P&O and Princess Cruises Cards by Simplon - Page 2
 
Simplon Postcards have issued nearly 50 cards of ships in the P&O and Princess Cruises fleet, covering virtually all their cruise ships from the 1960s onwards. This page continues with the purpose-built cruise ships in the P&O/Princess fleets, through the Sitmar acquisitions to the Grand Class giants of the 1990s.
 
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Sun Princess (1)
 
sc2076 Southern Cross (ex-Sun Princess), released March 1996
Location: North Sea Canal, Netherlands
Photographer: Wil Moojen
 
Simplon have not issued a card of the first Sun Princess.
A complete postcard history of this ship is available on this link.
 
 
 
 
 
Island Princess & Pacific Princess
 
sc2083 Island Princess, released September 1996
Location: Gibraltar, September 1995
Photographer: Tony Davis
 
sc2011 Pacific Princess, released March 1992 - Sold Out
Location: Helsinki, 15th August 1988
Photographer: Matti Pietikainen
 
 
 
 
 
Sea Princess - Victoria
 
sc2028, released April 1993 - Sold Out
Location: Barbados 30th December 1992
Photographer: Clive Harvey
 
sc2070, released May 1995
Location: San Francisco 15th March 1995
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2139, released June 1999
Photographer: Rhoderick Jones
 
sc2152 Victoria, released May 2000
Location: Capetown January 2000
Photographer: Errol Cornish
Chartered for one voyage UK-South Africa in Winter 1999/2000.
 
 
 
 
 
Royal Princess
 
sc2019, released June 1992 - Sold Out
Location: Tilbury
Photographer: Ian Boyle
 
 
 
 
 
Dawn Princess & Fair Princess
 
sc2020 Fair Princess, released July 1992 - Sold Out
Location: Mazatlan, Mexico July 1992
Photographer: Clive Harvey
 
sc2140 Fair Princess, released June 1999
Location: Honiara, Solomon Islands, April 1998
Photographer: Clive Harvey
 
sc2137 Albatros (ex-Dawn Princess), released December 1998
Location: North Sea Canal
Photographer: Wil Moojen
Simplon have not yet released a card of Dawn Princess.
 
 
 
 
 
Sky Princess
 
sc2035 Sky Princess (ex-Fairsky), released August 1993
Location: San Francisco, 4th July 1991
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2021 Fairsky (later Sky Princess), released July 1992
Location: Glacier Bay, Alaska, 19th July 1986
Photographer: Wil Moojen
 
 
 
 
 
Golden Princess
 
sc2057, released November 1994
Location: San Francisco
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
The Golden Princess had been the Royal Viking Sky and Birka Queen.
Princess Cruises chartered her from Birka Line until their Grand Class ships began to arrive.
 
sc2014 Royal Viking Sky (later Golden Princess), released May 1992
Location: Southampton, 1984
Photographer: Ian Boyle
Numerous official Royal Viking Line cards existed of Royal Viking Sky, so I chose this unusual view for my own card.
 
 
 
 
 
Star Princess - Arcadia (3)
 
sc2056, released November 1994
Location: Madeira
Photographer: Rui manuel Gouveia Sa
 
sc2079, released March 1996
Location: San Francisco, 27th September 1994
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2132, released December 1998
Location: San Francisco, 1998
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2153, released May 2000
Location: Zeebrugge, 1999
Photographer: Mike Louagie
 
 
 
 
 
Crown Princess & Regal Princess
 
sc2080 Crown Princess, released March 1996
Location: Vancouver, 7th August 1993
Photographer: Jim Stephen
 
sc2055 Regal Princess, released November 1994 - Sold Out
Location: Alaska
Photographer: Gordon Turner
 
 
 
 
 
Oriana (2)
 
sc2067, released May 1995
Location: Southampton, 8th April 1995
Photographer: Ian Boyle
Oriana's maiden voyage began at Southampton on 9th April 1995. She had a welcoming ceremony in the Ocean Dock, adjacent to the site of the famous Ocean Terminal two days previously. Canberra, unusually, departed from the neighbouring Queen Elizabeth Terminal 8th April (see Canberra Cards)
 
sc2068, released May 1995 - Sold Out
Location: Southampton, 8th April 1995
Photographer: Ian Boyle
On the evening of April 8th 1995, Oriana moved to the normal P&O berth at the Mayflower Cruise Terminal. The Canberra can be seen leaving behind the tug.
 
sc2069, released May 1995 - Sold Out
Location: Southampton, 8th April 1995
Photographer: Ian Boyle
On the evening of April 8th 1995, Oriana moving to the normal P&O berth at the Mayflower Cruise Terminal.
 
sc2071, released January 1996 - Sold Out
Location: Southampton, 9th April 1995
Photographer: Clive Harvey
Oriana leaving on her maiden voyage on April 9th 1995.
 
sc2073, released January 1996
Location: off Helsingor, Denamrk, 11th July 1995
Photographer: Peter Therkildsen
 
sc2141, released June 1999
Location: Bergen, July 1998
Photographer: Ian Boyle
 
 
 
 
 
77000grt Grand Class Ships Sun, Dawn & Sea Princess
 
sc2081 Sun Princess, released March 1996
Location: Maiden Voyage, Cancun, Mexico, 16th December 1995
Photographer: Michael V. Ralph
 
sc2082 Sun Princess, released March 1996
Location: Maiden Voyage, Cancun, Mexico, 16th December 1995
Photographer: Michael V. Ralph
 
sc2124 Sun Princess, released March 1998
Location: San Francisco, 24th September 1996
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2123 Dawn Princess, released March 1998
Location: Vancouver, 14th July 1997
Photographer: Marvin Jensen
 
sc2138 Sea Princess, released June 1999
Location: Grand Cayman, March 1999
Photographer: Ian Boyle
 
 
 
 
 
114000grt Grand Class Ship Grand Princess
 
sc2159 Grand Princess, released September 2000
Location: Lisbon, May 2000
Photographer: Ian Boyle
 
 
 
 
 
Aurora
 
sc2158 Aurora, released September 2000
Location: Southampton Water, April 2000
Photographer: Ian Boyle
Aurora photographed on first arrival at Southampton, a couple of weels before her Maiden Voyage on 1st May 20000
 
 
 
 
 
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