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P&O and Princess Cruises
Page 3: 2000-2008
This page is one of a series devoted to the cruise ships of P&O and Princess Cruises.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below. Below this are official
postcards of the fleet
in chronological order. Earlier cruise ships up to 1988 are shown on
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 1
. Ships delivered between 1989-1999 are shown on
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 2
. There is a
Table of Ship Histories
on the
P&O Header Page
.
This page continues the story of the P&O and Princess Cruises fleets, covering the giant cruise ships which have joined the fleet in more recent years. Combining official cards from the two fleets shows the evolution of the original Sitmar designs of
Star Princess
and
Crown/Regal Princess
through
Oriana
to the Grand Class ships and P&O's
Aurora,
which joined the P&O fleet in 2000.
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships from 2000 on this Page:-
Arcadia (4)
Artemis
Aurora
Caribbean Princess
Coral Princess
Diamond Princess (1)
Diamond Princess (2)
Golden Princess (2)
Island Princess (2)
Ocean Princess
Oceana
Pacific Princess (2)
Sapphire Princess
Star Princess (2)
Tahitian Princess (2)
Ventura
- new delivery 2008
- new!
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships up to 1988 on
Page 1
:-
Dawn Princess (1)
- ex-Sitmar
Fair Princess
- ex-Sitmar
Fairstar
- ex-Sitmar
Hyundai Pungak
- ex-Island Princess
Island Princess
- ex-Flagship Cruises
Pacific Princess (1)
- ex-Flagship Cruises
Pacific Sky
- ex-Sky Princess
Princess Patricia
Princess Carla
- Chartered from
Costa Cruises
Princess Italia
- Chartered from
Costa Cruises
Royal Princess
Sea Princess (1)
- later Victoria
Sea Venture
- Flagship Cruises - became Pacific Princess
Sky Princess
- ex-Sitmar
Spirit of London
- later Sun Princess (1)
Sun Princess (1)
- ex-Spirit of London
Victoria
- ex-Sea Princess (1)
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships 1989-1999 on
Page 2
:-
Adonia
Arcadia (3)
Arosa Blu
Crown Princess
Dawn Princess (2)
Golden Princess (1)
Grand Princess
Ocean Village
Oriana(2)
Regal Princess
Sea Princess (2)
Star Princess (1)
Sun Princess (2)
P&O Pages:-
P&O Header Page
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 1
- 1962-1988
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 2
- 1989-1999
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 3
- 2000-2008
- this page!
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- 1837-1899
P&O Liners - Page 2
- 1900-1914
P&O Liners - Page 3
- 1915-1939
P&O Liners - Page 4
- 1940-1961
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P&O/Princess Cruises
Fleet List Part 3: 2000-
Ocean Princess
(Princess Cruises: 2000-2002)
Oceana
(P&O: 2002- )
The fifth
Grand
Class ship (the fourth of 77000grt), introduced in 2000.
Ocean Princess
was transferred to the P&O fleet as
Oceana
in 2002.
The name
Oceana
was previously used on a P&O passenger liner between 1888-1912.
Additional postcards and photographs of
Ocean Princess
are available
on this link
.
Princess Cruises postcard of
Ocean Princess.
The card of
Ocean Princess
included in the
Princess Postcard Set
.
As with the card above, this is actually
Sun
or
Dawn Princess
, since it does not have the enclosed bridge wings introduced on
Sea Princess
.
Ocean Princess
was transferred to the P&O fleet as
Oceana
in 1992.
This is the first official P&O postcard.
Additional postcards and photographs of
Oceana
are available
on this link
.
This P&O postcard is available for sale in the shop.
Aurora
(P&O Cruises: 2000- )
Aurora
entered service in May 2000, built by Meyer-Werft of Papenburg. She was built specifically for the British market, running cruises out of Southampton, and is a development of the
Oriana
design, but with diesel-electric propulsion. The first cruise was aborted after 18 hours due to overheated propeller shaft bearings. repairs were carried out in hamburg, and she ran for over 24 hours at over 24 knots at the start of the third cruise.
A complete history of this ship is shown
on this link
.
Three official cards were available initially, as shown below:-
This is the Maiden Season card, using the same photo as the card above, but with a white border.
Three further official cards were available in 2001, which are shown below:-
The card above has been reissued with a white border.
Golden Princess (2)
(Princess Cruises: 2001- )
The initial official card of
Golden Princess
uses the same image as the
Grand Princess
card shown above (use of a magnifying glass even shows the name as
Grand Princess
still). She is the second ship in the 108000grt Grand Class, and has replaced
Grand Princess
on her Mediterranean and Caribbean itineraries. The third sister,
Star Princess
, is due in 2002, and will operate out of LA to Mexico.
Photographs of the Maiden Voyage of
Golden Princess
are available
on this link
.
A sample is shown below, photographed by Ian Boyle.
Star Princess (2)
(Princess Cruises: 2002- )
Star Princess (2) is the third ship in the 108000grt Grand Class, which entered service out of Los Angeles in March 2002. Photographs of the
Star Princess
are available
on this link
.
The official postcard is yet again a re-issue of the
Grand Princess
, although the name has been removed on this version.
Tahitian Princess
(Princess Cruises: 2002- )
Pacific Princess (2)
(Princess Cruises: 2003- )
Two of the bankrupt
Renaissance Cruises
fleet, R3 and R4, have been acquired for the Princess fleet (plus
Swan Hellenic
are chartering a further ship as
Minerva II
). R3 is to become
Pacific Princess (2)
, and R4 will be the
Tahitian Princess
. Additional photos of
Pacific Princess (2)
are shown
on this link
.
Official Princess postcard of
Pacific Princess (2)
.
An advance Princess publicity image of
Pacific Princess (2)
.
Photograph of
Pacific Princess (2)
by Marvin Jensen.
Official Princess postcard of
Tahitian Princess
.
Coral Princess
(Princess Cruises: 2002- )
Two sisterships of 91627grt wre ordered from Chantier Atlantique, St Nazaire, for delivery in 2002/2003 as
Coral Princess
and
Island Princess (2)
.
An official Princess postcard of
Coral Princess
.
An official Princess publicity image of
Coral Princess
.
Photograph of
Coral Princess
by Marvin Jensen.
Inaugural call at San Francisco, 8th May 2003.
Photograph of
Coral Princess
by Marvin Jensen.
Inaugural call at San Francisco, 8th May 2003.
Island Princess (2)