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MV Britannia is a cruise ship of the P&O Cruises fleet. She was built by Fincantieri at its shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. [4] Britannia is the flagship of the fleet, [5] taking the honour from Oriana. She officially entered service on 14 March 2015, [6] and was named by Queen Elizabeth II. Her first captain was Paul Brown.
Two years after P&O's only Royal-class ship was ordered, on 24 September 2013, the ship's name was announced as Britannia. She was delivered to P&O Cruises on 22 February 2015 in Monfalcone. [14] Britannia arrived in Southampton on 6 March 2015, [27] was christened by Queen Elizabeth II on 10 March, [28] and entered service on her maiden voyage ...
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]
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.
P&O objected and forced the issue to the British Monopolies and Mergers Commission. In their filing, P&O was critical of Trafalgar's management of Cunard and their failure to correct Queen Elizabeth 2's mechanical problems. [69] In 1984, the Commission ruled in favour of the merger, but Trafalgar decided against proceeding. [70]
In 2005 she stopped operating for P&O and was subsequently sold to SNAV in Italy and renamed MS SNAV Sardegna. The former MS Koningin Beatrix (1986), [ 17 ] sold in 1989 to Stena Line and renamed in 2002 as MS Stena Baltica , was built by the Dutch shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord for SMZ to a similar basic design supplied by A.G. Weser.
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MS Iona is an Excellence-class cruise ship in service for P&O Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc.Built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Papenburg, [4] she was delivered in October 2020 at a cost of £730 million.