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Editorial The far ranging sister
Resilient Lady is the traveled one, the first Lady Ship to base in Greece and the first to take the brand to Australia and New Zealand. If her itinerary fits, the onboard product is the fleet standard: every eatery included, adults only throughout, and the same 1,408 cabin layout as Valiant and Brilliant. Her wider ranging deployments mean more sea days on repositioning legs, which suits Sailors who sail for the ship as much as the ports, and her San Juan Caribbean winters pair short flights with longer southern itineraries. Choosing a cabin: the class notes apply unchanged, midship decks 10 to 12 for balance, deck 15 has only 15 cabins in a quiet pocket high on the ship, and Sea Terrace hammock cabins remain the signature experience worth the step up from an Insider or Sea View.
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Resilient Lady is the third of Virgin Voyages' four Lady Ships, delivered by Fincantieri at Sestri Ponente on December 9, 2022 after her handover was deferred by agreement from an originally planned August 2022 debut. She entered service on May 14, 2023 from Piraeus, the fleet's first ship to launch in the eastern Mediterranean, and has since ranged more widely than her sisters, with Mediterranean summers, Caribbean winters from San Juan, and the line's first Australia and New Zealand seasons via repositioning voyages through the Suez Canal. Structurally she matches Valiant Lady, with the same 1,408 cabins, and her onboard lineup follows the fleet template of more than 20 included eateries anchored by The Wake, Razzle Dazzle, Pink Agave, Extra Virgin, Gunbae and The Test Kitchen.
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Specifications
| Status | In service |
|---|---|
| Entered service | 2023 |
| Cruise line | Virgin Voyages |
| Class | Lady Ships |
| Gross tonnage | 108,232 GT |
| Guests (double occupancy) | 2,767 |
| Guests (maximum) | 2,992 |
| Crew | 1,150 |
| Length | 277.2 m (909 ft) |
| Beam | 38 m (125 ft) moulded |
| Draught | 8.05 m (26 ft) |
| Decks | 17 (14 guest decks) |
| Staterooms | 1,408 |
| Shipyard | Fincantieri (Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Italy) |
| Flag | Bahamas |
| IMO number | 9805348 |
| Call sign | C6FA8 |
| Home port | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Region | Caribbean |
About the Lady Ships
The four Lady Ships are near identical sisters built by Fincantieri at Sestri Ponente, Genoa: about 110,000 gross tons and 277 metres, with roughly 1,400 cabins and capacity for about 2,770 Sailors at double occupancy plus 1,150 crew. Virgin publishes no formal class designation; the line brands the quartet its Lady Ships. Scarlet Lady led the class into service in 2021, followed by Valiant Lady (2022), Resilient Lady (2023) and Brilliant Lady (2025), which carries an adapted frame that allows Panama Canal transit.
Ownership & loyalty
Part of Virgin Group.
References
Descriptions on Cruise Ship Wiki are original write-ups paraphrased from public sources; facts are compiled from the references below and cross-checked. How we source our information.
- Virgin Voyages fleet page - Retrieved 2026-08-21
- Fincantieri delivery release, Dec 2022 - Retrieved 2026-08-21
- Fincantieri class spec sheet (PDF) - Retrieved 2026-08-21
- VesselFinder, IMO 9805348 - Retrieved 2026-08-21
- Virgin interactive deck plan data (rooms and venues JSON) - Retrieved 2026-08-21