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In 1974, P&O acquired Princess Cruises, a North American cruise line founded in 1964 by Stanley McDonald. [2] In 1977, P&O de-merged its passenger services division to form P&O Cruises. [3] In 1988, P&O de-merged P&O Cruises' Australian operations, acquiring Sitmar Cruises, [4] which led to the formation of P&O Cruises Australia. [5]
The ownership of P&O Cruises changed twice in the early 2000s. In 2000, P&O divested its cruise operations and transferred them to the new independent company P&O Princess Cruises, [6] and in 2003, P&O Princess Cruises merged with Carnival Corporation to form Carnival Corporation & plc. [7] Fleet rotations continued.
In June 2002, Crown Princess was transferred to P&O Princess's new start-up brand, A'Rosa Cruises, to be the only cruise ship in A'Rosa's fleet to help launch the brand. [20] In 2002 the Pacific Princess, famous as the ship from The Love Boat, left the Princess fleet after 27 years of service with the line, [21] and last of the original ...
P&O entered the cruise market and began to sell and scrap many of these liners. It concentrated mainly on cargo ships. It entered the tanker trade in 1959 and the roll-on roll-off (RORO) ferry business in the mid-1960s. P&O and Orient Line were formally merged in 1960 to form P&O-Orient Lines. In 1964, Orcades and Oronsay were transferred to ...
Pacific Adventure is a Grand-class cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc.It was previously named Golden Princess.. In 1998, Princess Cruises finalized the order for the ship (then known as the Golden Princess) in response to the strong demand for her sister ship, Grand Princess, making her the fleet's second Grand-class ship.
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.
It is the third ship in Princess fleet to carry this name after the last ship left in May 2011. The ship was officially handed over to Princess on 30 May 2013 and christened by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on 13 June 2013. [16] On 28 August 2012, Princess announced that the sister ship to the new Royal Princess would be named Regal Princess.
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