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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 Cruises has seen a record number of bookings for weddings on the water. In the year to December 2024, P&O Cruises said it saw a yearly increase of 12 per cent of weddings and vow renewals.
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.
French news reported that, while P&O maintained a staff of around 250 persons in Calais, no French staff had been dismissed, [29] although it was agreed that the news would "shake up" the cross channel market. [30] Scottish ferry firm Caledonian MacBrayne released a statement supporting the P&O workers and offering employment for whoever could ...
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.
Pacific Encounter is a Grand-class cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc.She was originally delivered in 2002 as Star Princess to sister cruise line Princess Cruises in 2002 by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, and was the second ship in Princess' history to operate under the name.