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| Sapphire Princess |
| Status: |
In service |
| Placed in Service: |
2004 |
| Tonnage: |
116,000 gross tons |
| Length: |
952 feet |
| Beam: |
123 feet |
| Speed: |
22.0 knots |
| Decks: |
18 |
| Complement: |
2,670 passengers, 1,100 crew |
| Registry: |
Bermuda |
The Sapphire Princess is a cruise ship for the Princess Cruises line which entered service in 2004. She was built in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, an oddity given that most cruise ships today are constructed in Europe. Her only sister ship is the Diamond Princess. The ship operates a trans-tasman circuit during the southern hemispheres summer, from Sydney down to Hobart before cruising across the tasman to Milford Sound and going around New Zealand up to Auckland. The ship's hull was originally called the Diamond Princess. Construction was delayed when a huge fire swept through the ship during construction. Because the ship's completion would be delayed, her sister ship which was being constructed at the same time assumed the role of the Diamond. This name swap helped to keep the delivery date of the current Sapphire on time, while delaying the delivery of the Diamond just a bit.
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The back of the Sapphire Princess in Ketchikan, Alaska, with a small raft giving an idea of the scale.
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Details of the upper stern levels of the Sapphire Princess in Ketchikan, Alaska.
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