MSC Divina
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| Name: | MSC Divina |
| Owner: | MSC Cruises |
| Operator: | MSC Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
 Panama
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| Route: | Caribbean, Mediterranean |
| Cost: | $550 million |
| Yard number: | U32 |
| Launched: | September 3, 2011 |
| Christened: | May 19, 2012, by Sophia Loren in Marseille |
| Completed: | May 16, 2012 |
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| In service: | Operational |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fantasia-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 139,400 GT |
| Length: | 333 m (1,092.52 ft) |
| Beam: | 124.6 ft (37.98 m) |
| Height: | 219.2 ft (66.81 m) |
| Draft: | 27.2 ft (8.29 m) |
| Decks: | 18 total, 13 passenger decks |
| Installed power: | Diesel (40,000kW) |
| Propulsion: | Twin propellers |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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| Crew: | 1,325 crew |
| Notes: | 17 elevators, post-Panamax |
MS MSC Divina is a 139,400 GT cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was constructed from 2010 to 2012 being originally named MSC Fantastica while under construction. MSC renamed her when near complete in the shipyard to honour the actress Sophia Loren.
Divina is the third ship of the four Fantasia-class cruise ships, built after MSC Splendida and MSC Fantasia, and followed by her identical sister ship the MSC Preziosa. Divina and Preziosa are larger than the previous ships in the class. She is the twelfth ship in MSC's fleet, and is joint largest ship with Preziosa at 139,400 tons. 4,363 passengers in 1,751 cabins are accommodated with a crew complement of 1,325. She entered service in May 2012, with her identical sister ship Preziosa following in March 2013. Divina cruises in the Caribbean and Mediterranean.
In July 2010, MSC Cruises announced the construction of a new Fantasia-class ship to be named MSC Fantastica.MSC Fantastica was largely based on the two previous ships in the class, however she was increased in size from 137,936 to 139,400 gross tonnage with 100 additional cabins and facilities and more efficient and energy saving mechanical and electrical systems. Passenger numbers increased to 4,345 with the crew compliment increasing by 63 to 1,388. The vessel has a total of 1,751 passenger cabins. The main dimensions of the vessel have remained the same as the previous two ships, with the length being 333.33 meters, the moulded breadth of the hull 37.92 meters and the draught remaining the same at 8.45 meters.
Italian naval architects De Jorio Design International designed the ship and the interior areas with construction by STX Europe at Saint-Nazaire France. When near completion MSC Cruises announced that Fantastica would be renamed MSC Divina to honour the Italian actress Sophia Loren. Ms Loren had mentioned to MSC Cruises president, Gianluigi Aponte, that she had wished to have a ship named after her. Mr Aponte approved and renamed the MSC ship next into service after Ms Loren.
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