A NEW CRUISE SHIP
One of the biggest passenger ships in history, the Island Princess, carries people on cruises around the Caribbean. More than double 【C1】__ weight of the Titanic (the large passenger ship which sank in 1912), it was 【C2】__ large to be built in 【C3】__ piece. Instead, forty-eight sections 【C4】__ total were made in different places. The ship was then put together 【C5】__ these sections at a shipbuilding yard in Italy.
The huge weight of the Island Princess is partly due to her enormous height, 【C6】__ is an incredible forty-one metres. When compared with the Titanic, she is also a much broader ship. As 【C7】__ as length is concerned, there's 【C8】__ a great difference, each ship 【C9】__ over two hundred and fifty metres long.
The Island Princess can carry 【C10】__ to 2,600 passengers and has 1,321 cabins, including twenty-five specially designed 【C11】__ use by disabled passengers. There is entertainment on board to suit 【C12】__ age and interest, from dancing to good drama. The Island Princess seems very likely to be a popular holiday choice for many years to 【C13】__ even though most people will 【C14】__ to save up in order to be 【C15】__ to afford the trip.
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Tim Longman wants to have a general knowledge of the development of Ireland.
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