MS Sun Princess (1972)
Spirit of London being launched in 1972.
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| History | |
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| Norway | |
| Name: | Seaward (failed name) |
| Owner: | Norwegian Cruise Line |
| Ordered: | Klosters Rederi A/S |
| Builder: | Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso |
| Yard number: | 290 |
| Laid down: | 1970 |
| Acquired: | Never |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7211517 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Spirit of London |
| Owner: | P&O Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
London,  United Kingdom
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| Launched: | 11 May 1972 |
| Completed: | 11 October 1972 |
| Acquired: | 30 March 1971 |
| Maiden voyage: | 11 November 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Princess Cruises 1974 |
| Notes: | First diesel powered P&O's liner |
| Name: | Sun Princess |
| Owner: | Princess Cruises |
| Port of registry: |
London,  United Kingdom
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| Acquired: | 1974 |
| Fate: | Sold to Noel Shipping Ltd./Premier Cruises 1988 |
| Name: | Starship Majestic |
| Owner: | Premier Cruises |
| Route: | Port Canaveral to Bahamas |
| Acquired: | 22 September 1988 |
| Fate: | Chartered to CTC Lines 1994. 19 December 1996, Premier Cruises sold vessel to Bowyers Maritime Corporation. |
| Notes: | Renamed Majestic, followed by $6 million refit in Lloyd Werft shipyard, later renamed Starship Majestic. |
| Name: | Southern Cross |
| Owner: | CTC Lines |
| Port of registry: |
Nassau,  Bahamas
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| Acquired: | July 1995 |
| Identification: | Call sign: C6HK9 |
| Fate: | sold to Festival Cruises 1998 |
| Notes: | In February 1995, the ship sailed from the Caribbean to Birkenhead in order to be refitted by Coast Line. |
| Owner: | Bowyers Maritime Corporation |
| Acquired: | 1996 |
| Fate: | Reported sold on 15 January 1997 to Festival Cruises for $25 million. |
| Name: | Flamenco |
| Owner: | Festival Cruises |
| Acquired: | 1997 |
| Fate: | Sold to Cruise Elysia 2004 for $12.25 million |
| Notes: | $9 million 45 day refit to meet the Festival standard. |
| Name: | New Flamenco |
| Owner: | Cruise Elysia |
| Acquired: | 2004 |
| Fate: | Sold to Club Cruise 2008 for £26 million |
| Panama | |
| Name: | Flamenco I |
| Owner: | Club Cruise |
| Port of registry: |
Panama City,  Panama
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| Acquired: | 2008 |
| Fate: | Sold at auction 2010 for $3.4 million |
| Notes: | Callsign : 3EAO9 |
 Sierra Leone
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| Name: | Ocean Dream |
| Owner: | Runfeng Ocean Deluxe Cruises |
| Route: | Haikou, China to Halong Bay, Vietnam |
| Acquired: | 2012 |
| Status: | Sold by EASTIME CRUISE CO. LTD. |
| Notes: | Call Sign: 9LY2427 |
 Togo
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| Name: | MV Ocean Dream |
| Owner: | Ocean Dream Cruise (Thailand) Co. Ltd. |
| Route: | Pattaya, Koh kong, Sihanoukville |
| Acquired: | 2013 |
| Status: | Abandoned by owners and sank off Laem Chebang Port in Thailand 27 February 2016 |
| Notes: | Call Sign: 5VBW6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 17,042 GRT |
| Length: | 163.30 m (536 ft) |
| Beam: | 22.80 m (75 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.0 m (23 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 × FIAT diesel engines |
| Speed: | 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) |
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| Crew: | 390 |
Spirit of London was an Italian built cruise ship put into service in 1972. In January 2012, Runfeng Ocean Deluxe Cruises (Chinese: 香港润峰豪华邮轮公司) took over as operator, renaming the ship Ocean Dream (Chinese: 海洋之梦; pinyin: hăiyángzhīmèng).
The vessel was originally ordered in 1970 by Norwegian Caribbean Line as Seaward. The shipyard, Cantieri Navali del Tirreno & Riuniti, encountered financial troubles and was consequently taken over by the IRI Group, who canceled the building contract of Seaward. After much protest from NCL the IRI Group agreed to partially complete the vessel. Despite this Norwegian Caribbean sold the hull to P&O, who would complete the Seaward as Spirit of London.
Due to being originally ordered for Norwegian Caribbean Line Spirit of London had a sister ship in the NCL fleet, Southward. Both vessels superstructures are identical, however the funnels differed. Although Southward is smaller in tonnage than Spirit of London, both are 537 feet long.
In 1974, P&O bought Princess Cruises and transferred Spirit of London to their fleet, with Princess operating her as Sun Princess, alongside Island Princess and Pacific Princess.
1988 saw the sale of Sun Princess by P&O to Premier Cruises, where it was initially named Majestic, becoming Starship Majestic in 1989 which included refurbishment of her interior. The majority of the Columbo episode "Troubled Waters" was filmed in the interior of the ship, creating a video time capsule (1975) of the ships history before her refurbishment. In 1994, she was purchased by CTC and was renamed Southern Cross. She was renamed again in 1998 when Festival Cruises began operating her as Flamenco.
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