MS Koningsdam
Cruise ship operated by Holland America Line / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MS Koningsdam is a Pinnacle-class cruise ship operated by Holland America Line (HAL), a division of Carnival Corporation & plc. Koningsdam is the lead vessel of HAL's Pinnacle class, which includes Nieuw Statendam (2018) and Rotterdam (2021), all of which were built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Two years after the first steel was cut in February 2014 to commence construction, she was delivered to HAL in March 2016 and began operating the following month. At 99,863 GT, she became the largest ship ever commissioned for HAL upon her delivery.
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MS Koningsdam in Rotterdam, 2016 | |
History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Koningsdam |
Namesake | Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Holland America Line |
Port of registry | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Ordered | 26 October 2012[1] |
Builder | Fincantieri (Marghera, Italy) |
Yard number | 6241[2] |
Laid down | 22 August 2014[3] |
Launched | March 2015[4] |
Sponsored by | Queen Máxima of the Netherlands |
Christened | 20 May 2016[5] |
Completed | March 2016 |
Acquired | 31 March 2016[6] |
In service | 8 April 2016—present |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Pinnacle-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 99,863 GT[2] |
Length | 299.65 m (983 ft 1 in)[2] |
Beam | 35 m (114 ft 10 in)[2] |
Draught | 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in)[2] |
Decks | 12 |
Installed power | 4 × MaK 12V43C diesel generators producing 12.6 MW (16,900 hp) each[2] |
Propulsion | 2 × ABB AMZ 1250 ZAF 14 MW (19,000 hp)[2] Azipod units |
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Crew | 1,036 |
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