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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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