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Largest in this registry
#2,363
of 84,014 with a recorded tonnage
Largest cruise ship
#87
of 504 of this type with a recorded tonnage
Largest in its fleet
#4
of 7 in this fleet with a recorded tonnage
In brief
MS Azura is a cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises and owned by Carnival plc. The ship was built by Fincantieri at their shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. She officially entered service in April 2010, and was named by Darcey Bussell.
Vessel particulars
Every value is as recorded in the source. Blanks are values the source does not hold — none is estimated from a sister ship or a class average.
Identification
Construction
Measurements
In context
Every figure in this section is a count, a rank or a percentile over vessels actually held in this registry — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
At 115,055 gross tons, MS Azura is the 2,363rd largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 19 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.
Among the 665 cruise ships held here, it ranks 87th by tonnage — larger than 83% of that group. Their median tonnage is 43,009 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 143,289 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is The Bahamas (133 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is Fincantieri, with 112 hulls on record.
Bermuda is the country of registry for 177 vessels in this directory, of which MS Azura is the 23rd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (80 ships), and the median vessel measures 77,277 GT. Browse every ship flagged Bermuda.
Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 26 cruise ships flying the Bermuda flag, of which 7 are larger by tonnage.
MS Azura was built in 2010, making it 16 years old. It is one of 3,028 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 20,204 GT; within it this ship is the 110th largest. Across the whole of the 2010s the registry holds 20,111 vessels, median 23,456 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.
The registry attributes 226 vessels to Fincantieri, with a median tonnage of 54,655 GT, delivered between 1935 and 2026. See the rest of that yard’s output.
At 289.6 m overall, MS Azura is 91.5 m longer than the 198.1 m median for cruise ships on record, with a beam of 36.0 m and a draft of 8.0 m.
IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 9424883 this registry holds 78 other vessels, whose median build year is 2009 and which range from 2002 to 2012. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 2010.
Its IMO number, 9424883, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 9×7 + 4×6 + 2×5 + 4×4 + 8×3 + 8×2 = 153 — and the last digit of that total, 3, must equal the seventh digit, 3. It does, so this number is well formed.
Nearest by tonnage among cruise ships
| Ship | Built | Gross tonnage |
|---|---|---|
| Ventura | 2008 | 116,017 |
| Diamond Princess | 2004 | 115,906 |
| Sapphire Princess | 2004 | 115,875 |
| MS Azura (this ship) | 2010 | 115,055 |
| Costa Pacifica | 2009 | 114,425 |
| Costa Concordia | 2006 | 114,147 |
Record
Events recorded against this vessel in the source, with the dates the source gives. An event with no date is listed last rather than assigned one.
Class
| Ship | IMO | Flag | Built | Gross tonnage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura | 9333175 | Bermuda | 2008 | 116,017 |
Same fleet
Provenance
| 2007 |
| 114,147 |