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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 ...
It also operates P&O Heritage, which is the official historic archive and collection of P&O. P&O Cruises was sold in 2000, and is now owned and operated by Carnival Corporation & plc , although the trademark for "P&O Cruises" is still held by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and used under licence. [ 2 ]
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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Britannia is the title of each of three atlases created in England the late 16th and mid 18th centuries, describing some or all of the British Isles. These are the books published by William Camden (in 1586, reprinted 1693) and Richard Blome (in 1673) and John Ogilby (in 1675).