Grand Princess

The Grand Princess in Guernsey for a lift onto the dock. Well not really. Just tryed a bit of forced perspective.

Name: Grand Princess
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Princess Cruises
Port of registry: Hamilton, Bermuda
Ordered: 08 Feb 1994 (announced)
Builder: Fincantieri
Cost: US$450 million
Yard number: 5956
Launched: 20 May 1998
Christened: 29 Sep 1998, by Olivia de Havilland
Maiden voyage: 27 May 1998
In service: 26 May 1998
Identification: IMO number: 9104005
Official Number: 10853
Call Sign: ZCBU5
Status: in active service, as of 2011
General characteristics
Type: Grand Class Cruise ship
Tonnage: 109,000 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 289.86 m (951 ft)
Beam: 35.97 m (118 ft)
Height: 61.26 m (201 ft)
Draft: 7.92 m (26 ft)
Decks: 17
Propulsion: 2 Fixed Pitch Propellers
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) (cruising)
Boats and landing
craft carried: 6 tenders
Capacity: 2,592 lower berth passengers
3,100 maximum passengers
Crew: 1,100 crew