''Prima''-class cruise ships, formerly known by the project name Project Leonardo, are a
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cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call, where passengers may go on Tourism, tours k ...
s built for
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is an American cruise line founded in Norway in 1966, headquartered in Miami, Florida, and incorporated in the Bahamas. It is the List of cruise lines, fourth-largest cruise line in the world by passengers, controlling ...
(NCL). These are the first NCL ships to be built by
Fincantieri
Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...
. Each ship is expected to cost about $850 million. The modifications that are to be made to the design for the future ''Prima''-class ships would result in an extra 1.2 billion euros in shipbuilding costs — about US$1.27 billion.
The first ship, , entered service in 2022, with the second, , in 2023. And the third in 2025 .
The fourth ''Prima''-class ships will debut in 2026 and will be around 10 percent bigger in gross tonnage than the ''Norwegian Prima'', the first in the NCL's new class of ships. The fifth and sixth ''Prima''-class ships will be 20 percent larger, making them the largest in the entire fleet, and they will debut in 2027 and 2028. The ships will be wider and longer than Norwegian Prima and Norwegian Viva.
History
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) ordered four ships in February 2017, with an option for two more ships, under the project name "Project Leonardo".
The ships should be delivered in the years 2022 to 2026, the optional ships up to 2028.
In July 2018, the cruise line confirmed its order for the fifth and sixth cruise ships under Project Leonardo. They are expected to join the NCL's fleet in 2026 and 2027 respectively.
Design
The ships measure and accommodate approximately 3,300 guests.
In 2022, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that the third to sixth vessels would have a higher passenger capacity of 3,550 guests.
Ships
References
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Ships of Norwegian Cruise Line
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