MSC Poesia departingTallinn,Estonia on 11 July 2012.
History
Name	MSC Poesia
Owner	MSC Cruises[1]
Operator	MSC Cruises[1]
Port of registry	Panama[2][3]
Ordered	1 March 2006
Builder	Aker Yards (St. Nazaire)[4]
Cost	$360 million[3]
Yard number	S32[1][5]
Laid down	6 December 2006[1]
Launched	30 August 2007[5]
Christened	5 April 2008bySophia Loren inDover[6][7]
Maiden voyage	19 April 2008[8]
In service	4 April 2008[2][3]
Identification	IMO number: 9387073[9] Call sign 3EPL4[9] MMSI 355931000[10]
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Musica-classcruise ship
Tonnage	92,627 GT[9]
Length	963 ft 11 in (293.8 m)[9]
Beam	105 ft 8 in (32.2 m)[9]
Draft	26.2 ft (7.99 m)[3]
Decks	13(passenger accessible)[3][11] 16(total)[9]
Installed power	5 × Wärtsilä 16V38B(58 MW (78,000 hp) combined)[3] 1 × emergency generator(910 kW (1,220 hp))
Propulsion	Two 18,025kW screw propellers[9]
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)[9]
Capacity	2,550 passengers (normal)[11] 3,605 passengers (maximum)
Crew	1,027[3][11]
Notes	13 elevators[3]

MSC Poesia is acruise ship owned and operated byMSC Cruises. She was built in 2008 by theAker Yards shipyard inSt. Nazaire,France. She is a sister ship toMSC Musica,MSC Orchestra, andMSC Magnifica.^[1][2][4] She is the first ship in the MSC Cruises fleet to be officially named outside Italy, at thePort of Dover,Kent on 5 April 2008, bySophia Loren.^[6]

MSC Poesia was theflagship of the company until she was displaced byMSC Fantasia, which entered service in December 2008. In 2008 and 2009,MSC Poesia sailed on a series of 7-night cruises fromVenice toItaly,Greece andTurkey. Since 2010 the ship sails inNorthern Europe during the summer season.^[12]

On 6 June 2008,MSC Poesia andCosta Classica collided in theAdriatic Sea nearDubrovnik. No one was hurt, the damage was minimal, and both ships continued their scheduled itinerary with no delays. The cause was determined to be theMSC Poesia's anchor loosening.^[13][14][15]

On 22 February 2019, the ship was struck again, by sister shipMSC Orchestra.MSC Orchestra had been departingBuenos Aires, Argentina, when a navigational error caused her to crash intoMSC Poesia.MSC Poesia only sustained minor bow damage.^[16]

On 22 February 2025 one crew member identified as Jeric Bueno, a 32 year old Filipino national, was reported missing. CCTV footage later showed that he had fallen overboard while the ship was navigating Brazilian waters, en route toCamboriú.^[17]

While heading to Port Lucaya nearFreeport, Bahamas, on 7 January 2012,MSC Poesia ran aground on top of a reef.^[18] The grounding did not stop the beach-goers (maiden voyagers of the annual "Holy Ship!" music festival cruise featuring such popular dance music artists as Fatboy Slim, Dillon Francis and Diplo), as tender boats were able to ferry passengers from anchorage (or reefage) to the shores of Port Lucaya. According to Captain Archer, a local captain in the port, "they waited for a tide to get high at 1800hrs she was pulled off with 4 tugs and a fifth standing by. At 2000hrs, she was free and continued on her journey at 19.5 knots to little Salvador. A statement from MSC Cruises was released: "In navigating the harbor off Port Lucaya in the Grand Bahamas, MSC Poesia ran aground at 6:50 a.m. Saturday morning. The ship and its guests were always completely safe and all onboard equipment and services continued to operate normally including all previously scheduled tender service and shore excursions".

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