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As a result, Arcadia has a Cunard-style mast similar to those found on Queen Elizabeth 2 and RMS Queen Mary 2. [8] Arcadia underwent a scheduled, 24-day refit at Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany in 2008. She underwent a major refit to the stern, with 34 cabins added. [9] Arcadia was again refitted at Lloyd Werft in 2017.
SS Arcadia's bell. The Arcadia was built for P&O by John Brown & Company at Clydebank in Scotland, at an estimated cost of £5 million; her keel was laid in 1952 and she was launched on 14 May 1953, just a couple of hours after the Orsova of the associated Orient Line went down the ways at Barrow in Furness.
P&O (in full, The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company [1]) was a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century. Formerly a public company, it was sold to DP World in March 2006 for £3.9 billion.
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P&O Cruises is a British cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.It was originally a subsidiary of the freight transport company P&O and was founded in 1977. [1]
Arcadia: 2005 P&O Cruises: Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy: 84,342 GT: 289.90 m (951 ft 1 in) Vista 2 (Signature) Noordam: 2006 Holland America Line: Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy: 82,500 GT: 936 ft (285.3 m) Vista 1 Queen Victoria: 2007 Cunard Line: Fincantieri Marghera shipyard, Italy: 92,700 GT: 964.5 ft (294 m) Vista 3 Eurodam ...
Arcadia (steamboat) (1929), a steamboat that operated in the state of Washington, United States; SS Arcadia (1953), a passenger liner and cruise ship of P&O, in service 1954–1979; MV Arcadia (1988), a cruise ship in service under that name with P&O Cruises 1997–2003; MV Arcadia (2004), a cruise ship of P&O cruises, in service since 2005
A partial solution to this problem was adopted by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), using an overland section between Alexandria and Suez, with connecting steamship routes along the Mediterranean and then through the Red Sea. While this worked for passengers and some high value cargo, sail was still the only solution ...