MSC Poesia
| History | |
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| Name | MSC Poesia |
| Owner | MSC Cruises |
| Operator | MSC Cruises |
| Port of registry | Panama |
| Ordered | 1 March 2006 |
| Builder | Aker Yards (St. Nazaire) |
| Cost | $360 million |
| Yard number | S32 |
| Laid down | 6 December 2006 |
| Launched | 30 August 2007 |
| Christened | 5 April 2008 by Sophia Loren in Dover |
| Maiden voyage | 19 April 2008 |
| In service | 4 April 2008 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Musica-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 92,627 GT |
| Length | 293.8 m (963 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 32.2 m (105 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 7.99 m (26.21 ft) |
| Decks |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Two 18,025kW screw propellers |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 1,027 |
| Notes | 13 elevators |
MSC Poesia is a cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 2008 by the Aker Yards shipyard in St. Nazaire, France. She is a sister ship to MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Magnifica. She is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet to be officially named outside Italy, at the Port of Dover, Kent on 5 April 2008, by Sophia Loren.
MSC Poesia was the flagship of the company until she was displaced by MSC Fantasia, which entered service in December 2008. In 2008 and 2009, MSC Poesia sailed on a series of 7-night cruises from Venice to Italy, Greece and Turkey. Since 2010 the ship sails in Northern Europe during the summer season.