MS Ambition
MS Ambition at Casablanca in 2023 | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Ordered | 1996 |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | J31 |
| Launched | 2 January 1999 |
| Christened | 25 June 1999 |
| Maiden voyage | 17 July 1999 |
| In service | 1999–present |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| Notes | When docked can plugin to external power and turn-off engines |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mistral-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 48,200 GT |
| Length | 216 m (708 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 28.8 m (94 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) |
| Decks | 8 passenger decks |
| Installed power | emissions standard IMO Tier III |
| Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,248 passengers (double occupancy) 1,727 passengers (maximum capacity) |
| Crew | 670 |
| Notes | When docked can plugin to external power and turn-off engines |
MS Ambition is a cruise ship operated by Ambassador Cruise Line. Completed in France as Mistral for Festival Cruises in 1999, She sailed between 2005 and 2019 as Grand Mistral with Ibero Cruises and Costa neoRiviera with Costa Cruises. The ship was in service as AIDAmira with AIDA Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, until her sale in 2022 to Ambassador Cruise Line, who renamed her Ambition, commencing sailing in May 2023.