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- Hebridean
Island Cruises
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are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Hebridean Island
Cruises fleet. The company was formed with the acquisition in
1988 of the Caledonian-MacBrayne car ferry Columba, originally built in
1964 for the Oban-Craignure-Lochaline service of David MacBrayne.
Following a complete internal refit, she appeared as the luxury
cruise ship Hebridean Princess in 1989, carrying just
49 passengers. She operates cruises of up to 14 nights out of
Oban, originally around the Western Isles of Scotland. More recently,
itineraries have been extended to include Ireland, the Orkney
and Shetland islands, and the Norwegian Fjords. A second ship,
the Hebridean
Spirit,
joined the fleet in 2001 from Renaissance Cruises.
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- Hebridean
Princess - postcards
- Hebridean
Princess - photographs
- Hebridean
Spirit
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- Table of Ship Histories
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- Hebridean Princess
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- Postcards
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- Complete
history of Hebridean Princess
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- Chantry
Classics postcard CC/S137 of Hebridean Princess, using
an official Hebridean Island Cruises photograph.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess using the same photograph
as the card above.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess.
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the car hoist forward of the bridge still survives on these early
postcards.
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car deck was later refitted as additional cabins as shown on
subsequent cards.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess, produced by Islands Picture
Library (HP2)
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- An
official postcard of the Western Isles Hotel, Tobermory, with
Hebridean Princess at the pier.
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Islands Picture Library (WI2)
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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interior and deck views of Hebridean Princess are taken
from the backs of the large postcards shown above.
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- Hebridean Princess
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- Photographs
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Peel, Isle of Man.
- Photo:
© Jenny Williamson, 10th July 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Peel, Isle of Man.
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© Jenny Williamson, 10th July 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
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Princess
called at Tibury, whilst travelling from Oban to Lowstoft, to
be inspected by HM Queen Elizabeth II who proposes to use her
for a private charter to celebrate her 80th birthday in 2006.
More pictures of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 13th November 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
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© Ian Boyle, 13th November 2005.
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- Hebridean Spirit
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Spirit
was built as Renaissance Six for Renaissance Cruises in 1991. in 1997 she
was sold to Sun Cruises and renamed Sun Viva 2. Sun Cruises
faced bankruptcy following the loss of their Sun
Viva
(ex-Galileo
Galilei,
Meridian), and their surviving
ships were acquired by Star Cruises, Sun Viva 2 becoming
the Megastar Capricorn. She was sold again to Hebridean
Island Cruises, who had been looking for a second ship for some
time. She is chartered back to Star Cruises until March 2001.
Before entering service with Hebridean Islands, she will be refitted
internally in the style of Hebridean Princess, and accommodation
will be reduced from 118 to around 80 passengers. She was renamed
by Princess Anne at Leith on 3rd July 2001, followed by an inaugural
cruise to Norway.
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- This
is an official advertising card issued late 2000.
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- A
photograph of the converted Hebridean Spirit taken from
publicity material.
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