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P&O and Princess Cruises
Page 2: 1989-1999
This page is one of a series devoted to the cruise ships of P&O and Princess Cruises, and covers new deliveries from 1989-1999.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below. Below this are official
postcards of the fleet
in chronological order. Earlier cruise ships up to 1988 are shown on
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 1
. Ships delivered from 2000 are shown on
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 3
. There is a
Table of Ship Histories
on the
P&O Header Page
.
This page continues the story of the P&O and Princess Cruises fleets, covering the giant cruise ships which have joined the fleet in more recent years. Combining official cards from the two fleets shows the evolution of the original Sitmar designs of
Star Princess
and
Crown/Regal Princess
through
Oriana
to the Grand Class ships and P&O's
Aurora,
which joined the P&O fleet in 2000.
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships 1989-1999 on this Page:-
Adonia
Arcadia (2)
Arosa Blu
Crown Princess
Dawn Princess (2)
Golden Princess (1)
Grand Princess
Ocean Village
Oriana(2)
Regal Princess
Sea Princess (2)
Star Princess (1)
Sun Princess (2)
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships up to 1988 on
Page 1
:-
Dawn Princess (1)
- ex-Sitmar
Fair Princess
- ex-Sitmar
Fairstar
- ex-Sitmar
Hyundai Pungak
- ex-Island Princess
Island Princess
- ex-Flagship Cruises
Pacific Princess (1)
- ex-Flagship Cruises
Pacific Sky
- ex-Sky Princess
Princess Patricia
Princess Carla
- Chartered from
Costa Cruises
Princess Italia
- Chartered from
Costa Cruises
Royal Princess
Sea Princess (1)
- later Victoria
Sea Venture
- Flagship Cruises - became Pacific Princess
Sky Princess
- ex-Sitmar
Spirit of London
- later Sun Princess (1)
Sun Princess (1)
- ex-Spirit of London
Victoria
- ex-Sea Princess (1)
P&O/Princess Cruise Ships from 2000- on
Page 3
:-
Aurora
Coral Princess
Diamond Princess
Golden Princess (2)
Ocean Princess
Oceana
Pacific Princess (2)
Star Princess (2)
Tahitian Princess (2)
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P&O/Princess Cruises
Fleet List Part 2: 1989-1999
Sitmar FairMajesty
(Sitmar: as ordered)
Star Princess (1)
(Princess Cruises: 1989-97)
Arcadia
(P&O Cruises: 1997-2003)
Ocean Village
(Ocean Village: 2003-2010)
Star Princess
, built 1989, was near completion in France for Sitmar Cruises, as their
Sitmar FairMajesty,
when the company was taken over by P&O Princess.
A complete history of this ship is shown
on this link
.
This advance postcard of her proposed appearance had already been issued.
Scan: Dimas Almada.
The Sitmar postcard above was modified for Princess pre-release as
Star Princess
.
Further Princess official cards of Arcadia are shown below.
Following the withdrawal of the
Canberra
,
Star Princess
was transferred to P&O and renamed
Arcadia
in late 1997.
Arcadia
is due to move to a new P&O Princess venture called
Ocean Village
in 2003.
P&O official cards of
Arcadia
are shown below.
This slightly over-sized card was published for the inaugural cruise as
Arcadia
.
A variation of the card was also issued for the first world cruise.
This standard-sized advertising card of
Arcadia
was distributed with issues of Radio Times magazine (and possibly elsewhere) in 2001.
Cards from the same issue had serial numbers RT1 and RT2, possibly for different areas of the country.
This attractive card of
Arcadia
was issued for her Caribbean cruises.
The Caribbean postcard above was reissued as the farewell P&O season postcard.
This is an advance publicity picture of how she will look.
Crown Princess
(Princess Cruises: 1990-2002)
Arosa Blu
(Arosa: 2002- )
Sitmar Cruises had two ships on order from Fincantieri in Italy when the company was taken over by P&O/Princess. These were completed as
Crown Princess
and
Regal Princess
but were essentially Sitmar designs.
Crown Princess
of 1990 is shown below. Both ships were planned to transfer to a new P&O Cruises company aimed at the German market called
Arosa Cruises
.
Crown Princess
moved in Summer 2002 as the
Arosa Blu
. This was not a succes, and in 2003 it was announced that
Arosa Blu
would transfer to the
Aida Cruises
fleet as
Aida Blu
.
A complete postcard history of this ship is shown
on this link
.
Official Princess postcard of
Crown Princess.
The card of
Crown Princess
included in the
Princess Postcard Set
, a variation on the card above.
Official Arosa postcard of
Arosa Blu.
Regal Princess
(Princess Cruises: 1991-2004)
Sitmar Cruises had two ships on order from Fincantieri in Italy when the company was taken over by P&O/Princess. These were completed as
Crown Princess
and
Regal Princess
but were essentially Sitmar designs.
Regal Princess
of 1990 is shown below. Both ships were planned transfer to a new P&O Cruises company aimed at the German market called A'ROSA.
Crown Princess
moved in Summer 2002 as the
Arosa Blu
.
Regal Princess
was due to follow in 2004, although this will not now happen.
A complete postcard history of this ship is shown
on this link
.
Regal Princess
of 1991.
The card of
Regal Princess
included in the
Princess Postcard Set
.
Golden Princess (1)
(Princess Cruises: 1993-96)
Golden Princess
was built as
Royal Viking Sky
in 1972. After a spell as NCL's
Sunward
, she was sold to Sweden's
Birka Line
as
Birka Queen
. She was chartered to Princess as
Golden Princess
soon afterwards, in 1993. Following the arrival of new tonnage in 1996, the charter was ended and
Birka Line
rapidly sold her to
Star Cruises
as
SuperStar Capricorn
. She wqas then chartered as
Hyundai Keumgang
., before returning to
Star Cruises
as
SuperStar Capricorn
again.
Official Princess postcard of
Golden Princess.
Oriana
(P&O Cruises: 1995- )
Oriana
entered service in 1995, built by Meyer-Werft of Papenburg. She was built specifically for the British market, running cruises out of Southampton, plus an annual world cruise. A complete postcard history of Oriana, with additional commercial releases, is available
on this link
.
This card was published by J.Arthur Dixon before she entered service, and I presume it was commissioned by P&O.
This was a pre-launch official P&O card of
Oriana.
On
Oriana
, these cards are provided in the cabins and are available in small numbers from reception, but are not sold in the shops, which have their own series of larger cards. The shop cards are be covered in detail on
the dedicated
Oriana
page
.
This is the post-launch official P&O card of
Oriana,
which is still current in August 2000.
In August 2000, the shop on
Oriana
sold four new (oversized) postcards.
The shop franchise changed soon afterwards, and these cards are not common.
Enlarged images from these cards are available on the
dedicated
Oriana
page
.
By November 2001, the cards above had been replaced by two new
Oriana
postcards.
The new 2001 official P&O card is shown below.