Le Lyrial

Ponant Cruises · ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2015

Le Lyrial measures 10,992 gross tons, with room for 224 guests. Le Lyrial sails 7-night cruises from Valparaiso-Santiago and moves to Longyearbyen in Jun 2027.

See cruise scheduleShip specifications
BuiltYear built
2015
TonnageGross tonnage
10,992
Decks
7
Cabins
122
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

Le Lyrial cruise schedule

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

    1. Valparaiso-Santiago
      ParkingHotels
      Tue 3 Nov 18:00
      Port crowd
      ParkingHotelsGetting there
    2. At sea
      Wed 4 Nov
    3. At sea
      Thu 5 Nov
    4. Chiloe Island Chile
      Fri 6 Nov23:5923:59
      Port crowd
    5. Chilean Fjords
      Sat 7 Nov23:5923:59
    6. Caleta Tortel
      Sun 8 Nov23:5923:59
      Port crowd
    7. Chilean Fjords
      Mon 9 Nov 23:59Wed 11 Nov 23:59
    8. Strait of Magellan
      Thu 12 Nov23:5923:59
    9. Chilean Fjords
      Fri 13 Nov23:5923:59
    10. At sea
      Sat 14 Nov
    11. Cape Horn
      Sun 15 Nov23:5923:59
    12. Puerto Williams
      Mon 16 Nov23:5923:59
      Port crowd
    13. Ushuaia
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      Tue 17 Nov 23:59
      Port crowd
      ParkingHotelsGetting there
    Numbers match the port order

Showing 6 of 28 cruises

Where Le Lyrial sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Arctic, Antarctica, with more in the Ireland, UK, British Isles. Le Lyrial sails from Valparaiso-Santiago (Nov 2026), Ushuaia (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027) and Buenos Aires (Mar 2027).

Valparaiso-SantiagoUshuaiaBuenos AiresLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLisbonHonfleurGreenockDublinLongyearbyenReykjavíkNuukSt Pierre et MiquelonNumber = cruises starting that month

Homeport · from Sep 2027

St Pierre et Miquelon

1 departure

Ports Le Lyrial visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Lyrial 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
9 h
median · 1.5 – 96 h
Port days
76%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
43
staying past midnight
Late departures
53
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 1 sea day7 nights7 cruises
  • 3 ports · 0 sea days10 nights5 cruises
  • 5 ports · 6 sea days17 nights2 cruises
  • 9 ports · 0 sea days9 nights2 cruises
  • 8 ports · 3 sea days14 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.

Le Lyrial specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
ice-strengthened cruise ship class
Year built
2015
Status
In service
IMO
9704130
MMSI
578000800

Size

Gross tonnage
10,992 GT
Length
142.1 m
Beam
18 m
Decks
7
Cruising speed
16 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
224
Guests, full occupancy
264
Cabins
122
Crew
140
Guests per crew member
1.6
Space per guest
49.1 GT

How it compares

315th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with Le Soléal

Gross tonnage

  • Le Lyrial10,992
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Lyrial224
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

ice-strengthened cruise ship class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Lyrial

See the Ponant Cruises fleet

Also from Ponant Cruises: Le Commandant Charcot, Le Bellot, Le Dumont d'Urville, Le Jacques Cartier, Le Bougainville, Le Champlain

About Le Lyrial

Le Lyrial is the fourth and last of Ponant's Boréal-series yacht-style cruise ships, built by Fincantieri at Ancona, Italy, and delivered on 11 April 2015. After a short charter she began public cruising from Venice, where she was christened, on 9 May 2015. She has 122 staterooms and suites.