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MV Crown Princess – Past and Present

IMO Number: 9293399

MV Crown Princess

© Robbie Cox

© Robbie Cox  (Dublin Bay, 28/05/2019)

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 2006 by Fincantieri Italiani. Monfalcone. Italy (Yard No 6100) as a Passenger/Cruise ship.

Technical Data

  • Length: 288.63 m (overall) 242.40 m (between perpendiculars)
  • Breadth: 36.05 m
  • Depth: 11.39 m
  • Draught: 8.50 m
  • Tonnage: 113.651 gross/ 83977net/13294 t deadweight
  • Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 8L46 diesel/4 x Wärtsilä 12L46 diesel engines
  • Power: 67220 kW/HP
  • Speed:  22.5 knots
  • Passenger Decks: 15
  • Capacity: 3114 passengers
  • Crew: 1185
  • Call Sign: ZCDM6
  • MMSI Number: 310500000
  • IMO Number: 9293399
  • Port of Registry: Hamilton/Bermuda 🇧🇲
  • Sister-Ship: Emerald Princess  (6131), Ruby Princess (6150)

Current AIS Location


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History

May 1st 2003: Ordered

May 13th 2004: Keel laid.

September 9th 2005: Launched.

May 26th 2006:  Delivered to Princess Cruises Lines Ltd.

June 14th 2006: Entered cruise service with her maiden voyage departing Red Hook Brooklyn, New York for Grand Turk, Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Florida.

July 18th 2006: After leaving Port Canaveral reported “listing” or making “heavy turns”. The decision was made to return to Port Canaveral due to what was initially thought to be a malfunction in the steering equipment, which caused a severe tilting of the ship, and injuries.

“The second officer, the senior watch officer on the bridge, had disengaged the automatic steering mode of the vessel’s integrated navigation system after it put the ship into what the officer felt was an unusually hard turn to port and took manual control of the steering. The second officer turned the wheel first to port and then from port to starboard several times, eventually causing the vessel to list even more, to a maximum angle of about 24° to starboard. The severe listing tumbled passengers, crew members, pool water, and everything else not secured about the decks.” An investigation sated the incident was caused by “human error”.

© Aleksi Lindström © Aleksi Lindström

© Aleksi Lindström  (Helsinki, 12/07/2008)

September 19th 2008: Called at Dover.

© Fotoflite Ref 336151

© Fotoflite (Dover, 19/09/2008)

© Wil Weijsters

© Wil Weijsters  (New Waterway, 29/07/2013)

April 2018: The ship underwent an extensive 10-day renovation in Freeport, Bahamas.

August 2019: Sailed the British Isles re-positioned to Fort Lauderdale for the 2019–2020 winter season, sailing Southern Caribbean itineraries.

2023: It was announced that the vessel would take a 113 day world cruise in the summer of 2025 from Sydney, Australia.

© Bob Scott

© Bob Scott  (Punta del Este, 03/02/2017)

© Vladimir Knyaz

© Vladimir Knyaz  (Ogden Point Canada, 25/09/2023)

July 30th 2025: Provisionally due at Dover.


All information is believed to be correct, and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Robbie Cox, Fotoflite, Vladimir Knyaz, Aleksi Lindström, Bob Scott and Wil Weijsters for their assistance in producing this feature.

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

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