The same day, it was announced she would be named Royal Princess, in honor of the former ships with the name in the cruise line's history. Her keel-laying ceremony was held on 20 October 2011. She floated out of the shipyard on 16 August 2012. Delivery and christening On 30 May 2013, Royal Princess was officially presented to Princess in Monfalcone. On 9 April 2013, it was announced that The Duchess of Cambridge would name Royal Princess in a naming ceremony in Southampton, United Kingdom on 13 June 2013. The ceremony upheld British ship-naming traditions, including the blessing and a performance by the Royal Marines and the pipers of the Irish Guards. The ship arrived at the Ocean Terminal in Southampton on 7 June and hosted events for customers and travel agents, including a special naming gala on the evening of 12 June. The ship's inaugural celebrations concluded with her maiden voyage on 16 June. Atlantic and Mediterranean service To start her inaugural season, Royal Princess performed two 2-night preview sailings from Southampton to St. Peter Port, Guernsey on 9 June 2013 and 14 June 2013. She left on her 7-day maiden voyage on 16 June 2013 from Southampton to Barcelona, calling in Vigo, Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Málaga. She then cruised 12-day Mediterranean voyages from Barcelona to Venice throughout that summer before re-positioning to her North American homeport of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in fall 2013. On 22 September 2013, Royal Princess experienced a power outage while sailing between Mykonos and Naples. A back-up generator provided power for essential services, but the cruise terminated in Naples for emergency repairs and the ship resumed regular sailings from Barcelona on 27 September. The ship was sailing a 12-day Mediterranean cruise from Venice at the time of the incident. Between 2013 and 2019, Royal Princess continued to sail out of her homeport of Port Everglades to the Caribbean during the winter seasons and re-positioned to Europe, including the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and the British Isles, during the summer seasons, with several short fall seasons cruising the Canadian Maritimes and New England coast. On 13 November 2018, a 52-year-old woman was reported dead after falling from the upper decks onto a lifeboat. Authorities from the FBI and Aruba investigated the incident, no charges were filed. The ship was sailing an 8-day Southern Caribbean cruise from Port Everglades at the time of the