Royal Princess
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| Entered Service: | For Princess in 2007 |
| Built | 2001 by Aker Yards |
| Status: | in service with another line |
| Tonnage: | 30,277 gross tons |
| Length: | 592.0 Feet (181 metres) |
| Beam: | 83.5 Feet (25 metres) |
| Draught: | 20 Feet (6 metres) |
| Max Speed: | 20 Knots |
| Decks: | 11 |
| Complement: | 710 passengers, 373 crew |
| Registry: | Bermuda is expected, currently operating under British registry |
Royal Princess is a cruise ship currently operating as Minerva II for Swan Hellenic. She is also the last remianing ship in the Swan Hellenic fleet. In 2007, she will be transferred to Princess Cruises after a refitting. After the transfer, Swan Hellenic Cruises will cease to exist.
She was built as R Eight as part of 8 identical cruise ships originally ordered by Renaissance Cruises. As such, she is a sister ship to two of Princess's existing vessels, Tahitian Princess and Pacific Princess, which were bought when Renaissance Cruises collapsed in 2001.
[edit] Itinerary
Royal Princess is expected to begin service in Europe, then continue with a series of 12 night Mediterranean, Greek, and Holy Land cruises.
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