Fincantieri Delivers P&O Britannia

Britannia, the new flagship of the P&O Cruises fleet, has been delivered. The delivery further enhances and strengthens the partnership between Fincantieri and P&O Cruises, a prestigious brand characterized by a particularly high target of customers, tailored to the British market, one of the most dynamic and elegant ones in the world. 

Britannia will be the first P&O cruise ship with a new livery with blue funnels and a stylized 97 meters long Union Jack draped over the bow. It will also be the first cruise ship built in Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard with two funnels. The last liner which has been delivered by Monfalcone with this feature was the Eugenio C back in 1966. 

With the construction of Britannia, Fincantieri consolidates its leadership in building the largest passenger ships in the Italian shipbuilding history. At 144,000 gross tons, 330 meters long and 38 meters wide, the new unit will be the largest one ever built by Fincantieri and the largest one made for this historic cruise operator founded in 1837. It has 1,837 cabins, of which 75 percent have a balcony, and it is able to accommodate 4,324 passengers on board, with total capacity of over 5,700 people, including the crew. 

An innovative ship for a new ground breaking class which looks at the future, Britannia stands out for its new future-proof design, not only in terms of layout and state-of-the-art performance, but also because it complies with the most recent regulations for big passenger units, among which is the safe return to port security system. 

Fincantieri has built 68 cruise ships since 1990 and other 16 ships are currently being designed or built in the Group's yards.