page_title: Ruby Princess
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Ruby Princess / Design
caption_attribution_description: Docked at Pier 2 in Port Everglades
context_page_description: Ruby Princess is a Crown-class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises.
  The Ruby Princess was built in 2008 by Fincantieri in Trieste, Italy, as a sister ship to Crown Princess and Emerald Princess. She was turned over to Carnival Corporation and Princess Cruises in late October 2008. She was formally named at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 6 November 2008 by Trista and Ryan Sutter.
  The ship became infamous in 2020, as the source of over 10% of Australia's early COVID-19 cases. By 24 April at least 22 deaths in Australia and the United States were linked to the ship. A cluster of cases in New Zealand was also linked to the ship.
context_section_description: Ruby Princess continued the modified Grand-class design with the Night Club moved just aft of the funnel, rather than suspended over the stern like the original designs.
  By gross tonnage she was the largest ship in the Princess fleet until the arrival of the new Royal Princess.
caption: Ruby Princess docked at Pier 2 in Port Everglades in January 2015
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