Ruby Princess is leaving Istanbul on August 13, 2011 |
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| Name: | Ruby Princess |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Route: | Caribbean / Europe |
| Ordered: | 2007 |
| Builder: | Fincantieri (Monfalcone-Trieste, Italy)[1][2] |
| Cost: | US $400,000,000 |
| Yard number: | 6150[3] |
| Laid down: | June 2007 |
| Launched: | February 1, 2008 |
| Christened: | November 6, 2008 by Trista Sutter and Ryan Sutter[4] |
| Completed: | October 2008 |
| Acquired: | October 23, 2008 |
| Maiden voyage: | November 8, 2008 |
| In service: | November 2008 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9378462[5] Call Sign ZCDY2[5] MMSI 310567000[6] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Grand class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 116,000 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 951 ft (290 m) |
| Beam: | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Draught: | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Decks: | 19 decks |
| Installed power: | Gas turbines (25,000kW each) |
| Propulsion: | Twin propellers |
| Speed: | 23-knot (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,080 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,200 crew |
Ruby Princess is a Grand-class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises. She was built in 2008 by Fincantieri in Trieste, Italy. She is a sister ship to Crown Princess and Emerald Princess. Ruby Princess was turned over to Carnival Corporation and Princess Cruises in late October 2008.[7] She was officially named at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 6, 2008, by Trista Sutter and Ryan Sutter .[4]
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Ruby Princess continued the modified Grand Class design with the Skywalkers Night Club moved just aft of the funnel, rather than suspended over the stern. [8]
Ruby Princess also was the first to debut a new program called the Ultimate Ship Tour, where guests are given a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run a city at sea. Weight-wise she is the largest ship in the Princess fleet. [9][10]
Ruby Princess sails the Caribbean in the winter and embarks to the Mediterranean in the summer.[11]
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