Let's continue the series of articles about the fate of the famous cruise companies' former ships.
Last time we talked about Carnival.
Today we will begin the series of articles about the former ships of

Princess Cruise Line

. Surprisingly the company had 18 ships that left its fleet! Probably only Norwegian Cruise Line or Cunard can compete with such number. Considering this number of ships, we will divide this article into three different parts.
Today we'll talk about the very first Princess ships.

Princess Patricia (built in 1949) was the first ship of the company. The ship was quite small, 6000 tons.
Before becoming the Princess ship, the liner sailed under the flags of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1965, the ship became the first flagship of Princess Cruises.
Since 1978, the ship was not used. In 1986, the ship served as a floating hotel in Vancouver. In 1995, the ship was scrapped in Taiwan.
An interesting fact: Princess Patricia took part in the "Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan" movie filming.

Princess Italia was the second company's ship.

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The ship sailed under the Princess flags from 1967 to 1973.
Princess Italia cruised along the Pacific Coast. Mexico and Alaska from Los Angeles were the most popular destinations.
After this, the liner belonged to Costa Cruises, Ocean Cruise Line, Sunshine Cruise Line, Thomson Holidays, and Louis Cruise Lines.
In 2012, the ship was scrapped.

Princess Carla was the third ship of the company.


The ocean liner was built in 1952 for the French Line. In 1967, the ship was sold to Costa Cruises and named Carla C.
The liner was converted into the cruise one and transferred to Princess Cruises in 1968.
By the way, the idea of the world-famous "Love Boat" series was born in those days. They say that screenplay was written aboard this liner!
Unfortunately, the ship was accompanied by problems throughout her fate: with the engine, with the boilers, etc..
As far as we know, the ship returned to Costa already in 1970. She served the company until 1992.
In 1992, the liner was sold to the Greek Epirotiki Line.

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The ship cruised in Greece and Turkey. On March 23, 1994, there was a fire on Pallas Athena (new name of the liner). It destroyed the once-beautiful liner.

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Island Princess was the fourth ship of the company.


The ship was built in 1971 for Flagship Cruises. However, already in 1974, she was sold to Princess Cruises. By the way, this year Princess Cruises was bought by P&O.
The ship took part in the "The Love Boat" filming.
Island Princess was in the fleet until 1999! Most likely this article is read now by the people who were on this liner! Please, share your photos in the comments!
In 1999, the ship was sold to Hyundai Merchant Marine for the pilgrims' transportation.
Since 2003, the liner was called Discovery and belonged to the Voyages of Discovery company. The ship was based in the UK.
In 2013, the liner cruised under the flags of Cruise & Maritime Voyages.

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In 2014, the ship was scrapped.

Sun Princess was the next ship of the company.
Seaward was the first name of the ship. Then she was called Spirit of London. The ship was to join the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet, but this did not happen because of financial reasons.
In 1974, P&O bought the liner. The ship was almost immediately sent to the Princess Cruises fleet.

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In 1988, the ship was sold to Noel Shipping Ltd./Premier Cruises. The liner cruised around the Caribbean under the new name of Starship Majestic.
Since 1995, the ship was called Southern Cross and sailed under the flags of CTC Lines.
From 1997 to 2004, the liner belonged to Festival Cruises. Later the ship sailed under the flags of the following companies: Cruise Elysia, Club Cruise, Runfeng Ocean Deluxe Cruises, Ocean Dream Cruise (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
Under the name of Ocean Dream, the liner was abandoned by her last owners. The ship sank in the port of Laem Chebang in Thailand on February 27, 2016.

Pacific Princess was the sixth ship of the company.


This liner became the star of "The Love Boat." By the way, this ship is a sister of Island Princess we've talked about a few minutes ago.
Initially, the ship was built for Flagship Cruises. She stayed in their fleet until 1975. In 1975, the liner was bought by Princess.
The ship served Princess Cruises until 2002!
In 2002, the ship was sold to Pullmantur Cruises. After that, the ship sailed under the flags of Viagens CVC and Quail Cruises.
The ship took cruises in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.

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In 2013, the ship was sold to Turkey for scrapping.

By the way, in 2003, Princess Cruises bought the Renaissance Cruises former ship, R3. She was named Pacific Princess.

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Sea Princess was the last ship for today.
Originally, this ocean liner was built for the A/B Svenska Amerika Linien (Swedish America Line) in 1966. Kungsholm made transatlantic sailings from Gothenburg to New York City.
The liner became the cruise one in 1975. She sailed under the Flagship Cruises flags for several years.

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In 1978, the liner was bought by Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. After the reconstruction, she was sent to Princess Cruises under the name of Sea Cruises in 1979.


In 1995, the liner was named Victoria. It was necessary for Princess to add the new Sea Princess in its fleet.

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Later, the liner cruised for P&O. In 1999/2000, the ship sailed under the flags of Union-Castle Line.
In 2002, the P&O's liner was sold to Holiday Kreuzfahrten and named Mona Lisa.

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In 2007, the ship managed to sail under the flags of the following companies: Louis Cruise Lines, Pullmantur Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (The Scholar Ship)

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At the same time, the ship was named Oceanic II.
In June 2008, the liner was transferred to Lord Nelson Seereisen, where she was given the name of Mona Lisa.
In May 2008, the ship ran aground in the Irben Strait after leaving Riga.
In the fall of 2008, the ship was transferred to Peace Boat.
In 2010, the ship served as the hotel for volunteers during the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver.
In 2010, it became known that the liner did not fit the modern standards of safety, so the ship was removed from the fleet.
From 2010 to 2015, the ship belonged to the DMSE-Oman company. The liner was in Oman and served as the floating hotel complex called Veronica.
In 2015, the liner was sold for scrapping.

It was the first part of the story about the former ships of Princess Cruises.

To be continued...