Fincantieri Delivers Viking Mira for June Mediterranean Debut

Updated June 19, 2026

Viking Mira has begun passenger service in Europe, welcoming its first paying guests on June 5 for a seven-night Western Mediterranean cruise from Civitavecchia to Barcelona. The 54,300-GT Viking ocean ship carried its inaugural guests to Livorno, Cannes, Marseille and Sete, with an overnight call in Livorno, after its late-May delivery from Fincantieri and June 1 naming ceremony in Venice.

The ship has 499 cabins for up to 998 passengers and is the 13th vessel in Viking's ocean series, which began with Viking Star in 2015. Its delivery extends a Fincantieri-Viking shipbuilding relationship that began in 2012 and now covers 26 vessels.

Delivery extends Fincantieri-Viking series

Fincantieri delivered Viking Mira to Viking at its Ancona shipyard on May 26. Attending the delivery ceremony were Jeff Dash, executive vice president and head of business development at Viking; Giorgio Gomiero, senior vice president of operations at Fincantieri; and Gilberto Tobaldi, director of the Ancona shipyard.

Fincantieri places Viking Mira in the small-cruise-ship segment. The vessel is about 781 to 784 feet long, with a beam of about 101 to 102 feet, and carries a crew complement of roughly 465 to 470. Passenger features include all-veranda staterooms and al fresco dining options. Fincantieri said the Ancona yard has undergone infrastructure, technology and logistics investments backed by the company and the public port system.

In March, Fincantieri and Viking announced an order for two expedition cruise ships scheduled for delivery in 2030 and 2031, plus an option for two additional ocean-going ships with estimated delivery in 2034.

Another Viking ocean ship, Viking Libra, is also under construction at Ancona and is set to enter service in December 2026. Viking and Fincantieri have described that vessel as a hydrogen-powered cruise ship designed for 998 guests in 499 staterooms, with a liquefied hydrogen and fuel-cell system developed with Fincantieri subsidiary Isotta Fraschini Motori and capable of producing up to 6 MW of power.

Naming ceremony in Venice

Viking officially named Viking Mira in Venice on June 1, with Rebecca "Becky" Webb Wilson serving as ceremonial godmother. Wilson used a Viking broad axe to cut a ribbon that released a bottle of Norwegian aquavit against the hull. Crossover soprano Sissel Kyrkjebo, godmother of Viking Jupiter in 2019, also performed during the inaugural festivities.

"We are proud to welcome the new Viking Mira to our award-winning fleet of elegant sister ships," Torstein Hagen, Viking executive chairman, said. Referring to Wilson, Hagen added: "Her lifelong commitment to public service, exploration and cultural understanding is an inspiration to all of us."

Wilson is an attorney, author, photographer and philanthropist. Her background includes work as an assistant U.S. attorney and leadership roles with education, healthcare and civic organizations. She also founded youth leadership initiatives including Bridge Builders, which has had more than 20,000 participants.

Maiden season deployment

Viking Mira opened its maiden season on June 5. The seven-night Western Mediterranean cruise ran from Civitavecchia to Barcelona, with stops at Livorno, Cannes, Marseille and Sete, and ended in Barcelona on June 12.

After its maiden cruise, Viking Mira was scheduled to reposition from Barcelona to Reykjavik on a 14-night sailing with calls at Valencia, Malaga, La Coruna, Lisbon, Porto, Dublin and Liverpool, ending with an overnight visit to Reykjavik.

The ship's Northern Europe program includes two July departures of Viking's 14-night "Into the Midnight Sun" itinerary on July 8 and July 22. The sailings operate between Bergen and Greenwich, with calls listed for Edinburgh and Kirkwall in Scotland, Lerwick in the Shetland Isles, and Honningsvag, Tromso, Gravdal and Eidsdal in Norway.

Viking Mira is also scheduled for "Viking Shores & Fjords" sailings in August. The Aug. 5 departure sails from Bergen to Amsterdam with calls at Ulvik, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Oslo in Norway, plus Aalborg in Denmark. A similar itinerary is scheduled in reverse on Aug. 12.

Before returning to the Mediterranean for the fall, Viking Mira is scheduled to sail a 14-night British Isles Explorer voyage from Bergen to Greenwich on Sept. 12. The itinerary includes Lerwick in the Shetland Isles; Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Ullapool and Kirkwall in Scotland; Belfast in Northern Ireland; Liverpool and Dover in England; Dublin in Ireland; and Holyhead in Wales.