Sovereign Maersk-class container ship

	Sovereign Maersk in the Port of Yokohama
Class overview
Builders	Odense Steel Shipyard
Operators	Maersk Line,; Mediterranean Shipping Company
In service	1997–present
Planned	9
Completed	9
Active	8
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Container ship
Tonnage	91,560 GT
Length	346.98 m (1,138.4 ft)
Beam	42.80 m (140.4 ft)
Draft	14.5 m (48 ft)
Capacity	9,640 TEU

The Sovereign class is a series of 9 container ships built for Maersk Line. The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark and have a maximum theoretical capacity of around 9,640 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). ^[1]

List of ships

Ship	Previous names	Yard number	IMO number	Delivery	Status	ref
MSC Domna X	Sovereign Maersk (1997-2023)	L160	9120841	1 Sep 1997	In service	^[2]
MSC Fie	Susan Maersk (1997-2021)	L161	9120853	12 Dec 1997	In service	^[3]
Sally Maersk		L162	9120865	6 Mar 1998	In service	^[4]
Sine Maersk		L163	9146455	29 Jun 1998	Scrapped in 2020	^[5]
MSC Yukta X	Svendborg Maersk (1998-2023)	L164	9146467	25 Sep 1998	In service	^[6]
MSC Vilda	Sofie Maersk (1998-2021)	L165	9146479	15 Dec 1998	In service	^[7]
MSC Aby	Svend Maersk (1999-2016) Aotea Maersk (2016-2021)	L166	9166778	15 Mar 1999	In service	^[8]
MSC Ellen	Soroe Maersk (1999-2021)	L167	9166780	4 Jun 1999	In service	^[9]
Skagen Maersk		L168	9166792	10 Sep 1999	In service	^[10]
Clifford Maersk		L169	9198575	8 Oct 1999	In service
MSC Chiara	Cornelius Maersk (2000-2021)	L170	9198587	4 Feb 2000	In service	^[11]