MSC Sinfonia
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| Route: | Northern Europe |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
| Cost: | $245 million |
| Yard number: | V31 |
| Launched: | 4 March 2001 |
| Christened: | 19 April 2002 |
| Acquired: | 18 April 2002 |
| In service: | 25 April 2002 |
| Identification: | IMO 92101531 |
| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Lirica class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 251.25 m (824 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 28.8 m (94 ft 6 in) |
| Height: | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
| Draught: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
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| Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
| Capacity: | 2,163 passengers |
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| Class and type: | Lirica class cruise ship |
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| Height: | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Depth: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
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| Speed: | 21.1 knots (39.1 km/h; 24.3 mph) |
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| Crew: | 721 |
| Notes: | Otherwise the same as European Stars |
MS MSC Sinfonia is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Italy-based MSC Cruises. She was built in 2002 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France for the now-defunct Festival Cruises as MS European Stars. She was the last new ship built for Festival Cruises.
European Stars was the second in a pair of two sister ships ordered by Festival Cruises from Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France (the first sister being MS European Vision). The contract price for the ship was $245 million, and her yard number was X31. Both new ships were built on the same platform as MS Mistral, built by the same shipyard for Festival Cruises in 1999, but with an added 35 metres (115 ft) midsection providing more passenger spaces, and one additional deck of cabins with private balconies.
Newbuilding X31 was launched in Saint-Nazaire on 4 March 2001. Following fitting out, she was delivered to Festival Cruises on 18 April 2002 and officially christened European Stars the following day in Saint-Nazaire.
European Stars entered service for Festival Cruises on 25 April 2002 on a cruise from Barcelona. Her career with Festival proved short, however, as the company went bankrupt in January 2004 and the European Stars was subsequently impounded and laid up in Barcelona on 19 January 2004. The ship remained laid up for several months, until she was sold to MSC Cruises in July 2004 for €220 million and renamed MSC Sinfonia (her sister European Vision also joined the MSC fleet, as MSC Armonia). The MSC Sinfonia entered service with her new owners in March 2005.
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