Emerald Princess
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Emerald Princess in Fremantle 2016
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| History | |
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| Name: | Emerald Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
Hamilton,  Bermuda
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| Ordered: | 23 September 2004 |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Italy |
| Cost: | US$500 million |
| Laid down: | 14 September 2005 |
| Launched: | 1 June 2006 |
| Christened: | 13 May 2007 by Florence Henderson, Marion Ross, Erin Moran and Susan Olsen |
| Acquired: | 24 March 2007 |
| Maiden voyage: | April 11, 2007 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Grand-class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 951 ft (290 m) |
| Beam: | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Draught: | 26.2 ft (8.0 m) |
| Decks: | 15 passenger decks |
| Installed power: | 6 × Diesel generators, 67 MW |
| Propulsion: | 2 × PEM, fixed pitch propellers, 21 MW each |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,080 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,200 |
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Emerald Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship for Princess Cruises that entered service in April 2007. Her sister ships include Ruby Princess and Crown Princess. She features two nightclubs, a piazza-style atrium, multiple pools and hot tubs, a spa, and a gym. Unlike her earlier sisters such as Caribbean Princess, Emerald Princess does not have a disco overhanging the stern, but the same stern as her near-sisters Diamond Princess and Sapphire Princess.
Emerald Princess launched from the Italian shipyard of Fincantieri Monfalcone on June 1, 2006. She was then handed over to Princess Cruises on March 24, 2007.Emerald Princess was christened on 13 May 2007, in Greece.
Emerald Princess began commercial service on 11 April 2007, offering 12-day Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, and continued sailing Europe for Summer 2007. She was then repositioned in Fort Lauderdale in Fall to offer Caribbean cruises.
Emerald Princess had a power outage on July 25, 2010 on the first day of a seven-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. For extended periods during the 4+ hour outage, there was no air conditioning, no elevator service, limited lighting, and toilets could not flush. As a result of the outage, Emerald Princess missed its first port of call the following day. Passengers were credited US$300 per stateroom for the inconvenience. Princess Cruises has not yet determined the cause of the outage.
The vessel entered dry-dock on November 30, 2015, for 13 days of minor freshening renovations. The ship will leave dry-dock on December 13. Previously Emerald Princess underwent dry-dock renovations from December 7 through December 17, 2012.
On May 17, 2011, the ship sustained considerable damage to several lifeboats when a fuel loading barge collided with the side of the ship while in the port of St Petersburg, Russia. After inspection by authorities, it was determined the ship still had enough passenger space in an emergency using inflatable life rafts, and the ship continued on her planned itinerary.
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