GTS Constellation, St. John's, Antigua, 2004
General Information
Name:	GTS Constellation
Company:	Celebrity Cruises
Builder:	Chantier de L'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Commissioned:	May 12, 2002
Registry:	Nassau, Bahamas
Ship's Specifications
Tonnage:	91,000 gross tons
Length:	964.6 ft
Beam:	105.6 ft
Draft:	26.3 ft
Speed:	24 knots
Complement:	1950 passengers, 999 crew

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The ship boasts a COGAS power plant of gas turbines and a steam turbine providing up to 60MW for the electric systems and two 19MW Rolls-Royce/Alstom MerMaid azimuth thrusters for propulsion. A turbo-electric COGAS power-plant Combined gas and steam (COGAS) is the name given to marine compound powerplants of gas and steam turbines, the latter are fed with steam generated with the heat from the hot exhaust of the gas turbines. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... Rolls-Royce plc (LSE: RR.) (also known as Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electrics GE Aircraft Engines division. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... Siemens Schottel azimuth thrusters Azimuth thrusters are a method of propulsion for ships. ...

Consistently receiving top honors from Condé Nast Traveler's Cruise Poll, she is based in the Atlantic Ocean, with her normal cruise track finds her wintering in the Caribbean and summering in Europe with port calls at popular destinations such as Boston, USA, Bridgetown, Barbados, Charlotte Amalie, USVI, Dover, England and St. Petersburg, Russia

See also

• Celebrity Cruises
• Cruise Ship Provisions
• Celebrity Cruise Ship Galaxy

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References

• Celebrity Cruises Webpage
• Celebrity Cruises UK Webpage
• Cruise Critic Review of Constellation