MS Sovereign
 Sovereign of the Seas Anchored off CocoCay, Bahamas. |
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| Career | |
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| Name: | MS Sovereign MS Sovereign of the Seas (1987-2008) |
| Owner: | Pullmantur Cruises Sovereign Of The Seas Inc. (2005-2008) Royal Caribbean International (1987-2005) |
| Operator: | Pullmantur Cruises Royal Caribbean International (1987-2008) |
| Port of registry: | 1987-2005: Oslo,  Norway2005-2008: Nassau,  Bahamas2008 onwards: Valletta,  Malta |
| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire, France |
| Yard number: | A29[citation needed] |
| Launched: | 4 April 1987 |
| Christened: | 15 January 1988 |
| Acquired: | 19 December 1987 |
| In service: | 16 January 1988 |
| Identification: | Call sign: 9HUE9 IMO number: 8512281 MMSI no.: 249539000 |
| Status: | In active service as of 2010 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lloyd's Register |
| Tonnage: | 73,192 GT 7283 DWT |
| Length: | 268.33 m (880.35 ft) |
| Beam: | 32.21 m (105.68 ft) |
| Draft: | 7.55 m (24.77 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 × 9-cyl, Pielstick-Alsthom diesels combined 21844 kW |
| Propulsion: | Two controllable pitch propellers rear; two thrusters each side forward |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots |
| Capacity: | 2,852 passengers |
| Notes: | [1][3] |
MS Sovereign (formerly MS Sovereign of the Seas) is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class formerly operated by Royal Caribbean International. At the time of her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, she was the largest cruise ship in the world at 73,192 gross tons. She was initially based at the Port of Miami.
In 2006, she sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Port Canaveral, Florida. These cruises visited CocoCay, one of RCI's privately-owned islands, in the Berry Islands group. Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the Travel Channel mini-series Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn.[4]
Like other RCI ships of similar size, Sovereign has a multi-deck atrium lobby called the Centrum, and a top-deck, funnel-mounted Viking Crown Lounge with panoramic views of the sea. In November 2008 Sovereign of the Seas was transferred to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises and renamed MS Sovereign. Sovereign set sail on its first voyage with Pullmantur Cruises on March 23, 2009.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Asklander, Micke. "M/S Sovereign of the Seas (1987)" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/sovereign_of_the_seas_1987.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ a b "Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Transfers Royal Caribbean International Ship to Pullmantur". http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-12-2007/0004680941&EDATE=. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1992[clarification needed]
- ^ "Royal Caribbean International - Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn - Official Page". http://www.royalcaribbean.com/gatewayPage.do?pagename=discovery_channel&pnav=3&snav=0. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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