Shipbuilding company Fincantieri has presented the new flagship of the UK's P&O Cruises fleet, 'Britannia', at the Monfalcone shipyard in Italy.
'Britannia' will be the first P&O cruise ship with a new livery with blue funnels and a stylised 97-metre long Union Jack draped over the bow. It will also be the first cruise ship built in Monfalcone with two funnels. The last liner that had been delivered by Monfalcone shipyard with this feature was the 'Eugenio C' back in 1966.
The 330-metre long, 38-metre wide 'Britannia' weights 144,000 tonnes and is the largest ever built by Fincantieri.
It has 1,837 cabins, of which 75 per cent have a balcony, and it is able to accommodate 4,324 passengers on board, with a total capacity of over 5,700 people, including the crew.