MS Ocean Princess Cruise Ship before Dawn, Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour, Kent, UK.

Photo taken at 5.04 am on Saturday, 7th of August, 2010, from the lighthouse end of the Prince of Wales Pier.

Ocean Princess arrived from Bergen in Norway. Sailed later in the day on a 7-night cruise called "Ireland & Scotland Interlude" (Dover, Dartmouth, Waterford, Dublin, Edinburgh, Dover).

Career (1):

Name: 1999 - 2002: R Four, 2002 - 2009: Tahitian Princess, 2009 - Ocean Princess
Owner: 1999 - 2001: Renaissance Cruises, 2002 - present: Princess Cruises
Operator: 1999 - 2001: Renaissance Cruises, 2001 - 2002: laid up, 2002 - present: Princess Cruises
Port of registry: 1999 - 2002: Monrovia, Liberia, 2002 - 2005: Gibraltar, 2005 - present: Hamilton, Bermuda
Builder: Chantiers de l`Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
In service: 1999
Current status: In Service

General characteristics (as Ocean Princess) (2):

Class and type: R class cruise ship
Tonnage: 30,277 GRT
Displacement: 2,700 DWT
Length: 181.00 m (593 ft 10 in)
Beam: 25.46 m (83 ft 6 in)
Draught: 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
Decks: 11 (9 passenger accessible)
Installed power: 4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 diesels, combined 13500 kW
Propulsion: Twin propellers
Speed: 18 kn (33.34 km/h)
Capacity: 688 (lower berths), 826 (all berths)
Crew: 373
Call Sign: ZCDS4
IMO: 9187899
MMSI: 310505000

More info on the original MS Ocean Princess Cruise Ship before Dawn, Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour webpage.

John Latter / Jorolat

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