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The ''Royal'' class cruise ships will be a class of cruise ships operated by Princess Cruises. The lead vessel of the class, ''Royal Princess'', was delivered in June 2013 for Princess Cruises. The 2015 MV Britannia is a similar design to the Royal class ships and is operated by P&O Cruises. ==History== In early 2010, Fincantieri and Carnival Corporation & plc reached an agreement to build two ships for Princess Cruises. The agreement is subject to the execution of a definitive contract, financing and other customary conditions. The contract was then finalized on May 4, 2010. While in the midst of Economic downturn, Princess managed to finalize the contract with the help of Italian Export Credit Companies, particularly SACE S.p.A.〔 The two ships are designed to have a tonnage of 141,000-GT, with a passenger capacity of 3,600. The new ships are predicted to enter service in Summer 2013 and 2014 and will be the largest newbuilds to date for Princess Cruises.〔 The ships design will be evolutionary, from the current Princess fleet and will offer new innovations in the fleet. 100% of its outside staterooms will have balconies, which will comprise the 80% of all staterooms.〔 The signature Piazza atrium will have an expansion.〔 Other innovations is yet to be unveiled in the upcoming months. The first of the two ships will become the new ''Royal Princess''; the former ''Royal Princess'' left the Princess fleet in May 2011 when it joined P&O Cruises as MV ''Adonia''. In mid-March 2011, Princess released a video of their new ''Royal Princess'', planned to debut in spring 2013. New features include a cantilevered walkway and bar on the top deck, an enlarged Sanctuary bar, an adult-only pool and the largest Movies Under The Stars screen Princess has built so far. It was announced on August 29, 2012 that the sister ship to the new ''Royal Princess'' will be named the ''Regal Princess''. On April 9, 2013, Princess announced that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, would be godmother to ''Royal Princess'' and would attend its naming ceremony in Southampton, UK, on June 13, 2013. On 22 September 2013, ''Royal Princess'' suffered a power outage while sailing between Mykonos and Naples in the Mediterranean. The power failure occurred at 1:30 pm local time and emergency generators kicked in to provide hotel services to the passengers.〔(Royal Princess Suffers Power Outage in the Mediterranean )〕 Prior to the power loss, the anchor motor failed and left 90 feet of anchor hanging for over four hours until a new motor could be installed. It delayed the ship on its trip from Mykonos to Naples. The second half of the cruise was cancelled and all of the passengers were flown home early with flights out of Rome and Naples. The Royal Princess cancelled her visits to Rome, Livorno, Toulon, and sailed directly to Barcelona effecting repairs on the way and embarked her next cruise in Barcelona as planned. On July 30, 2014, Princess announced a third sister to the Royal and Regal Princess planned for delivery in 2017, she would be a little bigger at 143,000 GRT. More details would be released into the coming months.〔http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11402-princess-orders-third-royal-class-ship-for-2017-delivery.html〕 It what is announced that she will be named majestic princess and she will be based in China 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal-class cruise ship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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