Celebrity Constellation

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Celebrity Constellation
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Celebrity Constellation in IJmuiden, 2014
History
Civil Ensign of Malta.svg Malta
Name
  • 2002-2007: Constellation
  • 2007-present: Celebrity Constellation
Owner Royal Caribbean Group
Operator Celebrity Cruises
Port of registry
Builder Chantier de L'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Yard numberU31
Laid down9 April 2001
Launched31 October 2001
Christened12 May 2002
In service2002–present
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeMillennium-class cruise ship
Tonnage90,940  GT [1]
Length965 ft (294 m) [1]
Beam106 ft (32.2 m) [1]
Draft27.3 ft (8.323 m) [1]
Decks13
Installed power
Propulsion2 × 19 MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom Mermaid azimuth thrusters
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity2,170 (double occupancy) passengers
Crew999

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.

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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

Celebrity 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Celebrity Constellation (9192399)" . LR Class Direct. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. (in Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg: GTS Constellation (2002), retrieved 7. 11. 2007
  3. "GE Article on Equipment of Millennium Class Cruisers".
  4. Installation of Aux Diesel on Millennium and her sisters, retrieved 21 January 2009
  5. "Cruise Ship Dry Dock/Upgrade Schedules for Cruise Lines in 2018-2023". cruisefever.net. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  6. "Celebrity Cruises Has No Plans to Offload Ships to Pullmantur". Cruise Hive. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "Celebrity Cruises returning to Port Tampa Bay late next year". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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