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Island Cruises
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- These pages are devoted
to postcards and photographs of the Hebridean Island Cruises
fleet. The company was formed with the acquisition in 1988 of
the Caledonian-MacBrayne car ferry Columba, originally built in 1964 for
the Oban-Craignure-Lochaline service of David MacBrayne. Following
a complete internal refit, she appeared as the luxury cruise
ship Hebridean Princess in 1989, carrying just 49 passengers.
She operates cruises of up to 14 nights out of Oban, originally
around the Western Isles of Scotland. More recently, itineraries
have been extended to include Ireland, the Orkney and Shetland
islands, and the Norwegian Fjords. A second ship, the Hebridean Spirit, joined the fleet in 2001 from
Renaissance
Cruises.
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Princess
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- Hebridean
Princess
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- Hebridean
Spirit
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- Hebridean Princess
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- Complete
history of Hebridean Princess
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- Chantry
Classics postcard CC/S137 of Hebridean Princess, using
an official Hebridean Island Cruises photograph.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess using the same photograph
as the card above.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess.
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the car hoist forward of the bridge still survives on these early
postcards.
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car deck was later refitted as additional cabins as shown on
subsequent cards.
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- Official
postcard of Hebridean Princess, produced by Islands Picture
Library (HP2)
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- An official
postcard of the Western Isles Hotel, Tobermory, with Hebridean
Princess at the pier.
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Islands Picture Library (WI2)
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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- Oversized
official postcards of Hebridean Princess.
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interior and deck views of Hebridean Princess are taken
from the backs of the large postcards shown above.
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- Hebridean Princess
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- Photographs
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Peel, Isle of Man.
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© Jenny Williamson, 10th July 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Peel, Isle of Man.
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© Jenny Williamson, 10th July 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
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Princess
called at Tibury, whilst travelling from Oban to Lowstoft, to
be inspected by HM Queen Elizabeth II who proposes to use her
for a private charter to celebrate her 80th birthday in 2006.
More pictures of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
- Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 13th November 2005.
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- Photograph
of Hebridean Princess at Tibury.
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© Ian Boyle, 13th November 2005.
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- Hebridean
Spirit
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- Hebridean Spirit was built as Renaissance Six
for Renaissance
Cruises in 1991.
in 1997 she was sold to Sun Cruises and renamed Sun Viva 2.
Sun Cruises faced bankruptcy following the loss of their Sun
Viva (ex-Galileo Galilei, Meridian), and their surviving ships were acquired by Star
Cruises, Sun Viva 2 becoming the Megastar Capricorn.
She was sold again to Hebridean Island Cruises, who had been
looking for a second ship for some time. She is chartered back
to Star Cruises until March 2001. Before entering service with
Hebridean Islands, she will be refitted internally in the style
of Hebridean Princess, and accommodation will be reduced
from 118 to around 80 passengers. She was renamed by Princess
Anne at Leith on 3rd July 2001, followed by an inaugural cruise
to Norway.
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- This
is an official advertising card issued late 2000.
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- A photograph
of the converted Hebridean Spirit taken from publicity
material.
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