Ship reference
Seven Seas Grandeur
Ship specifications and sources.
Quick facts
- Cruise line
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Class
- Explorer Class
- Entered service
- 2023
- Status
- In service
About us Seven Seas Grandeur
Seven Seas Grandeur completed Regent's three-ship Explorer Class generation in 2023. Fincantieri's announcement dated 14 November records delivery at Ancona on the previous day, so the actual handover was 13 November. Permanent IMO number 9877444 identifies this ship independently of its class relatives. The operator's inaugural programme began in November 2023.
A Miami gala on 10 December welcomed the ship with Sarah Fabergé as godmother. The completed ceremony also unveiled Journey in Jewels, a bespoke Fabergé egg intended to remain aboard. Art and interior design therefore form a distinctive part of Grandeur's identity, rather than every feature being a direct copy of Explorer or Splendor.
The art collection and renewed restaurant settings can be considered alongside the itinerary when choosing this vessel. An inaugural Mediterranean journey and later Atlantic crossing belong to its introduction, not a fixed sequence for every future reservation. Compare the actual gateways and port hours rather than assuming an old brochure represents the voyage now on sale.
Grandeur's current operator inventory lists 373 balcony suites and 548 crew. All-balcony accommodation still encompasses different floor plans and category benefits. Consider room position, accessibility information and the services explicitly included in your category. A large premium-suite illustration should not be used to judge the layout of an ordinary reservation.
Fincantieri's technical reference gives 223.7 metres overall length and 31 metres beam. It specifies a diesel-electric arrangement with generating engines and two propulsion motors, and separates maximum speed of 20.5 knots from service speed. Those engineering particulars do not prove that the ship has no environmental impact or that an announced technology on another class is fitted here.
Some design figures need further reconciliation. The technical sheet groups Grandeur with Splendor using a tonnage that differs from the approximately 55,500 in delivery publicity and the current operator page. Certified registered tonnage is consequently left open rather than selecting an unexplained exact value. Original accommodation totals are kept separate from today's 373 suites. The same care applies to total persons aboard and passenger capacity: crew places do not become guest berths. Grandeur is best compared through its own current inventory, art identity and booked itinerary.
Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Year built | 2023 |
| Entered service | 2023 |
| Gross tonnage (GT) | — |
| Guests at double occupancy | — |
| Maximum guests | — |
| Crew | 548 |
| Cabins | 373 |
| Decks (total) | — |
| Length (m) | 223.7 |
| Beam (m) | 31 |
| Last verified refurbishment year | — |
| Maximum speed (knots) | 20.5 |
| IMO | 9877444 |
| Shipyard | Fincantieri, Ancona, Italy |
| Flag | Marshall Islands |
| Propulsion / fuel description | Diesel-electric: four MAK 8M43C generating engines and two 9,000 kW propulsion motors |
A dash means no independently verified value is available. Guest counts at double occupancy and maximum capacity are different measures. GT measures enclosed volume, not weight.
Other ships in the same recorded class
Shared class does not guarantee identical cabins, venues or deck layouts.
| Seven Seas Explorer | Explorer Class | 2016 | 55,254 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Seas Splendor | Explorer Class | 2020 | — |
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Sources
- Regent — individual current inventory — Accessed
Splendor374/Grandeur373suites; both548crew; currentversusoriginalinventory.
- Fincantieri — individual engineering reference — Accessed
55182technicalGTnotblindcopied; totalpersons1360includescrew.
- Fincantieri — hull-specific class comparison — Accessed
Hull6281Splendor/Hull6282Grandeur technicaltable, notcurrentcabinssource.
- Fincantieri — individual actual delivery — Accessed
Splendor30January2020; Grandeur13November2023 actualpreviousdaynot14publication.
- USCBP — individual IMO and flag — Accessed
MatchedIMO/nameMH; voyageguestcountsnotcapacities.
- NCLH — initialNovember2023serviceprogramme — Accessed
18Novembermaidenplanned; actualDecemberwelcomeconfirmsserviceintroduction.
- NCLH — actual10December2023ceremony and artwork — Accessed