dimensions and crew length 291.4 m ( Lüa ) width 36 m Draft Max. 8 m measurement 116,017 GT

Machine system machine 6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines Machine performance 67,200 kW (91,367 hp) Top speed 21.7 kn (40 km / h) propeller 2 × fixed propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 3,192

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 9333175

The Ventura is a cruise ship of the P&O Cruises shipping company that was put into service in 2008 and belongs to the Grand Class. It is the second largest unit in the P&O Cruises fleet.

history

The Ventura was laid on August 29, 2006 under the hull number 6132 in the shipyard of Fincantieri in Monfalcone and was launched on June 8, 2007. After the delivery to P&O Cruises on March 31, 2008 and the official christening by actress Helen Mirren on April 16, 2008, the ship was put into service on April 18, 2008. The Ventura is a member of the eleven-unit Grand Class that was first introduced by Princess Cruises in 1998 .

From March to April 2013, the ship received a shipyard overhaul at Blohm + Voss in Hamburg .

In December 2019, the Ventura suffered an engine failure on a cruise from Tenerife to Arrecife due to an electrical problem and had to be brought back to the port by tugs.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Ventura has been temporarily decommissioned and taken to Weymouth , where it is anchored with other cruise lines. Previously, the ship had brought crew members from P&O Cruises and the Cunard Line from India back to their home country.

Web links

Commons : Ventura  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the ship on the German-language website of P&O Cruises
• Entry about the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pascal Wepner: P&O Ventura has machine problems in the Canary Islands. In: Ships and Cruises. December 12, 2019, accessed July 19, 2020 . 
2. ^ Richard Mills: The massive cruise ships which have arrived in Weymouth Bay include spectacular P&O and Cunard Vessels. In: SomersetLive. July 2, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ P&O Cruises and Cunard Line bring Indian crew members to MS Ventura. In: Ships and Cruises. May 5, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .