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Princess
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Princess
was P&O/Princess Cruises' largest ship at delivery, 109000grt
in size and carrying around 2600 passengers (3300 maximum capacity).
She is the first of four sisters being built by Fincantieri in
Italy, and entered service in 1998. The second sistership, the
Golden
Princess,
joins the Princess fleet in 2001, followed by Star
Princess
in 2002. The fourth ship will be delivered to the P&O Cruises
fleet in 2004, to serve the UK fly-cruise market.
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- This page
shows postcards of Grand Princess, plus
photographs taken in Lisbon on 29th
May 2000. I was in Lisbon on P&O's Aurora third scheduled
cruise (although the first had been abandoned after 18 hours).
Grand Princess was on her positioning cruise from the
Caribbean to the Mediterranean, where she spends the summer on
a fixed itinerary between Barcelona and Istanbul. She left before
Aurora, at 18:00hrs, and past us in beautiful evening
sunlight. Following the delivery of Golden Princess, Grand Princess
switched to a year round Caribbean itinerary.
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- The page is divided
into sections:-
- Grand
Princess postcards - official and commercial
postcards
- Grand
Princess at Lisbon - Photographs by
Ian Boyle
- Grand
Princess departing Lisbon - Photographs by
Ian Boyle
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- Links to Associated
Pages:-
- Star
Princess Photos
- Golden
Princess Photos
- Oriana
Photo Pages
- P&O
and Princess Postcard pages
- P&O
and Princess Photograph pages
- Cruise
Ship Postcards
- Ocean
Liner Postcards
- Simplon
Postcards Home Page
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- Grand Princess Postcards
- The
name ship of the Grand Class, the Grand Princess (109000grt)
of 1998. This is the inaugural season postcard.
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- Another
card of Grand Princess (109000grt) released at its introduction,
but still available on board in 2000.
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- The
summer 2000 official card of Grand Princess uses a photographic
image.
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- A
variation of the Grand Princess postcard above is available
in the Princess
Postcard Set.
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- This
card of Grand Princess was issued by P&O in the UK
in 1999 to advertise a TV programme where Thelma Barlow, a TV
actress, reviewed the ship.
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- 2003
advertising postcard.
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- Two
oversized advertising postcards of Grand Princess.
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- Keskin
Color postcard 09/923 of Grand Princess at Kusadasi.
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- Sassy
Souvenirs postcard ST138 of Grand Princess at St Thomas.
- Photograph
by Alain Maciano.
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- Astral
Graphics postcard of Grand Princess at St Thomas.
- Photograph
by Neil Chatterton.
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- Grand Princess Photographs at Lisbon
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first series of pictures was taken from Aurora as we arrived
in Lisbon.
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- Grand Princess Photographs departing
Lisbon
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- The
remaining series was taken from the berthed Aurora as
Grand Princess departed from Lisbon.
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- Star Princess Photos - Golden Princess Photos - P&O
and Princess Postcard pages
- Cruise Ship Postcards - Ocean Liner Postcards
- Top of Page - Simplon Postcards Home Page
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- ©1999-2003
Copyright Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards (all pages on web site)
All Rights Reserved
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- None
of the postcards or photographs on this page is available for
sale.