The Pacific Princess entering
The Miraflores Locks on January 7th 2010 |
The Pacific Princess is a cruise ship owned and
operated by Princess Cruises line. The vessel, along with
sister ship Coral Princess, was launched in 2003. The Coral
Princess and Island Princess are the only two Panamax ships
operated by Princess Cruises.
The Pacific Princess is seen here on January 7th 2010 doing a Panama Canal
transit entering the Canal from the Pacific side from
Panama City, passing the Miraflores Locks system and the Gatun Lake and
then back out trough the Gatun Locks to the Atlantic.
Some of the Pacific Princess
Destinations are: Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama
Canal and more. Link to the Princess Cruises Online
Live Cams. |
Pacific Princess Panama Canal - Heavy traffic at the Gatun
Locks |
The Pacific Princess
Class and type: R class cruise ship
Tonnage: 30,277 GRT
Displacement: 2,700 DWT
Length: 181.00 m (593 ft 10 in)
Beam: 25.46 m (83 ft 6 in)
Draught: 5.80 m (19 ft)
Decks: 9 (passenger accessible)[2]
Installed power: 4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 diesels
combined 13500 kW
Propulsion: 2 propellers[2]
Speed: 18 kn (33.34 km/h)
Capacity: 688 passengers (lower berths)
826 passengers (all berths)[2]
Crew: 373[2] |