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The Sphere-class cruise ship is a class of
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 ...
s under construction that will enter service with
Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. The company is incorporated in Bermuda and its headquarters are in Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita, California. As of 2021, it is the List of cruise lines# ...
in 2024. They will be the largest ships built for Princess Cruises and the company's first ships powered by
liquefied natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...
(LNG). The first name was revealed to be ''Sun Princess''.


Design and construction

The ships have a capacity about 4,300 passengers and will be powered by LNG with a
gross tonnage Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weigh ...
of about . Steel was cut for the first ship at
Fincantieri Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...
in September 2021. The second ship is planned to be completed in 2025. It will be the largest ship ever built in Italy, eclipsing MSC Cruises' recently launched flagship ''MSC Seashore'' which currently holds the record at 170,412 gross tons.


Ships in class


References

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