Emerald Princess
{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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| infobox caption = Emerald Princess | display title = ital }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:EMERALD PRINCESS Hoek van Holland 2020.jpg | Ship caption = Emerald Princess near Hook of Holland, 2020 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Bermuda | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Bermuda|civil}} | Ship name = Emerald Princess | Ship owner = File:Carnival Corporation house flag.svg Carnival Corporation & plc | Ship operator = Princess Cruises | Ship registry = Hamilton, {{flag|Bermuda}} | Ship ordered = 23 September 2004 | Ship builder = Fincantieri, Italy | Ship original cost = {{US$|500 million}} | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 14 September 2005 | Ship launched = 1 June 2006{{cite press release | title=Emerald Princess is launched in Monfalcone| url=http://www.fincantieri.it/cms/data/browse/news/000063.aspx | publisher=Fincantieri | date= 1 June 2006 | access-date=1 August 2010}} | Ship completed = | Ship christened = 13 May 2007 by Florence Henderson, Marion Ross, Erin Moran and Susan Olsen | Ship acquired = 24 March 2007 | Ship maiden voyage = 11 April 2007 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification=*Call sign: ZCDP8
| Ship fate = | Ship status = In service }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Crown-class cruise ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|113,561}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|951|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|118|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|26.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = 15 passenger decks | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 6 × Diesel generators, 67 MW | Ship propulsion = 2 × PEM, fixed pitch propellers, 21 MW each | Ship speed = {{convert|21.5|kn}} | Ship capacity = 3,114 passengers (Lower Beds) | Ship crew = 1,200 }} |
Emerald Princess is a Crown-class cruise ship for Princess Cruises that entered service in April 2007. Her sister ships include {{ship||Ruby Princess}} and {{ship||Crown Princess|2005|2}}.
Emerald Princess launched from the Italian shipyard of Fincantieri Monfalcone on 1 June 2006. She was then handed over to Princess Cruises on 24 March 2007.{{cite press release | title=Fincantieri: Presentation of the Emerald Princess for Princess Cruises | url=http://www.fincantieri.it/cms/data/browse/news/000082.aspx | publisher=Fincantieri | date=24 March 2007 | access-date=1 August 2010}} Emerald Princess was christened on 13 May 2007, in Greece.[http://www.princess.com/news/article.jsp?newsArticleId=na885 Emerald Princess christened on Mother's day]. News Article. Princess Cruises. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2010
Service history
Emerald Princess began commercial service on 11 April 2007, offering 12-day Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises, and continued sailing Europe for Summer 2007. She was then re-positioned in Fort Lauderdale in Fall to offer Caribbean cruises.
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Refurbishment schedule
The vessel entered dry-dock on 30 November 2015, for 13 days of minor refurbishments. The ship left dry-dock on 13 December. Previously Emerald Princess underwent dry-dock renovations from 7 December through 17 December 2012.{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/princesscruisesfaq/ships/fleet-drydock-schedule |title=Fleet Drydock Schedule - PrincessCruisesFAQ |website=Sites.google.com |access-date=1 February 2016}}
Areas of operation
Emerald Princess is usually based in Europe in the summer and in the United States in the winter. Past itineraries have included 11-day cruises to Scandinavia & Russia from Copenhagen and Warnemuende near Rostock, 10-day cruises to Canada/New England from New York, and 10-day cruises to the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale.{{cite web|url=http://www.princess.com/find/searchResults.do?time=216&trade=&ship=EP&duration=&port=&date=&order=&filterBy=&tourdur=&ppax=&meta=I&noOfPax=2&resType=C&bID=PCDIR&pageOffset= |title=Pacific Coastal |website=Princess.com |access-date=1 February 2016}} In 2014 she was based in Southampton for cruises to the Baltic, Mediterranean, and the fjords of Norway, as well as to the Canary Islands.{{cite web|url=http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1781864&page=3 |title=Europe 2014 - Page 3 - Cruise Critic Message Board Forums |website=Boards.cruisecritic.com |date=3 February 2013 |access-date=1 February 2016}} She then re-positioned to Houston for seven-day cruises to the western Caribbean in the winter 2014-2015 season.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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File:Emerald Princess exterior detail 01.jpg|Pool deck
File:Emerald Princess exterior detail 15.jpg|Emerald Princess exterior
File:Emerald Princess interior 01.jpg|Emerald Princess interior 01
File:Emerald Princess interior 11.jpg|Emerald Princess interior 11
Incidents
File:Emerald Princess lifeboat damage 2.jpg
On 17 May 2011, the ship sustained considerable damage to several lifeboats when a fuel loading barge collided with the side of the ship while in the port of St. Petersburg, Russia. After inspection by authorities, it was determined that the ship still had enough passenger space in an emergency using inflatable life rafts, and the ship continued on her planned itinerary.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
On 25 July 2017 Kristy Manzanares, 43, was murdered by her husband Kenneth in their cabin during a cruise. He later admitted second-degree murder following an FBI investigation, receiving a 30-year sentence in 2021.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=4 June 2021 |title=US man gets 30 years for murdering wife on ship |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57348413 |work=BBC |location= |access-date=5 June 2021}}
He later died in prison that same year.
References
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 9333151}}
- [http://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/ships/ep-emerald-princess/ Princess Cruises: Emerald Princess]
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