GTS Celebrity Constellation (formerly Constellation) is the fourth and final Millennium-class cruise ship built for Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. She was renamed in May 2007 to add the "Celebrity" prefix,[2] joining her three sister ships: Celebrity Infinity, Celebrity Summit, and Celebrity Millennium.
 Celebrity Constellation in IJmuiden, 2014
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Royal Caribbean Group |
| Operator | Celebrity Cruises |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Chantier de L'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
| Yard number | U31 |
| Laid down | 9 April 2001 |
| Launched | 31 October 2001 |
| Christened | 12 May 2002 |
| In service | 2002–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Millennium-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 90,940 GT[1] |
| Length | 965 ft (294 m)[1] |
| Beam | 106 ft (32.2 m)[1] |
| Draft | 27.3 ft (8.323 m)[1] |
| Decks | 13 |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × 19 MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom Mermaid azimuth thrusters |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Capacity | 2,170 (double occupancy) passengers |
| Crew | 999 |
She was built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France. The ship is powered by a COGES[3] power plant of gas turbines and a steam turbine providing up to 60 megawatts for the electric systems and two 19 MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom MerMaid azimuth thrusters for propulsion. In 2007, an additional diesel engine was fitted as a fuel-saving measure.[4] The ship can run on any combination of the gas turbines or diesel. In port, she generates electrical power from the diesel.
During the summer period the ship sails to the Mediterranean, repositioning to the Caribbean in the winter months.
Celebrity Constellation was scheduled to complete an extensive renovation in May 2020.[5] However, as a result of the business impact from the Covid-19 pandemic, these plans are delayed until a future unannounced date. Another rumor that Celebrity Constellation and sister ship Celebrity Infinity are to be sold or leased to Spanish cruise line, Pulmantur, has been denied[6] by Celebrity Cruises.
In mid-2021, Celebrity Constellation was supposed to receive a multi-million dollar refit, but it was postponed until Spring 2024.
Routes
editCelebrity Constellation has operated in the Mediterranean and Adriatic during the summer seasons and in the Persian Gulf during the rest of the calendar year. In October 2020, she repositioned to Tampa, Florida to operate Caribbean and Panama Canal voyages, marking Celebrity's return to Tampa after a 13-year absence.[7]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d "Celebrity Constellation (9192399)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ (in Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg: GTS Constellation (2002), retrieved 7. 11. 2007
- ^ "GE Article on Equipment of Millennium Class Cruisers".
- ^ Installation of Aux Diesel on Millennium and her sisters, retrieved 21 January 2009
- ^ "Cruise Ship Dry Dock/Upgrade Schedules for Cruise Lines in 2018-2023". cruisefever.net. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Celebrity Cruises Has No Plans to Offload Ships to Pullmantur". Cruise Hive. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Celebrity Cruises returning to Port Tampa Bay late next year". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
External links
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