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Ventura

P&O Cruises · Cruise · In service · built by Fincantieri

Ventura entered service in 2008 at 116,017 GT, the first of two P&O ships on Princess Cruises' Grand-class hull.

Length overall288.6 m

Beam36 m

Gross tonnage116,017 GT

Passengers3,078

Speed24 kn

Delivered2008

Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by ships.fyi from the core specification, see how we calculate these.

Passengers per metre#67 of 116

10.7 pax/m passengers (double occupancy) ÷ length overall

Length-to-beam ratio#76 of 142

8.02 length overall ÷ beam

Sense of scale

How big is it, really?

The Ventura's length overall, against things you already know the size of.

Ventura288.6 m

Eiffel Tower (height)330 m

Titanic269.06 m

Football pitch105 m

Boeing 747-876.3 m

Blue whale25 m

You (probably)1.75 m

The 747-8 held the longest-airliner record for over a decade, until Boeing's 777-9 took it by about 19 inches (76.72 m), our sibling site aircraft.fyi measures everything that flies the same way.

One Ventura = 1.07 Titanics · 2.7 football pitches · 12 blue whales · 3.8 Boeing 747-8s laid end to end.

#123 of 142 by length → #86 by gross tonnage → #73 by passengers → Run the Canal-Fit Checker → Sailing on her? Get cruise-ready →

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Specification

The numbers

Length overall	288.6 m
Beam	≈36 m
Gross tonnage	116,017 GT
Passengers	≈3,078
Crew	≈1,200
Decks	19 total, 14 passenger
Speed	≈24 kn
Entered service	April 2008
Godmother	Dame Helen Mirren

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The story

What makes it different

Ventura is P&O's version of the Grand class, the same Fincantieri platform that gave Princess Cruises nine ships, fitted out for British families and named by Dame Helen Mirren in 2008.

She and near-twin Azura form the Ventura sub-class, which added two decks over the original Grand-class ships. Six swimming pools, one under a retractable roof, is another concession to Southampton departures and North Atlantic weather.

Carnival Corporation's habit of running one hull across several brands is unusually visible in the P&O fleet: Ventura and Azura are Grand class, Britannia is Royal class, Arcadia is a Vista-class hull, and Iona and Arvia are Excel class. Four platforms, four sister brands, one shipyard group.

The class

The Ventura line

Ventura class

A Grand-class sub-class of two built for P&O, Ventura (2008) and Azura (2010), with 19 total decks against the original Grand ships' 17.

Operators

Who operates the Ventura

All 1 operator of record, verified 2026-07-15. Figures marked ≈ are approximate.

POP&O CruisesMediterranean, Caribbean and Northern Europe from Southampton.1✓→

Quick answers

Ventura, asked and answered

How long is the Ventura?

288.6 m (947 ft) length overall, the #123 longest of the 142 ships on ships.fyi, and 2.7 football pitches end to end.

How big is the Ventura compared to the Titanic?

The Ventura is 1.07× the Titanic's length, 288.6 m against her 269.06 m. By volume the gap is starker still: 116,017 GT against Titanic's 46,328 GRT, roughly 2.5 times the tonnage, measured across two different rule eras.

Who operates the Ventura?

P&O Cruises. Current status: in service.

Does the Ventura fit through the Panama Canal?

Not the original locks, but yes through the 2016 Neopanamax locks: at 288.6 m by 36 m on a 8.7 m draft she clears the 366 × 51.25 × 15.2 m expanded gauge.

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