Sun-class cruise ship

The Sun class is a group of four cruise ships built by Fincantieri in Italy, originally for Princess Cruises. The lead ship, Sun Princess, entered service in 1995 and the last, Ocean Princess, in 2000, and at the time of launch the class was among the largest cruise ships in the world. Fincantieri lists Sun Princess at 76,500 gross tons, 221.4 metres between perpendiculars, a beam of 33.6 metres, 1,011 cabins and a maximum speed of 21.4 knots. The four ships are effectively identical, the one notable difference being the design of the bridge wings, which are open on some ships and enclosed on others. The ships have since left Princess and been renamed, and today are or were run by Star Cruises, Peace Boat, Cheng Zhen Cruises, StarCruises and Seajets, although the ship owned by Seajets is not in active service.