Sun Princess docked at the Kings Wharf, Suva, Fiji Islands |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Sun Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruise Line |
| Port of registry: | Bermuda, Hamilton (2004-present) United Kingdom London, England (2000-2004) Liberia Monrovia, Liberia (1995-2000) |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Italy |
| Cost: | US$300 million |
| Yard number: | Monfalcone 5909 |
| Completed: | 1995 Jun 26 |
| Maiden voyage: | December 1995 |
| Identification: | Call sign: ZCBU6 IMO number: 9000259 MMSI no.: 310438000 |
| Status: | Operational |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Sun class |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 77,499 GT 44,193 NT 8,293 DWT |
| Length: | 261.31 m (857.3 ft) |
| Beam: | 32.25 m (105.8 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.10 m (26.6 ft) |
| Decks: | 14 (10 passenger) |
| Deck clearance: | 32.08 m (105.2 ft) |
| Installed power: | Diesel-electric 28,000 kW |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 22.40 kn (41.48 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 1,990 passengers |
| Crew: | 900 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
Sun Princess is a Sun class cruise ship built in 1995 and operated by the Princess Cruises line. At the time of her construction, she was one of the largest cruise ships in the world. She is the lead ship of her class that includes sister ships Dawn Princess, Sea Princess and the former Ocean Princess.[1]
From November 2007, Sun Princess has been seasonally based at Sydney, Australia. Cruises offered from that time circumnavigations Australia, circumnavigations New Zealand,and visits to New Caledonia and Vanuatu. In 2012 the Sun Princess will offer her first ever World Cruise.
Commencing from April 2008, Sun Princess will be permanently based in Australia operating out of Sydney during the Winter months, and from Melbourne during the Summer months. For the 2008/09 season the cruise program includes Australian circumnavigations, Fremantle - Malacca Straits return, Melbourne - New Zealand / South Pacific. She will also be sailing from Sydney as for Melbourne plus Whitsundays return, a Japan return itinerary, and an epic 75 night Grand Pacific trip. During Summer whilst Sun Princess is operating out of Melbourne, she will be joined by Dawn Princess operating out of Sydney. Dawn Princess will also be permanently based in Australia from this time which is a change from Princess' original plans.
Sun Princess was the ship on which the television show The Love Boat: The Next Wave starring Robert Urich was filmed. She made the news in October, 2007 as the largest ship to ever cross beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge while entering the harbor for the first time, with a vertical clearance of approximately 2.5 meters to spare at low tide.[3]
The Spalding Guardian reports a “world class” cruise ship captain of Princess Cruises Sun Princess, has been jailed for nine months for sex offences against a 14-year-old girl while she slept in her cabin. Lincoln Crown Court heard on Thursday how Peter Russell (64), of Bicker Road, performed a sex act on a teenage girl while she was asleep in her bunk. The victim thought she had dreamt the incident but it later came to light when Russell chatted to her on the internet on MSN Messenger and made obscene suggestions. Matthew Lowe, prosecuting, said Russell made comments about the girl’s breasts and urged her to perform a sex act while chatting to him over the internet. Russell went on to request that the girl take a photograph of herself naked and send it to him. The incidents came to an end when the girl broke down in front of her dad and showed him the records of her online conversations she had with Russell. Russell admitted two charges of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity together with sexual activity in the presence of a child and a further charge of sexual activity with a child. Judge Sean Morris jailed Russell for nine months and placed him on the sex offenders’ register for ten years.
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