MS Sovereign of the Seas

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For other ships of this name, see Sovereign of the Seas.

Career
MS Soverign of the Seas at sea
Name:	MS Sovereign of the Seas
Owner:	Royal Caribbean International
Operator:	Royal Caribbean International
Port of Registry:	1987—2005: Oslo, Norway 2005—present: Nassau, Bahamas
Builder:	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Yard number:	A29
Launched:	4 April 1987
Christened:	15 January 1988
Acquired:	19 December 1987
In service:	16 January 1988
Status:	In service
Notes:	Due to transfer to Pullmantur Cruises, late 2008
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sovereign class cruise ship
Tonnage:	73,192 GT^[1]
Displacement:	7283 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)^[2]
Length:	268.33 m (880.35 ft)^[1]
Beam:	32.21 m (105.68 ft)^[1]
Draft:	7.55 m (24.77 ft)^[1]
Installed power:	4 × 9-cyl, Pielstick-Alsthom diesels combined 21844 kW^[2]
Propulsion:	Two controllable pitch propellers rear; two thrusters each side forward^[1]
Speed:	21.5 knots^[2]
Capacity:	2,852 passengers^[1]

MS Sovereign of the Seas is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Royal Caribbean International. At the time of her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, she was the largest cruise ship in the world at 73,192 gross tons. She was initially based at the Port of Miami. Her godmother is Rosalyn Carter.

In 2006 Sovereign of the Seas sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Port Canaveral, Florida. These cruises visit CocoCay, one of RCI's privately-owned islands, in the Berry Islands group. She was last refurbished in 2007.

Like other RCI ships of similar size, the Sovereign of the Seas has a multi-deck atrium lobby called the Centrum, and a top-deck, funnel-mounted Viking Crown Lounge with panoramic views of the sea. She will be transferred to the fleet of RCI's subsidiary Pullmantur Cruises in late 2008.^[3]