MS Sovereign (formerly MS Sovereign of the Seas) is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class formerly operated by Royal Caribbean International. At the time of her maiden voyage on January 16 1988 she was the largest cruise ship in the world at 73 192 gross tons. She was initially based at the Port of Miami. In 2006 she sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Port Canaveral Florida.
Builders of the MS Sovereign are Chantiers de l'Atlantique, France and Saint-Nazaire.