Sun-class cruise ship

This article is about the cruise ship class. For the class of steam locomotives, see GWR Sun Class.
Dawn Princess in Ketchikan, Alaska
Class overview
Name: Sun class
Builders: Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A.
Operators:
Succeeded by: Grand class
Cost: US$380 million
Built: 1995–2003
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 77,741
Length: 260.0 m (853 ft 0 in)
Beam: 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in)
Draught: 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Decks: 16 (10 publicly accessible)
Propulsion: 4 Sulzer Diesel engines driving 2 shafts
Speed: 21.4 knots (39.6 km/h; 24.6 mph)
Complement: 900 crew, 1,950–2,272 passengers

The Sun class is a class of cruise ships operated primarily by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival. The class was designed and its component vessels constructed by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy. The first Sun-class vessel, Sun Princess, entered service in 1995 and the last, Ocean Princess, entered service in the year 2000 (the Ocean Princess has since been renamed MV Oceana and now sails for P&O Cruises).

At the time of launch, the Sun class was amongst the largest cruise ships in the world, although this has since been surpassed many times. The vessels are promoted as "big ship choice and small ship feel".

The four ships are effectively identical, with the only notable exception being the design of the bridge wings; Sun Princess and Dawn Princess having exterior bridge wings, Sea Princess and Oceana having interior bridge wings.

Ships

Princess Cruises

Ship Built Builder Entered service
for Princess 		Gross tonnage Flag Notes Image
Sun Princess 1995 Fincantieri 1995–present 77,499 tons  Bermuda Last refurbished in April 2016
Dawn Princess 1997 Fincantieri 1997–present 77,499 tons Bermuda Last refurbished in 2009, Will be transferred to P&O Cruises Australia in 2017.
Sea Princess 1998 Fincantieri 1998–2003
2005–present 		77,499 tons Bermuda Sailed as P&O Adonia from 2003 to 2005

P&O Cruises

Ship Built Builder Entered service
for Princess 		Gross tonnage Flag Notes Image
Oceana 2000 Fincantieri 2003–present 77,499 tons Bermuda Previous sailed as Ocean Princess for Princess Cruises from 2000 to 2003

References

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