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{{Short description|Musica-class cruise ship operated my MSC Cruises}}
{{Other uses|Poesia (disambiguation){{!}}Poesia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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| Ship image = MSC Poesia departing Tallinn 11 July 2012.JPG
| Ship caption = ''MSC Poesia'' departing [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] on 11 July 2012.
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship name = ''MSC Poesia''
| Ship owner = [[MSC Cruises]]<ref name=FoF>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/msc_poesia_2008.htm |title=M/S ''MSC poesia'' (2008) |accessdate=7 April 2008 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish}}</ref>
| Ship operator = MSC Cruises<ref name=FoF />
| Ship registry = {{flag|Panama|civil}}<ref name=Boyle>{{cite web |url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/MSC-Poesia.html |title=''MSC Poesia'' |accessdate=7 April 2008 |last=Boyle |first=Ian |work=Simplon Postcards}}</ref><ref name="Ward">{{cite book |title=Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2009 |edition=18th |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-268-564-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00doug }}</ref>
| Ship route = 
| Ship ordered = 1 March 2006
| Ship builder = [[Aker Yards]] ([[St. Nazaire]])<ref name="parade">{{cite web |url=http://www.shipparade.com/az/MSC_Poesia/MSC_Poesia.htm |title=MSC Poesia |accessdate=13 July 2009 |work=ShipParade |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722150029/http://www.shipparade.com/az/MSC_Poesia/MSC_Poesia.htm |archive-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Ship original cost = $360 million<ref name="Ward"/>
| Ship yard number = S32<ref name=FoF/><ref name="miramar">{{csr|register=MSI|id=9387073|shipname=MSC Poesia|accessdate=19 January 2021}}</ref>
| Ship way number = 
| Ship laid down = 6 December 2006<ref name=FoF/>
| Ship launched = 30 August 2007<ref name="miramar"/>
| Ship completed = 
| Ship christened = 5 April 2008 <small>by [[Sophia Loren]] in [[Dover]]</small><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7334101.stm |title=Loren names luxury cruise liner |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=7 April 2008 |accessdate=8 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSC Poesia launched |url=http://www.socruise.com/cruise-news/219/msc-poesia-launched/ |work=SoCruise |accessdate=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831074750/http://www.socruise.com/cruise-news/219/msc-poesia-launched/ |archivedate=31 August 2009 }}</ref>
| Ship acquired = 
| Ship maiden voyage = 19 April 2008<ref>{{cite web |title=MSC Poesia |url=http://www.smartcruiser.com/travel/cruise/ship.rvlx?ShipID=54703 |work=SmartCruiser |accessdate=13 July 2009}}</ref>
| Ship in service = 4 April 2008<ref name=Boyle/><ref name="Ward"/>
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|9387073}}<ref name="BV">{{csr|register=BV|id=9387073|shipname=MSC Poesia |accessdate=10 July 2009}}
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*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]] 3EPL4<ref name="BV"/>
*[[Maritime Mobile Service Identity|MMSI]] 355931000<ref name="vesseltracker">{{cite web |url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Msc-Poesia-9387073.html |title= MSC Poesia (IMO: 9387073) |accessdate=13 July 2009 |work=vesseltracker.com}}</ref>
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| Ship status = In service
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class ={{sclass|Musica|cruise ship}}
| Ship tonnage = {{GT|92,627}}<ref name="BV" />
| Ship displacement = 
| Ship length = {{convert|293.8|m|ftin|disp=flip|abbr=on}}<ref name="BV" />
| Ship beam = {{convert|32.2|m|ftin|disp=flip|abbr=on}}<ref name="BV"/>
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|26.2|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Ward"/>
| Ship depth = 
| Ship decks = {{ubl|13 <small>(passenger accessible)</small><ref name="Ward"/><ref name=MSC>{{cite web |url=http://www.msccruises.com/flotta/dati.asp?ship_id=247&page_id=4507 |title=''MSC Poesia'': Ship Facts |accessdate=7 April 2008 |work=[[MSC Cruises]]}}</ref>
|16 <small>(total)</small><ref name="BV" />}}
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship ice class = 
| Ship power = *5{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}[[Wärtsilä]] 16V38B <small>({{cvt|58|MW}} combined)</small><ref name="Ward"/>
*1 × emergency generator <small>({{cvt|910|kW}})</small>
| Ship propulsion = Two 18,025kW screw propellers<ref name="BV"/>
| Ship speed = {{convert|22.5|kn}}<ref name="BV"/>
| Ship capacity = *2,550 passengers (normal)<ref name=MSC/>
*3,605 passengers (maximum)
| Ship crew = 1,027<ref name="Ward"/><ref name=MSC/>
| Ship notes = 13 elevators<ref name="Ward"/>
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'''''MSC Poesia''''' is a [[cruise ship]] owned and operated by [[MSC Cruises]]. She was built in 2008 by the [[Aker Yards]]  shipyard in [[St. Nazaire]], [[France]]. She is a sister ship to {{ship||MSC Musica}}, {{ship||MSC Orchestra}}, and {{ship||MSC Magnifica}}.<ref name=FoF/><ref name=Boyle/><ref name="parade"/> She is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet to be officially named outside Italy, at the [[Port of Dover]], [[Kent]] on 5 April 2008, by [[Sophia Loren]].<ref name=BBC />

''MSC Poesia''  was the [[flagship]] of the company until she was displaced by {{ship||MSC Fantasia}}, which entered service in December 2008. In 2008 and 2009, ''MSC Poesia'' sailed on a series of 7-night cruises from [[Venice]] to [[Italy]], [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]]. Since 2010 the ship sails in [[Northern Europe]] during the summer season.<ref>{{cite web|title=MSC Takes Delivery of 133,500-ton Fantasia in Naples |url=http://news.cruisereviews.com/2008121163/msc-takes-delivery-133500ton-fantasia-naples/ |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130110184109/http://news.cruisereviews.com/2008121163/msc-takes-delivery-133500ton-fantasia-naples/ |date=11 December 2008 |work=Cruise Reviews |archive-date=10 January 2013 |access-date=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Incidents==
On 6 June 2008, ''MSC Poesia'' and {{ship||Costa Classica}} collided in the [[Adriatic Sea]] near [[Dubrovnik]]. No one was hurt, the damage was minimal, and both ships continued their scheduled itinerary with no delays. The cause was determined to be the ''MSC Poesia''{{'}}s anchor loosening.<ref>{{cite web|title=Costa Classica and Poesia Collide |url=http://www.cruisejunkie.com/collide.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909180534/http://www.cruisejunkie.com/collide.html |work=Cruise Junkie |archivedate=9 September 2009 |access-date=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Costa Croisières Collision entre deux paquebots de MSC et Costa à Dubrovnik |url=http://www.meretmarine.com/article_imprimer.cfm?id=107887 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720211128/http://www.meretmarine.com/article_imprimer.cfm?id=107887 |work=Mer et Marine |language=French |archive-date=20 July 2011 |access-date=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pred otočićem Lokrum sudarila se dva cruisera |url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Dubrovnik/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/10263/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003011129/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Dubrovnik/tabid/75/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/10263/Default.aspx |work=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=Croatian |archive-date=3 October 2008 |access-date=13 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 22 February 2019, the ship was struck again, by sister ship {{ship||MSC Orchestra}}. ''MSC Orchestra'' had been departing [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, when a navigational error caused her to crash into ''MSC Poesia''. ''MSC Poesia'' only sustained minor bow damage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruisehive.com/two-ships-from-the-same-cruise-line-collide-in-port/29807|title=Two Ships from the Same Cruise Line Collide in Port|date=22 February 2019|website=Cruise Hive|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

===2012 grounding===
While heading to Port Lucaya near [[Freeport, Bahamas]], on 7 January 2012, ''MSC Poesia'' ran aground on top of a reef.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/south-florida-travel/2012/01/09/msc-poescia-runs-aground-in-the-bahamas/ |title=MSC Poesia runs aground in The Bahamas |last=Satchell |first=Arlene |date=9 January 2012 |work=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] |accessdate=21 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113195247/http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/south-florida-travel/2012/01/09/msc-poescia-runs-aground-in-the-bahamas/ |archive-date=13 January 2012 }}</ref> The grounding did not stop the beach-goers (maiden voyagers of the annual "Holy Ship!" music festival cruise featuring such popular dance music artists as Fatboy Slim, Dillon Francis and Diplo), as tender boats were able to ferry passengers from anchorage (or reefage) to the shores of Port Lucaya. According to Captain Archer, a local captain in the port, "they waited for a tide to get high at 1800hrs she was pulled off with 4 tugs and a fifth standing by. At 2000hrs, she was free and continued on her journey at 19.5 knots to little Salvador. A statement from MSC Cruises was released: "In navigating the harbor off Port Lucaya in the Grand Bahamas, MSC Poesia ran aground at 6:50 a.m. Saturday morning. The ship and its guests were always completely safe and all onboard equipment and services continued to operate normally including all previously scheduled tender service and shore excursions".

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|IMO 9387073}}
*[http://www.msccruises.co.uk/uk_en/Ships/MSC-Poesia.aspx Official MSC Poesia Website]
*[http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?zoom=10&mmsi=355931000&centerx=-81.43905600&centery=24.16568900 Current Position]

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[[Category:Ships of MSC Cruises|Poesia]]
[[Category:Ships built in France]]
[[Category:2007 ships]]