MS Ocean Princess Cruise Ship and Rainbow in Dover Harbour, Kent, UK

An early morning view of the MS Ocean Princess berthed alongside Cruise Terminal 2 (CT2) of the Admiralty Pier in the Western Docks.

The "end of the rainbow" (as they say!) is somewhere in Shakespeare Bay (Shakespeare Cliff).

This Dover Harbour photo was taken at 5.36 am on Saturday, 14th of August, 2010, from a point between the Porthole Shelters (to the right) and the Lighthouse (to the left) on the Prince of Wales Pier (western side).

The Ocean Princess had just completed a 7-night "Ireland and Scotland Interlude" cruise. Itinerary:

Dover, Dartmouth (England), Waterford (Republic of Ireland; Eire), Dublin (Republic of Ireland; Eire), Edinburgh (Scotland), Dover.

Later in the day, the passenger ship left on a 7-night "Scandinavian Interlude" cruise. Itinereary:

Dover, Amsterdam (Netherlands; Holland), Transit the Kiel Canal (Germany), Lubeck (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Oslo (Norway), Dover.

The Ocean Princess (formerly R Four and then Tahitian Princess) is an R-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises.

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 and Rainbow in Dover Harbour webpage.

John Latter / Jorolat

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