When in service the oldest seagoing passenger ship in the world. Doulos started life in 1914 as the Medina, a freighter. In 1948 she was sold to shipping line Genaviter and renamed Roma. She was completely rebuilt as a passenger ship, an emigrant carrier. She sailed in this role until 1953 when she was auctioned […]
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Island Venture was taken into service by Flagship Cruises in 1974. She joined he sister Sea Venture (built 1972). In 1974 already, she was sold toP&) subsidiary Princess Cruises along with her sister ship. They were renamed Island Princess and Pacific Princess. Both appeared in the 1970stelevision series The Love Boat. The Island Princess stayed
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Not present as a static ship anymore, but part of the interior fittings have been rescued from the ship when it went for scrap in 1974, and are still on display at the Hoogovens museum, the Hoogovens being one of the largest steel manufacturers in Europe, located in Ymuiden, The Netherlands, where the former Felix Roussel
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Costa Victoria was the first of two Victoria-class cruise ships ordered by Costa Cruises from the German shipyard Bremer Vulkan (her sister was intended to become Costa Olympia, but was completed as Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky instead). She sailed for Costa Cruises (owned by Carnival Corporation & plc) from 1996 until 2020. When built
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Built 1952 for the coastal express service along the Norwegian coast, the Hurtigruten as Hakon Jarl Sold in 1982 to become a hotel and restaurant vessel in the port of Oslo. Later hotel/ party centre in Antwerp, Belgium, but as the docks were being redeveloped she had to be relocated. A new berth could not
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Canberra, 49,070 GRT, loa 249m, 960 passengers. Canberra was built in 1961 by Harland an Wolff in Belfast for P&O lines. She was put on the Australian run. When passenger loads diminished in liner service, she was laid up in and there were rumours she might go for scrap only 13 years old! However, she
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Royal Viking Star entered service in 1972 for owners Royal Viking Cruises, a Norwegian company operating 5-star cruise ships. The company proved to be too small to be successful in the long run and was taken over by Norwegian Cruise Line in 1991. She was renamed Westward. Three years later she was transferred to subsidiary
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built 1966. Operated from 1970 to 1983 during summertime as ferry Venus for Det Bergenske Dampskipsselskab and in winter in cruise service from Holland and the UK to the Canary Islands as Black Prince for Fred Olsen. In 1983 the ferry service was taken over by DFDS and in 1985 by Norway Line. In 1985
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Built 2004, Cunard line, UK 191 photographs (2011 crossing from Hamburg to Southampton)
When construction started on Royal Princess (III) in 2010, she followed a series of 9 Grand Class Princess vessels, of which Grand Princess (1998) was the first and both Coral Princess and Island Princess which were both introduced in 2002/ 2003. The name Royal Princess had already been used for two former ships of the line, the first one being Royal Princess of 1984. Today she still
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