MS Sovereign

Sovereign of the Seas in Nassau, Bahamas, 2005
History
Name	1988-2008: Sovereign of the Seas 2008-2020: Sovereign
Owner	1988-1997: Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 1997-2020: Royal Caribbean Group
Operator	1988-2008: Royal Caribbean International 2008-2020: Pullmantur Cruises
Port of registry	1987-2005: Oslo,  Norway 2005-2008: Nassau,  Bahamas 2008-2020: Valletta,  Malta
Builder	Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire, France
Yard number	A29[1]
Laid down	June 10, 1986[2]
Launched	April 4, 1987[2]
Sponsored by	Rosalynn Carter[3]
Christened	January 15, 1988
Completed	December 18, 1987[2]
Maiden voyage	January 16, 1988 as Sovereign of the Seas March 23, 2009 as Sovereign
In service	1988–2020
Out of service	2020
Identification	Call sign: 9HUE9 IMO number: 8512281 MMSI no.: 249539000
Fate	Scrapped in Aliağa in 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Sovereign-class cruise ship
Tonnage	73,529 GT[2] 45,194 NT[2] 7,546.9 DWT[2] (Previously 73,192 GT and 7,283 DWT)[citation needed]
Length	268.32 m (880 ft 4 in)[2]
Beam	32.2 m (105 ft 8 in)[2]
Draft	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)[2]
Installed power	Four 9-cylinder Pielstick-Alsthom diesel engines 21,844 kW (combined)
Propulsion	Two controllable pitch propellers Two bow thrusters
Speed	21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity	2,650 passengers

MS Sovereign (formerly Sovereign of the Seas) was one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Pullmantur Cruises and formerly by Royal Caribbean International. When she was completed in 1987, Sovereign of the Seas was the world's largest passenger ship.^[4] On 24 June 2020, due to economic losses caused by COVID-19 pandemic, Sovereign arrived and was beached at Aliağa, Turkey, where she was dismantled.