Which cruise line founded in Norway boasts the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels ever built?
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MS Liberty of the Seas MS "Liberty of the Seas" is a Royal Caribbean International "Freedom"-class cruise ship which entered regular service in May 2007. It was initially announced that she would be called Endeavour of the Seas, however this name was later changed. The 15-deck ship accommodates 3,634 passengers served by 1,360 crew. She was built in 18 months at the Aker Finnyards Turku Shipyard, Finland, where her sister ship, "Freedom of the Seas", was also built. Initially built at  gross tonnage (GT) , she joined her sister ship, "Freedom of the Seas", as the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels then ever built. She is 1111.9 ft long, 184 ft wide, and cruises at 21.6 kn .
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Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International is a cruise line brand founded in Norway and based in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. s of March 2017 , the line is operating 24 ships, has six additional ships on order, and controls 21.9 percent of the cruise market worldwide. All ships under the Royal Caribbean International brand have names ending with "of the Seas" (e.g. "Empress of the Seas" ) a practice which began in 1991.
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Caribbean Princess MS "Caribbean Princess" is a modified Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet until June 2013 when the new Royal Princess, another Princess ship superseded its record. She has 900 balcony staterooms and a deck of mini-suites. She was the first modern cruise ship with an outdoor theater, which Princess bills as "Movies Under The Stars".
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Imperator-class ocean liner The "Imperator" class ocean liners were a series of three ocean liners designed for the Hamburg America Line, commonly known as "HAPAG". These three ships were commissioned by the chairman of HAPAG Albert Ballin. Namely the "Imperator" (1912), the "Vaterland" (1913) and the largest, the "Bismarck" (1914). These liners were over 50,000 tons, sported three funnels and had a length ranging from 906 ft (276 m) to 955.8 ft (291.3 m). To this day, the "Vaterland" is the largest passenger ship operated by a German shipping company.
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Carnival Sunshine Carnival Sunshine (formerly Carnival Destiny) is the lead ship of the "Destiny"-class of cruise ships. Along with two of her four sisters, she is operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was christened as "Carnival Destiny" in Venice, Italy, in November 1996 by Lin Arison, wife of Ted Arison, the founder of Carnival Cruise Line.
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MS Viking Cinderella MS "Cinderella is a cruiseferry built in 1989 at Wärtsilä Marine Perno Shipyard in Turku, Finland, as MS "Cinderella for SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She's currently used on cruise traffic from Stockholm to Mariehamn and occasionally Riga during the summer.
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MS Amsterdam MS "Amsterdam" is a cruise ship owned and operated by Holland America Line, named for the city of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. She is the fourth and last ship of the Rotterdam class (R class), which includes MS "Rotterdam", MS "Volendam", and MS "Zaandam". She was co-flagship of the line along with her sister ship  .
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Star Cruises Star Cruises is the third largest cruise line in the world after Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Star Cruises dominates the Asia-Pacific market and is owned by Genting Hong Kong. The company is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Singapore Exchange.
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Carnival Legend Carnival Legend is a "Spirit"-class cruise ship . Along with the majority of her sisters, she is owned by Carnival Corporation & plc, and operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on December 17, 2001, and christened by English actress and author Dame Judi Dench in Harwich, Essex, UK, on August 21, 2002. Her maiden voyage, Carnival's first cruise in Europe, was a three night journey from Harwich to Amsterdam and return.
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MS Galaxy MS "Galaxy" is a cruise ferry built in 2006 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma, Finland and was at the time the largest ship delivered to ferry operator Tallink. Between 2006–2008 she held the distinction of being the largest ship ever to be registered in Estonia; a title later held by her replacement the sister ship "Baltic Princess".
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Royal Princess (2013) MS "Royal Princess" is a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, and the third ship to sail for the cruise line under that name. The ship was built by Fincantieri at their shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. "Royal Princess" is the flagship of the Princess fleet, a designation held up to that point by " Grand Princess".
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MS Regina Baltica MS "Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink. She was built in 1980 as Viking Song by Wärtsilä Perno shipyard, Finland for Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She has also sailed under the names Braemar (for Fred Olsen Lines) and Anna Karenina" (for Baltic Shipping Co.).
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Carnival Vista Carnival Vista is a cruise ship built for Carnival Cruise Line,
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Fred. Olsen &amp; Co. Fred. Olsen & Co. is a shipping company based in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded by Petter Olsen in 1848. Today it is the holding company that controls the Olsen family's interest through Bonheur and Ganger Rolf.
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Cruise West Cruise West was an independent, destination focused small-ship cruise operator based in Seattle, Washington. The line was the largest operator of U.S. flagged cruise vessels (by number of vessels) with nine currently operating. They were best known for their Alaska cruises but their reach includes destinations all around the Pacific Ocean. Cruise West announced on September 18, 2010 that it is ceasing operations.
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Carnival Imagination Carnival Imagination (formerly Imagination) is a "Fantasy"-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on July 1, 1995, and christened "Imagination" by Jodi Dickinson. During 2007, in common with all of her "Fantasy"-class sisters, she had the prefix "Carnival" added to her name.
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MS La Suprema MS "La Suprema" is a cruiseferry owned and operated by the Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci. It was built at Nuovi Cantieri Apuania in Marina di Carrara, Italy. The second of a two-ship class, "La Suprema" and her sistership "La Superba" were the largest passenger ferries of the Mediterranean at the time of their completino; they were surpassed in 2008 by "Cruise Roma" of Grimaldi Ferries. Its building costed about 120 million dollars.
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MV Tampa MV "Tampa" is a roll-on/roll-off container ship completed in 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in South Korea for the Norway-based firm, Wilhelmsen Lines Shipowning.
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MV Oceana MV "Oceana (previously Ocean Princess) is a cruise ship of the P&O Cruises fleet. The ship was built by Fincantieri at their shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. At over 77,000 tonnes, "Oceana" is the fifth largest of eight ships currently in service with P&O Cruises. She entered service with the company in November 2002 and was named by HRH the Princess Royal in 2003."Oceana" is a sister ship to "Sea Princess" (which served in the P&O Cruises fleet as "Adonia" between 2003 and 2005), "Sun Princess" and "Pacific Explorer", all of which are Sun"-Class cruise ships.
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Norwegian Escape Norwegian Escape is a cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line, in service since October 2015. It was built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany.
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MV Discovery Sun The MV Discovery Sun was the flagship and sole ship of Discovery Cruise Lines, a Miami-based tour operator. She was built at the Orenstein & Koppel shipyard in Lübeck, Germany in 1968 and was renovated in 1995 and then updated in 2000. She used to be named "Scandinavian Sun" for day cruise operator SeaEscape.
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Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is a cruise line based in Santa Clarita, California, in the United States and incorporated in Bermuda. Previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, the company is now one of ten cruise ship brands owned by the world's largest cruise ship operator the American/British Carnival Corporation & plc and accounts for approximately 19% share of its revenue. It is part of Holland America Group, which controls the three Carnival brands based on the West Coast of the United States. The line's ships cruise worldwide and are marketed to both American and international passengers. The company was made famous by "The Love Boat" TV series, in which its ship, "Pacific Princess" was featured. In May 2013, "Royal Princess" became the flagship of Princess Cruises; she was followed by two sister ships, "Regal Princess" in May 2014 and "Majestic Princess" in the spring of 2017, with three more ships of the class under construction.