Pacific Princess
Pacific Princess and Grand Princess in Split, Croatia on July 8, 2011. | |
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Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France |
Cost: | £150 million[2] |
Yard number: | N31[1] |
Launched: | August 1999[1] |
Acquired: | 1999[1] |
In service: | December 1999[1] |
Identification: | IMO 9187887[1] |
Status: | In service |
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Class & type: | R class cruise ship |
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Length: | 181.00 m (593 ft 10 in) |
Beam: | 25.46 m (83 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 5.80 m (19 ft) |
Decks: | 9 (passenger accessible)[2] |
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Propulsion: | 2 propellers[2] |
Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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Crew: | 373[2] |
MS Pacific Princess is a cruise ship owned by Princess Cruises and operated by Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia. She was built in 1999 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France as MS R Three for Renaissance Cruises.
History
The vessel first entered operation in 1999, with Renaissance Cruises. The ship was not owned by the company, possession instead residing with a group of French investors, who leased the ship to the company. In late 2001, the entire Renaissance fleet was seized by creditors.
In late 2002, Princess Cruises chartered the R Three, along with sister ship R Four (now Ocean Princess). Both vessels entered operation by the end of 2002. The charter terminated at the end of 2004, at which time both vessels were purchased by Princess Cruises. Gabi Hollows renamed the ship Pacific Princess in Sydney on 8 December 2002.
This ship has been the subject of a state aid decision by the European Commission: Decision 2006/219.
References
Curtis, Paul (2005). Pacific Princess: The Love Boat. Rose Publishing. ISBN 0-975726-6-09.
External links
- Official website
- Pictures of Pacific Princess Cruise ship in port of Yalta, Ukraine
- Cruise Critics Review
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