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Oceana
Page 4 - Oceana Cruise E317 - Aegean Discovery - August 2003
This is the fourth in a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of the P&O Princess cruise ship
Ocean Princess
, transferred to the P&O Cruises fleet in late 2002 as
Oceana
. The pages in the series are
listed below
.
Ocean Princess
was delivered to Princess Cruises in 2000. She is part of a class of four 77000 gross ton sisterships, the others being
Sun Princess
,
Dawn Princess
and
Sea Princess
.
They are 261 metres long, and carry 2100 passengers (2400 maximum), and all were built by Fincantieri in Italy.
Ocean Princess
was transferred to the P&O fleet as
Oceana
in 2002. Sistership
Sea Princess
was transferred to become the
Adonia
of P&O Cruises in 2003.
This page shows shipping postcards and photographs from a cruise, in August 2003, on the
P&O Cruises
ship
Oceana
. It is devoted to the shipping encountered on the cruise, and is not intended as a general review of the cruise. This page will show a few sample images from each port, with links to more detailed company histories of the ships concerned. Follow any of the links in the image captions for a more detailed page on the ship concerned.
Sections on this Page:-
Day 1 - Southampton
- Departure: Saturday 16th August
Day 2/3/4 - At Sea
- Sunday-Tuesday 17th-19th August
Day 5 - Palma
- Wednesday 20th August
Day 6/7 At Sea
- Thursday/Friday 21st/22nd August
Day 8 - Rhodes
- Saturday 23rd August
Day 9 - Kusadasi
- Sunday 24th August
Day 10 - Piraeus
- Monday 25th August
Day 11 - Zakinthos
- Tuesday 26th August
Day 12 - Messina
- Wednesday 27th August
Day 13 - At Sea
- Thursday 28th August
Day 14 - Malaga
- Friday 29th August
Day 15/16 - At Sea
- Saturday/Sunday 30th/31st August
Day 17 - Southampton
- Return: Monday 1st September
Ocean Princess & Oceana Pages:-
Page 1 - Ocean Princess
- Postcards and Photos with Princess Cruises 2000-2002
Page 2 - Oceana
- Postcards and Photos with P&O Cruises from 2002
Page 3 - Oceana
- Interiors and Deck Images with P&O Cruises from 2002
Page 4 - Oceana Cruise
- Images from an Oceana cruise taken in August 2003
- This Page!
Page 5 - Oceana Cruise
- Images from an Oceana cruise taken in May 2007
Associated Shipping Company Pages:-
Blue Star Ferries
- Greek Ferry Company
DANE Sea Lines
- Greek Ferry Company
Ferrovie Stato (FS)
- Italian State Railways train ferries fleet history
GA Ferries
- Greek Ferry Company
P&O Ferries - Portsmouth
P&O Princess Cruises Postcards
P&O Princess Cruises Photographs
Red Funnel Ferries
- Southampton - Isle of Wight ferries
Trasmediterranea
Ferry Postcards
Cruise Ship Postcards
Ocean Liner Postcards
Simplon Postcards Home Page
Associated Port Pages:-
Messina
- Details on Messina port and its ferries
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Southampton
(Saturday 16th August)
Whilst Southampton used to be a major ferry port with services to France and Spain, the only ferries using Southampton now are the local ferry across the Solent to Hythe, and the
Red Funnel Ferries
to the Isle of Wight. In this evening photograph,
Oceana
is being overtaken by
Red Falcon
, which in turn is being passed by fast ferry
Red Jet 2
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
Southampton's primary importance today is as a container port, and this photo shows
P&O Nedlloyd Marseille
arriving.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
Rickners New Orleans
leaving just prior to Oceana's departure, 16th August 2003.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle.
Southampton is also a major importer and exporter of cars, and this photo shows
Grand Pace
arriving.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
NYK car carrier
Leo Leader
in Southamton, 16th August 2003.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle.
On the opposite side of the River Test to Southampton Docks is Marchwood Military Port. It is the sole military port in U.K. and provides the training ground for Army port and maritime personnel. It is the home port for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), Landing Ship Logistic (LSL) and army vessels run by the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC).
Hartland Point
, one of four large ro-ro ferries managed for the MOD by Andrew Weir. The last of these,
Anvil Point
, was the final ship built at the yard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
Further down Southampton Water is the oil refinery at Fawley, where
Cable Vermont
is shown below.
Fawley is owned by Esso, and is the largest refinery in Britain.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
All the long distance ferry routes from Southampton have transferred to neighbouring Portsmouth.
We past
P&O Ferries
'
Pride of Le Havre
, off the Isle of Wight, inbound to Portsmouth from Le Havre.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 16th August 2003.
At Sea
(Sunday-Tuesday 17th-19th August)
A photograph of the
P&O
cruise ship
Adonia
taken from
Oceana
in the Mediterranean on 19th August 2003.
Adonia
is the identical sister to
Oceana
. Additional images of
Adonia
are available
on this link
.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle
Palma
(Wednesday 20th August)
Palma is the main city and port on Majorca. Largest operator for many years has been state-owned
Trasmediterranea
, who run a large fleet of multi-purpose, ro-pax, ro-ro and fast ferries to the island. The photo below shows the
Trasmediterranea
ferry berths, with ro-pax
Murillo
and superferry
Sorollo
. Part of fast catamaran
Milenium
is visble in the left, and there is a Balearia ferry on the far right.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle.
ISCOMAR run competing services with a fleet of rather elderly ro-ro and passnger ferries. This image shows the
Patricia del Mare
on the left, built in 1976 as the Argo and subsequently serving with a huge number of European ferry companies, mainly under charter. These lines included Fred Olsen, Stena Line, TT Line, Sally Line, Dart Line, North Sea Ferries, Olau Line, P&O Ferries etc. To the right is
Carmen del Mare
, originally built in 1970 as the Silja Line (
FÅA
)
Floria
, and which served for many years with
Trasmediterranea
as the
Villa de Agaete
.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle.
Palma is a busy cruise ship port, both as a destination call such as our visit on
Oceana
, and as an embarkation port for cruise lines running Western Mediterranean circuits, such as MyTravel, Ocean Village, Island Escape and Thomson. On our visit the
Monterey
of
MSC
and
Costa Victoria
of
Costa Cruises
.
Photograph of
Monterey
and
Costa Victoria
at Palma, Mallorca.
Photo: Ian Boyle, 20th August 2003.
Photograph of
Monterey
and
Costa Victoria
at Palma, Mallorca.
Photo: Ian Boyle, 20th August 2003.
Leaving Palma on
Oceana
.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle.
At Sea
(Thursday/Friday 21st/22nd August)
Sunset, 22nd August 2003.
Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle
Rhodes
(Saturday 23rd August)
Rhodes is a busy ferry port frequented by many vessels including those of
DANE Sea Lines
,
GA Ferries
and the superb new ships of
Blue Star Ferries
.
Photograph of
Rodos
of
DANE Sea Lines
arriving at Rhodes (Rodos) on 23rd August 2003.
GA Ferries
'
Marina
on the right.
Photo: © Ian Boyle.
Photograph of
Rodos
of
DANE Sea Lines
(left) at Rhodes with
Marina
(
GA Ferries
) and P&O's
Oceana
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, on 23rd August 2003.
Photograph of
Blue Star 1
of
Blue Star Ferries
leaving Rhodes.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 23rd August 2003.
At Sea
(Thursday/Friday 21st/22nd August)
Kusadasi
(Sunday 24th August)
Oceana
at Kusadasi, 24th August 2003.
Piraeus
(Monday 25th August)
Oceana
at Piraeus 25th August 2003.