AIDAcara - Wikipedia AIDAcara AIDAcara departing from Helsinki. History Name : AIDA ( 1996 -- 2001 ) AIDAcara Owner : AIDA Cruises Operator : AIDA Cruises Port of registry : 1996 -- 1997 : Rostock Germany 1997 -- 1999 : Monrovia Liberia 1999 -- 2000 : Rostock Germany 2000 -- 2002 : Monrovia Liberia 2002 -- 2004 : London United Kingdom 2004 -- 2013 : Genoa Italy Builder : Kvaerner Masa - Yards Turku New Shipyard ( Finland ) Cost : DM 300 million In service : June 1996 Refit : 2005 Identification : Callsign : IBNR IMO number : 9112789 MMSI number : 247117300 Status : In service General characteristics Tonnage : 38,531 GT Length : 634.2 ft ( 193.30 m ) Beam : 90.5 ft ( 27.58 m ) Draft : 20.3 ft ( 6.19 m ) Decks : 11 total, 9 passenger Installed power : 2 diesel - electric ( 21,720 kW ) Speed : 20 knots ( 37 km / h ; 23 mph ) Capacity : 1,186 passengers Crew : 360 crew AIDAcara ( formerly AIDA ) is the first cruise ship in the fleet of German cruise company, AIDA Cruises. History AIDAcara was built for Deutsche Seetouristik / Arkona Reisen as a Clubschiff ( Club Ship ), and was launched in 1996 under the name AIDA. When P&O Cruises purchased a controlling stake in Arkona Reisen in 1999, they transferred the ship, and it became part of the new AIDA Cruises fleet, and was named AIDAcara, after two of its sister ships entered operation, AIDAvita and AIDAaura. In 2005, the vessel underwent refits, which increased the number of cabins. In December 2017, AIDAcara became the first ships of the AIDA 's fleet to visit the port of Sydney, Australia. On February 10, 2018, AIDAcara returned to Hamburg after her 116 - day round - the - world cruise, the first one in the company 's history. References ^ Jump up to : Ward, Douglas ( 2005 ). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore : Berlitz. ISBN 981 - 246 - 510 - 3. Jump up ^ `` AIDAcara ''. Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 2008 - 07 - 16. Jump up ^ `` AIDAcara Makes a Historic Visit to Sydney, Australia CruiseBe ''. CruiseBe. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ Staff, CIN ( 2018 - 02 - 12 ). `` AIDAcara Returns to Hamburg Following World Cruise ''. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 13. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to AIDAcara. Official AIDAcara website ( in German ) `` AIDAcara ( 90705 ) ''. DNV GL Vessel Register. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 24. Cruise Critic Review Ship Parade Review Data from XVAS Current Position Current Position Deck Plans `` AIDAcara ( 9112789 ) ''. Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 31. AIDA Cruises fleet Current ships AIDAaura AIDAbella AIDAcara AIDAdiva AIDAvita AIDAluna AIDAblu AIDAsol AIDAmar AIDAstella AIDAprima AIDAperla Future ships AIDAnova ( 2018 ) TBA ( 2021 ) Former ship AIDAblu ( 1990 ) This article about a specific cruise ship is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AIDAcara&oldid=827484395 '' Categories : Ships built in Turku Ships of AIDA Cruises 1996 ships Cruise ship stubs Hidden categories : IMO Number MMSI Number Wikipedia articles needing clarification from December 2012 Articles with German - language external links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Eesti Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Русский Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 25 February 2018, at 00 : 01. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the 1st ship in the aida fleet today's aidacara take to the sea for the first time
Answer: 1996