cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on tours known as "s ...
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Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans. Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (such as for pleasure cruises or as hospital ships).
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list of ocean liners
This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships w ...
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As some cruise ships have operated under multiple names, all names will be listed in the Status section, along with the history of the vessel, under the vessel's ''current or most recent name''. If a vessel is not currently operating as a cruise ship, only the most recent operation will be listed here. Likewise, if a vessel fulfilled another role before becoming a cruise ship, the first entry for the vessel will occur when the vessel began its career as a cruise ship.
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Classes of cruise ships
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ship class
A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design. This is distinct from a ship type, which might reflect a similarity of tonnage or intended use. For example, is a nuclear aircraft carrier (ship type) of the (ship class).
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Belorussiya-class cruiseferry
The ''Belorussiya''-class was a class of cruiseferries (sometimes also referred to as the ''Gruziya'' class) that were built by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Finland in 1975–1976 for the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union. The five ships in t ...
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Breakaway-class cruise ship
The ''Breakaway'' class is a class of cruise ships owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line and Dream Cruises
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Concordia-class cruise ship
The ''Concordia'' class is a class of cruise ships that are operated by Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Lines, subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation & plc.
The ship's design is based on the design of Carnival's fleet of ships. However, their de ...
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Conquest-class cruise ship
The ''Conquest'' class is a class of cruise ships owned by Carnival Cruise Lines, a subdivision of the Carnival Corporation. The ''Conquest'' design is an original Carnival design, based on the . The ''Conquest''-class design was modified from the ...
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Destiny-class cruise ship
The ''Sunshine'' class is a class of cruise ships owned by Carnival Cruise Line. The class was formerly known as the ''Destiny'' class until 2013 when ''Carnival Destiny'' was renamed ''Carnival Sunshine''. This transformation continued with siste ...
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Dream-class cruise ship
The ''Dream'' class is a class of cruise ships, operated by Carnival Cruise Lines and Costa Cruises, The lead vessel of the class, , entered service in September 2009.Edge-class cruise ship
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Excellence-class cruise ship
The Excellence class, including the sub-classes Helios class and XL or Excel class, is a class of cruise ships ordered by Carnival Corporation & plc for its subsidiary brands AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises and Carnival Cruise Line. The ...
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Fantasy-class cruise ship
The ''Fantasy'' class is a cruise ship class operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. The first vessel of the class, '' Carnival Fantasy'', entered service in 1990. All eight vessels of the class were constructed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards, in Helsinki, ...
Grand-class cruise ship
The ''Grand'' class is a Ship class, class of cruise ships. Ships in the class are operated by the cruise lines Princess Cruises or P&O Cruises. The class consists of several series (subclasses) of sister ships, most of which were built by Finca ...
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Holiday-class cruise ship
The ''Holiday'' class was the first class of newbuilds for Carnival Cruise Line after their first newbuild, , which was completed in 1982. The first ship in the class, the 46,052 gross-ton vessel ''Holiday'', was completed in 1985. A second and s ...
Millennium-class cruise ship
The ''Millennium'' class is a class of four cruise ships of Celebrity Cruises. The ships were built between 1999 and 2002 at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint Nazaire.
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Fantasia-class cruise ship
The ''Fantasia'' class is a class of cruise ships, operated by MSC Cruises. At present, there are four active ''Fantasia''-class cruise ships, the lead vessel, , , and the , which were built by STX Europe in St. Nazaire. ''MSC Divina'' and ''MSC ...
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Lirica class
The ''Mistral'' class is a class of cruise ships, now owned and operated by MSC Cruises and Ambassador Cruise Line. There are currently five active ''Mistral''-class cruise ships, the lead vessel, (1999 as ''Mistral'', intended as ''Ambition'' 202 ...
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Oasis-class cruise ship
The ''Oasis'' class is a class of 5 Royal Caribbean International cruise ships. The first two ships in the class, and , were delivered respectively in 2009 and 2010 by STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland. A third ''Oasis''-class vessel, , was de ...
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Project America
Project America was the designation for a contract between American Classic Voyages and the Litton Ingalls Shipyard of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The contract was to build two cruise ships, with a gross tonnage of 72,000 each, with an option f ...
Project Leonardo
''Prima''-class cruise ships, formerly known by the codename Project Leonardo, are a class of cruise ships built for Norwegian Cruise Line. These are the first NCL ships to be built by Fincantieri. Each ship is expected to cost about $850 millio ...
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Quantum-class cruise ship
The ''Quantum'' class is a class of cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International, previously known by the code name ''Project Sunshine''.
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''Quantum'' class
On 11 February 2011, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered the ...
Royal-class cruise ship
The ''Royal''-class cruise ship is a class of cruise ships constructed by Fincantieri of Italy and operated by Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises, both subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation & plc. There are seven ''Royal''-class ships, with six op ...
Spirit-class cruise ship
The ''Spirit'' class is a class of cruise ships built at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. The ships are operated by Carnival Cruise Lines, CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping and Costa Cruises (a subsidiary of Miam ...
Vision-class cruise ship
The Vision class is a group of six cruise ships built by Royal Caribbean International, and operated by themselves and Marella Cruises. Although called a class by Royal Caribbean, the Vision-class ships were built as three pairs of sister ships ...
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Vista Spirit hybrid class cruise ship
The Vista Spirit hybrid-class cruise ship is the culmination of two cruise ship designs. Carnival Corporation had two competing and very similar ship designs, the and . The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri constructed Vista-class ships for Hollan ...
Vista-class cruise ship (Carnival)
The ''Vista'' class is a class of cruise ships built by Fincantieri in Italy. The ships are operated by the Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Costa Crociere, and CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping, Adora Cruises divisions of Carnival Corporation & p ...
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Voyager-class cruise ship
The ''Voyager'' class refers to a design of Panamax, post-Panamax cruise ships owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. The ''Voyager''-class ships were built at Kværner Masa-Yards Perno shipyard, Turku New Shipyard, Finland.
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List of cruise lines
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships and markets cruises to the public. Cruise lines are distinct from passenger lines which are primarily concerned with transportation of their passengers. Cruise lines have a dual character; th ...
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List of largest cruise lines
A cruise line is a company that operates cruise ships and markets cruises to the public. Cruise lines are distinct from passenger lines which are primarily concerned with transportation of their passengers. Cruise lines have a dual character; th ...
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List of largest cruise ships
The Symphony of the Seas is the world's largest passenger cruise ship. Measuring 362m (1,188ft) long, the ship has a capacity of nearly 9,000 passengers and crew, features 23 swimming pools and 18 decks.
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List of largest passenger ships
This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world at any given ...
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List of river cruise ships
This is a list of river cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. As some river cruise ships have operated under multiple names, all names will be listed in the "Notes" section.
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