The ''Sun'' class is a

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s originally built for by

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and now operated by

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, both

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and

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. The vessels in the class were designed and constructed by

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Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy. The first ''Sun''-class vessel, (now ''Pacific World''), entered service in 1995 and the last, ''

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'' (now ''Queen of the Oceans'') entered service in 2000. At the time of launch, the Sun class was amongst the largest cruise ships in the world, although this has since been surpassed. The four ships are effectively identical, with the only notable exception being the design of the bridge wings; ''Pacific World'' and ''Pacific Explorer'' having exterior bridge wings, ''Charming'' and ''Queen of the Oceans'' having enclosed bridge wings.

Ships

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