Celebrity Edge
Celebrity Edge at Saint Nazaire, France | |
| History | |
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| Malta | |
| Name | Celebrity Edge |
| Owner | Celebrity Edge Inc. (Royal Caribbean Group) |
| Operator | Celebrity Cruises |
| Port of registry | Valletta, Malta |
| Builder | STX France |
| Cost | US$1 billion (2014) (equivalent to US$1.27 billion in 2023) |
| Yard number | J34 |
| Laid down | 21 November 2016 |
| Launched | 23 January 2018 |
| Sponsored by | Malala Yousafzai |
| Completed | 31 October 2018 |
| Maiden voyage | 9 December 2018 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Edge-class cruise ship |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 130,818 GT |
| Length | 306 m (1,003 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 39 m (127 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Decks | 15 |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21.8 knots (40.4 km/h; 25.1 mph) |
| Capacity | 2,918 |
| Crew | 1,377 |
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Celebrity Edge is an Edge-class cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. After the new vessel was ordered with French shipbuilder STX France in December 2014, her keel was laid in June 2017 and she was floated out in January 2018. Upon delivery in October 2018, at 130,818 GT, she became the lead ship of the Edge class and the largest ship by gross tonnage to have joined the Celebrity fleet.