Balmoral

Fred Olsen · 1988

Balmoral measures 43,537 gross tons, with room for 1,350 guests. Balmoral sails 10-night cruises from Heraklion and moves to Southampton in Dec 2026.

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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ship Balmoral arriving in port
BuiltYear built
1988
TonnageGross tonnage
43,537
Decks
11
Cabins
710
Guests
1,350
1,420 at full occupancy
Crew
510

Balmoral cruise schedule

34 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

Showing 6 of 34 cruises

Where Balmoral sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, with more in the Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands. Balmoral sails from Heraklion (Oct 2026), Limassol (Nov 2026) and Piraeus (Nov 2026).

HeraklionLimassolPiraeusSanta Cruz de TenerifeSouthamptonLeith (Edinburgh)Number = cruises starting that month

Ports Balmoral visits

91 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Balmoral sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
24 h
median · 24 – 48 h
Port days
58%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
26
staying past midnight
Late departures
181
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights3 cruises
  • 3 ports · 2 sea days7 nights2 cruises
  • 15 ports · 10 sea days31 nights1 cruise
  • 9 ports · 8 sea days20 nights1 cruise
  • 5 ports · 4 sea days10 nights1 cruise

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 20:00, local time.

Balmoral specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Fred Olsen
Class
Not yet published
Year built
1988
Status
In service
IMO
8506294
MMSI
308785000

Size

Gross tonnage
43,537 GT
Length
217.91 m
Beam
28.2 m
Decks
11
Cruising speed
16 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
1,350
Guests, full occupancy
1,420
Cabins
710
Crew
510
Guests per crew member
2.6
Space per guest
32.2 GT

How it compares

268th largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Balmoral43,537
  • Fred Olsen average56,040
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Balmoral1,350
  • Fred Olsen average1,378
  • All ships in service2,189

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About Balmoral

Balmoral was built by Meyer Werft at Papenburg and delivered in June 1988 as Crown Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line. She became Norwegian Crown for Norwegian Cruise Line in 1996 and later sailed for Orient Lines. In November 2007 Fred. Olsen had her lengthened with a 30 m midsection at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg, raising her to 43,537 GT, and renamed her Balmoral.