First Image of P&O’s Azura

By Malcolm Oliver
(from http://johnhealdsblog. com)

(from http://johnhealdsblog. com)

Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Trieste, Italy.  It has been confirmed that Azura will have a duck-tail as you can see in the image. 

These are added for reasons of stability and better fuel consumption.  I assume that this is because the ship will be taller than the rest of the Princess ‘Grand Class’ with one extra deck in height. I have read is that the top deck had to be constructed of aluminium instead of steel to keep the ship stable, like the ‘Voyager’ class.

(Thanks to John Heald for the image)

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