MV Pacific Pearl
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Pacific Pearl in Sydney Harbor, 1 July 2012
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| Builder: | Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
| Launched: | 1988 |
| Completed: | 1989 |
| In service: | 1989- |
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| Status: | Under refit |
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| Tonnage: | 63,500 GT |
| Length: | 247 m (810 ft) |
| Beam: | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
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| Installed power: | Four diesel engines |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,578-1,856 Passengers |
| Crew: | 700 |
Pacific Pearl is the sixth cruise ship of the P&O Cruises Australia brand. She was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique, at their shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and launched in 1988 as Sitmar FairMajesty. Originally ordered for Sitmar Cruises, she was sold and first entered service with Princess Cruises as Star Princess in 1989. From 1997 to 2003, she served in the P&O Cruises fleet as MV Arcadia. She was renamed Ocean Village in 2003 when the brand was established.Ocean Village was the sole cruise ship of the Ocean Village brand after the Ocean Village Two became the Pacific Jewel. She was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Pearl.
Sitmar FairMajesty had been launched and named but was still being fitted out when Sitmar was taken over by P&O in 1988. She was subsequently renamed Star Princess when she commenced operating for P&O's Princess Cruises division in 1989. On June 23, 1995 at 01:42 The MV Star Princess struck Poundstone Rock in Favorite Channel while sailing the Lynn Canal from Skagway to Juneau Alaska. There were no injuries or deaths. Damage to the Star Princess was substantial. Repairs cost over $7 million and lost revenue was estimated at $20 million. The repaired MV Star Princess resumed her cruise schedule on August 7, 1995. In 1997 she was transferred to P&O's Southampton based UK fleet as a replacement for SS Canberra, which was scrapped that year. Appropriately, she was refitted for her new role at Harland and Wolff, the shipyard in Belfast that built Canberra.
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