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 Ushuaia and moves to Longyearbyen in Jun 2027.

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Le Lyrial
Built
2015
Tonnage
10,992
Decks
7
Cabins
122
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

Le Lyrial cruise schedule

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

    1. Valparaiso-Santiago
      ParkingHotels
      Tue 3 Nov 6:00 pm
      Port crowd
    2. At sea
      Wed 4 Nov
    3. At sea
      Thu 5 Nov
    4. Castro
      Fri 6 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    5. Chilean Fjords
      Sat 7 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
    6. Caleta Tortel
      Sun 8 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    7. Chilean Fjords
      Mon 9 Nov 11:59 pmWed 11 Nov 11:59 pm
    8. Strait of Magellan
      Thu 12 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
    9. Chilean Fjords
      Fri 13 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
    10. At sea
      Sat 14 Nov
    11. Cape Horn
      Sun 15 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
    12. Puerto Williams
      Mon 16 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    13. Ushuaia
      ParkingHotels
      Tue 17 Nov 11:59 pm
      Port crowd

Showing 6 of 29 cruises

Where Le Lyrial sails

Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Arctic , Antarctica, with more in the Ireland, United Kingdom. Le Lyrial sails from Ushuaia (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027), Buenos Aires (Mar 2027) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Apr 2027).

UshuaiaBuenos AiresLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLisbonHonfleurGreenockDublinLongyearbyenReykjavíkNuukSt Pierre et MiquelonMontrealNumber = cruises starting that month

Homeport · Sep 2027

St Pierre et Miquelon

1 departure

Ports Le Lyrial visits

95 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 · Nov 2026 – Oct 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
77%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
42
staying past midnight
Late departures
46
after 8:00 pm · latest 11:59 pm

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
  • 5 ports · 9 sea days18 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 8:00 pm, 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.