Mistral-class cruise ship

Mistral

MS Mistral in Kiel, Germany (2003)
Class overview
Builders	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Operators	Festival Cruises (1999–2004) MSC Cruises (2003–present) Ibero Cruises (2004–2013) Costa Cruises (2013–2019) AIDA Cruises (2019–2022) Ambassador Cruise Line (2022–present)
Preceded by	Renaissance Cruises: R class
Succeeded by	MSC Cruises: Musica class
Subclasses	Lirica class
Built	1999–2004
In service	2000–present
Completed	5
Active	4
Laid up	1 pending refit
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	48,200 GT (AIDAmira), 58,625 GT (MSC Armonia, MSC Sinfonia), 59,058 GT (MSC Lirica, MSC Opera) 6,980 DWT
Length	216 m (708 ft 8 in)275.25 m (903 ft 1 in)
Beam	28.80 m (94 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Depth	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Decks	9 (passenger accessible)
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 12V38 31680 kW (combined)
Propulsion	2 × Azimuth thrusters (20,000 kW)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity	1,500 to 2,000 passengers
Crew	700, 740 (MSC Opera)

The Mistral class is a class of cruise ships, now owned and operated by MSC Cruises and Ambassador Cruise Line. There are currently five active Mistral-class cruise ships, the lead vessel, MS Ambition (1999 as Mistral), MSC Armonia (2001 as European Vision), MSC Sinfonia (2002 as European Stars), MSC Lirica (2002) and MSC Opera (2003).