SAGA Cruises, Folkestone, England - Spirit of Discovery - IMO: 9802683
Spirit of Discovery is SAGA's first ever newbuild cruise ship. Built by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany, she was ordered on 01/10/2015, laid down on 28/06/2018 and launched on 12/05/2019. She was sponsored by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen Consort of England as the wife of King Charles III. She became queen consort on 08/09/2022, upon the accession of her husband following the death of his mother, the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Spirit of Discovery was Christened on 05/07/2019 at the Port of Dover making her the first ship to be christened in Dover in more than a decade. Her maiden voyage was on 10/07/2019 which circumnavigated the United Kingdom and included calls in Ireland. She has a GTW58,250, has ten passenger decks and can carry 987 passengers and 540 crew. She is seen here departing from Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, on 13/09/2022. Having departed from Dover on 07/09/2022, she had called at Malaga, Spain, on 11/09, and Barcelona on this day, 13/09. She would then call at Salerno, Italy, on 15/09, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on 16/09, La Goulette(Port of Tunis), Tunisia, North Africa, on 17/09, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, on 18/09, and Cadiz, Spain, on 21/09, prior to returning to Dover on 25/09.
This photo was taken from P&O Cruises - MV Britannia - IMO: 9614036 which stayed here in Barcelona for two days.
MV Britannia was completed on 26/02/2015 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. She was laid down on 15/05/2013, launched on 14/02/2014 and Christened by the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II, on 10/03/2015 with her maiden voyage on the 14/03/2015. She is from the Royal Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 143,730, has seventeen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,647 and 1,398 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH and is capable of 21.9 knots and a cruising speed of around 19 knots.
MV Britannia had departed from Ocean Cruise Terminal, Southampton, on 04/09/2022 for a lovely 14-night Mediterranean Cruise; Southampton - A Coruña, Spain - Valencia, Spain - La Seyne-sur-Mer(Toulon), France - Barcelona, Spain - Cadiz, Spain - Southampton. She had departed from Valencia, on 11/09/2022. Awaiting departure from Barcelona, her next port of call was Cadiz, Spain, on 15/09/2022. © Peter Steel 2022.
SAGA Cruises, Folkestone, England - Spirit of Discovery - IMO: 9802683
Spirit of Discovery is SAGA's first ever newbuild cruise ship. Built by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany, she was ordered on 01/10/2015, laid down on 28/06/2018 and launched on 12/05/2019. She was sponsored by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, now Queen Consort of England as the wife of King Charles III. She became queen consort on 08/09/2022, upon the accession of her husband following the death of his mother, the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Spirit of Discovery was Christened on 05/07/2019 at the Port of Dover making her the first ship to be christened in Dover in more than a decade. Her maiden voyage was on 10/07/2019 which circumnavigated the United Kingdom and included calls in Ireland. She has a GTW58,250, has ten passenger decks and can carry 987 passengers and 540 crew. She is seen here departing from Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, on 13/09/2022. Having departed from Dover on 07/09/2022, she had called at Malaga, Spain, on 11/09, and Barcelona on this day, 13/09. She would then call at Salerno, Italy, on 15/09, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on 16/09, La Goulette(Port of Tunis), Tunisia, North Africa, on 17/09, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, on 18/09, and Cadiz, Spain, on 21/09, prior to returning to Dover on 25/09.
This photo was taken from P&O Cruises - MV Britannia - IMO: 9614036 which stayed here in Barcelona for two days.
MV Britannia was completed on 26/02/2015 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. She was laid down on 15/05/2013, launched on 14/02/2014 and Christened by the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II, on 10/03/2015 with her maiden voyage on the 14/03/2015. She is from the Royal Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 143,730, has seventeen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,647 and 1,398 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH and is capable of 21.9 knots and a cruising speed of around 19 knots.
MV Britannia had departed from Ocean Cruise Terminal, Southampton, on 04/09/2022 for a lovely 14-night Mediterranean Cruise; Southampton - A Coruña, Spain - Valencia, Spain - La Seyne-sur-Mer(Toulon), France - Barcelona, Spain - Cadiz, Spain - Southampton. She had departed from Valencia, on 11/09/2022. Awaiting departure from Barcelona, her next port of call was Cadiz, Spain, on 15/09/2022. © Peter Steel 2022.