MS Pacific

Pacific Princess off the US West Coast
History
Name:	1971–1975: Sea Venture 1975–2002: Pacific Princess 2002–2013: Pacific 2013: Acif
Owner:	1971–1975: Flagship Cruises 1975–2002: Princess Cruises 2002–2012: Viagens CVC 2012-present: CEMSAN
Operator:	1971–1975: Flagship Cruises 1975–2002: Princess Cruises 2002–2008: Pullmantur Cruises/Viagens CVC 2008: Quail Cruises
Port of registry:	1971–1975: Oslo,  Norway 1975–2002: London,  UK 2002–2012: Nassau,  Bahamas2012–2013: Lomé,  Togo
Builder:	Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany
Cost:	US$25 million
Yard number:	411
Launched:	9 May 1970
Christened:	14 May 1971
Acquired:	14 May 1971
Maiden voyage:	8 May 1971
In service:	June 1971
Out of service:	August 2013
Identification:	Callsign: C6SB5 IMO number: 7018563 MMSI number: 311245000
Status:	Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	19,903 GRT 3,390 DWT
Length:	167.74 m (550 ft 4 in)
Beam:	24.59 m (80 ft 8 in)
Draught:	7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	4 × Fiat C420,10SS 13,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion:	2 propellers
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (service) 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) (maximum)
Capacity:	626 passengers
General characteristics (as Pacific)
Class and type:	Cruise ship
Tonnage:	20,636 GT
Decks:	8
Capacity:	640 passengers (lower berths) 750 (all berths)
Crew:	350

MS Pacific was a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC. She was built for Flagship Cruises in 1971 by the company Nordseewerke in Emden, West Germany, and named Sea Venture. She operated cruises between the United States and Bermuda, which had been settled by the survivors of the wreck of the original Sea Venture in 1609. Between 1975 and 2002 she sailed for Princess Cruises as Pacific Princess, becoming famous for appearing in the romantic comedy anthology TV series The Love Boat, airing from 1977 to 1986, along with several later made-for-TV movies with the same theme.

In 2008, Pacific was chartered by the newly established Quail Cruises to operate cruises out of Valencia, Spain, but was retired from service when renovation work proved more expensive than had been anticipated, and was sold in 2012 to a company specializing in ship breaking. After that sale fell through, she remained laid up in Genoa for an extended period before being towed to Aliağa where she arrived on 6 August 2013 for breaking. Before she was dismantled, on 10 August 2013, there was a fatal accident in which there was a flood in the compartment below the engines. While electrical pumps were operating, two men were killed and nine injured by toxic exhaust gases.

The ship began operation in 1971 with Flagship Cruises, under the name Sea Venture. In April 1975, she was sold to P&O's newly acquired Princess Cruises along with sister ship Island Venture. The pair were renamed Pacific Princess and Island Princess, the latter now operating as Discovery.