GTS Constellation
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GTS Constellation, St. John's, Antigua, 2004 |
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Commissioned: | May 12, 2002 |
Status: | in service |
Tonnage: | 91,000 gross tons |
Length: | 964.6 feet |
Beam: | 105.6 feet |
Draft: | 26.3 feet |
Speed: | 24 knots |
Complement: | 1,950 passengers, 999 crew |
Registry: | Nassau, Bahamas |
The GTS Constellation is a Millennium class Cruise ship of the Celebrity Cruises cruise line. Her three sister ships are the Infinity, Summit, and Millennium.
She was built at the Chantier de L'Atlantique in St. Nazaire, France. The ship boasts a COGAS power plant of gas turbines and a steam turbine providing up to 60Megawatts for the electric systems and two 19MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom MerMaid azimuth thrusters for propulsion.
Constellation consistently receives top honors from Condé Nast's readers survey, and is currently ranked by readers as the best large cruise ship [citation needed]. She winters in the Caribbean and and summers in Europe with port calls at popular destinations such as Boston, Massachusetts; Bridgetown, Barbados; Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands; Dover, England; and St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Constellation at Greenock. |
Constellation in old Celebrity livery |
Constellation in Rostock |