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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 Tourism, tours know ...

s, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate.

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). C ...

s are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See:

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 ...

.) 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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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). In the course ...

es are sets of ships that have similar weight, height, length, passenger capacity and accommodation. *

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 ...

Breakaway-class cruise ship The ''Breakaway'' class is a class of cruise ships owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), also known in short as Norwegian, is an American cruise line founded in 1966, incorporated in Bermuda and headquartere ...

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 d ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Dream-class cruise ship *

Edge-class cruise ship The ''Edge'' class is a class of cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The class is constructed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique of France. At present, there are three active ''Edge''-class ships: the ...

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. Th ...

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, Fi ...

* Freedom-class cruise ship *

Global-class cruise ship The ''Global'' class is a class of cruise ships constructed by the German shipbuilder MV Werften for Genting Hong Kong. With Genting’s bankruptcy in 2022, the future of the ''Global'' class was in doubt. On November 16, 2022, Disney Cruise Line ...

* Grand-class cruise ship *

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 ...

* Icon-class cruise ship * Jewel-class cruise ship * Millennium-class cruise ship * Fantasia-class cruise ship * Lirica class *

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 ...

* Project America * Project Icon cruise ship * Project Leonardo *

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''. History ''Quantum'' class On 11 February 2011, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered the ...

* Radiance-class cruise ship * Regatta-class cruise ship * Royal-class cruise ship * Seaside class cruise ship *

Solstice-class cruise ship The ''Solstice'' class is a class of cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The class is constructed by Meyer Werft of Germany. At present, there are five active ''Solstice''-class ships: the lead ...

* Sovereign-class cruise ship *

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 Mi ...

* Sun-class cruise ship * Vision-class cruise ship * Vista Spirit hybrid class cruise ship * Vista-class cruise ship * Vista-class cruise ship (Carnival) *

Voyager-class cruise ship The ''Voyager'' class refers to a design of post-Panamax cruise ships owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. The ''Voyager''-class ships were built at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland. There are two generations of '' ...

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