SuperStar Virgo
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SuperStar Virgo departing Fremantle Harbour, Australia
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| Name: | SuperStar Virgo |
| Owner: | Star Cruises |
| Operator: | Star Cruises |
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| Ordered: | 22 November 1995 |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Cost: | $350 million |
| Yard number: | 647 |
| Laid down: | 18 November 1996 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1998 |
| Completed: | 1 August 1999 |
| Acquired: | 2 August 1999 |
| In service: | 10 October 1999 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Leo class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 268.60 m (881 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 32.3 m (106 ft) |
| Height: | 49.6 m (163 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Depth: | 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Decks: | 13 (10 passenger accessible) |
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| Crew: | 1,300 |
SuperStar Virgo is a Leo class cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1999 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
The SuperStar Virgo was ordered by Star Cruises on 22 November 1995 from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany as the second ship of the Leo class, and the second newbuilding for Star Cruises. Like her sister ship SuperStar Leo, she was designed specifically for the Asian cruise market. The keel of the SuperStar Virgo was laid on 18 November 1996, and she was floated out of drydock on 23 December 1998. She was delivered to Star Cruises on 2 August 1999.
Following the lengthy transit from Papenburg to Singapore the SuperStar Virgo entered service on cruises from Singapore on 10 October 1999. On 24 April 2003 the SuperStar Virgo was relocated from Singapore to operate cruises out of Perth, Western Australia due to the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Southeast Asia. Initially the redeployment was planned to last only a one-month evaluation period, but due to the success of the cruises out of Australia the SuperStar Virgo was based in Perth until July 2003.
In 2004 the SuperStar Virgo became the sole "mega-ship", and the only purpose-built ship, in Star Cruises' fleet, when her sister SuperStar Leo was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises' subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line (newbuildings planned or ordered by Star Cruises after the SuperStar Virgo had either been cancelled or moved to the NCL fleet prior to delivery). On 2 April 2008 the SuperStar Virgo relocated from Singapore to Hong Kong as her port of departure until 26 October 2008, the redeployment coinciding with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.She was then returned to Singapore late October 2008 and resumed her current itinerary.
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