Louis Majesty

The Louis Majesty has IMO number 8814744. Built in Turku in 1992, the cruise ship initially sailed as Royal Majesty, from 1997 as Norwegian Majesty, and from November 2009 as Louis Majesty for Louis Cruises. Today, the ship is known as Crown Iris.

Construction and ship particulars

Kværner Masa-Yards built the ship in Turku in 1992. In 2011, as Louis Majesty, the ship sailed under the Maltese flag with Valletta as its port of registry and was measured at 40,876 GT. Its overall length is 207.10 meters; its extreme breadth is 33.20 meters and its molded breadth is 27.60 meters. The ship is listed with ten passenger decks and a service speed of 19 knots (maximum 21 knots). Capacity figures distinguish between 1,460 lower berths and 1,790 berths in total.

Aegean cruises from Piraeus in 2011

Louis Cruises’ program from Piraeus was scheduled to run from March 18 to November 7, 2011. The seasonal program offered four- and five-day cruises: the four-day route called at Mykonos, Kuşadası, Patmos, Crete, and Santorini; the five-day option also included Rhodes.

Western Mediterranean in 2010

Eight-day cruises with seven nights, departing from and returning to Genoa, were advertised for August 7, 14, and 21, 2010. The planned ports of call were Marseille, Palma de Mallorca, Almería, Málaga, Tangier, Ibiza, and Barcelona. Another departure on August 28 was planned as a seven-day cruise with six nights: from Genoa via Marseille, Port Mahon, Tunis, Valletta, and Trapani, returning to Genoa.

Later ship names

IMO number 8814744 remained unchanged through the ship’s later name changes. Louis Majesty was followed by Thomson Majesty from 2012, Majesty from 2017, Princess Iris in 2018, and Crown Iris since November 2018. As Crown Iris, the ship sails under the flag of Panama and is measured at 41,662 GT (as of 2026).