MSC Meraviglia
MSC Meraviglia in Nassau, April 2025 | |
| History | |
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| Malta | |
| Name | MSC Meraviglia |
| Owner | MSC Cruises |
| Operator | MSC Cruises |
| Port of registry | Valletta, Malta |
| Ordered | 20 March 2014 |
| Builder | STX Europe (St. Nazaire) |
| Laid down | October 2015 |
| Launched | 2 September 2016 |
| Sponsored by | Sophia Loren |
| Christened | 3 June 2017 |
| Completed | 31 May 2017 |
| In service | 3 June 2017–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Project Vista (MSC) cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 315.83 m (1,036 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 43 m (141 ft 1 in) |
| Height | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Draught | 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in) |
| Decks | 15 passenger decks |
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| Crew | 1,536 crew |
MSC Meraviglia is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises, built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France, by STX France. MSC Meraviglia is the lead ship of MSC's new "Vista Project" vessels, the Meraviglia class, with MSC Bellissima following in 2019. Each vessel has a passenger capacity of 4,500. When it entered service in June 2017, it was the sixth largest cruise ship in the world, behind Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class cruise ships and AIDAnova.