| CRUISES PAST AND PRESENT |
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| AURORA |
| ORIANA |
| Maiden cruise 2000 May July 2001 May August 2002 May |
| !996, 1997,1998,1999 2001,2002 Booked 2003 |
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| QE2 |
| 1989, 1990, 1991,1992, 1993 1994 |
| PORTS OF CALL |
| Ajaccio Aliacante Barcelona Bergan Cagliari Cannes Casablanca Ciudadela Civitavecchia Copenhagen Dikili Dubrovnik Elba Gibrater Geiranger Helsinki Istanbul Kristansand La Corna La Maddalena Lanzarote La Palma La Rochelle Lesbos Livorno Maderia Malaga Malta Messina Monte Carlo Naples New York Nysham Oslo Palermo Palma Pireaus Port Mahon Pria De Rocha Santa Cruz Santa Margherita |
| Santa Margherita Stockholm St Petersburg Stravanger St Tropez Syracuse Tangier Toulon Trondheim Venice Vigo Villa Franche Warmunde |
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| SEA PRINCESS |
| 1994 |
| QE2 TO THE RESCUE |
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| On 20th August 1990 at 12.35 pm a mayday message was received from radio Denmark stating that the Norwegian oil drilling platform " West Gamma " was in distress. The rig was adrift and the helicopter landing station destroyed and had 49 persons on board. The weather was North West Force 11, barometer 1001.5 and falling, rough bow sea and heavy swell, overcast and rain. The ship stayed at the scene for many hours and suffered damage internally, broken light fittings, damaged cabins due to flooding, and lost over 80% of its glasswear. At 16.24 the Captain Ronald Warwick was told he could leave the scene as the crew wished to stay on board the rig. On arrival at Bergen, we wre informed that the rig had capsized and all the men went into the sea, to makematters worse one of the rescue craft had capsized too. Fortunately all lives were saved. |