Sun-class cruise ship

This article is about the cruise ship class. For the class of steam locomotives, see GWR Sun Class.

Dawn Princess in Ketchikan, Alaska
Class overview
Name	Sun
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Length	260.0 metres (856 feet)
Beam	32.2 metres (106 feet)
Draught	7.9 metres (26 feet)
Propulsion	4 Sulzer Diesels driving 2 shafts
Speed	21.4 knots
Complement	900 crew, 1,950-2,272 passengers

The Sun class is a class of cruise ships operated primarily by Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival. The class was designed and its component vessels constructed by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy. The first Sun class vessel, Sun Princess, entered service in 1995 and the last, Ocean Princess, entered service in the year 2000.

At the time of launch, the Sun class was amongst the largest cruise ships in the world, although this has since been surpassed many times. The vessels are promoted as; "big ship choice and small ship feel".

Data

• Gross tonnage: 77,441 tons
• Decks: 16 (10 public-accessible)
• Cost: US$380 million

Ships

• Sun Princess (1995)
• Dawn Princess (1997)
• Sea Princess (1998)
• Oceana (P&O Cruises) (2000)
  • Note: Oceana is modified from the original design. An eleventh deck is public-accessible, and there is a corresponding increase in minimum passenger capacity to 2,016.