AIDAprima in Rotterdam
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History | |
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Italy | |
Name | AIDAprima |
Owner | AIDA Cruises |
Operator | AIDA Cruises |
Port of registry | Genoa, Italy |
Route | North Europe |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Launched | May 3, 2014 |
Acquired | March 14, 2016 |
Maiden voyage | May 7, 2016 |
In service | 2016–present |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Hyperion-class Cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 299.95 m (984.1 ft)[1] |
Beam | |
Draught | 8.25 m (27.1 ft)[1] |
Decks | 18 |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 22.0 knots (41 km/h) (cruising) |
Capacity | 3,300 passengers |
Crew | 900 |
AIDAprima is the flagship of AIDA Cruises, built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The cruise ship entered service on April 25, 2016, after suffering several construction delays.[2] She is the first AIDA vessel not to be built in Meyer Werft since the completion of AIDAaura in 2003. She is also the first Carnival Corporation & plc vessel to be built in Mitsubishi since the completion of the Sapphire Princess in 2004.