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                                    History

 LOI 
 Building contract 
 Building started 
   
16/6/1987Keel laid 
28/5/1988Launch as Sitmar Fairmajesty 
1/9/1988Sold to P&O Cruises 
 Sea trial 
 Second sea trial 
15/3/1989Delivered to  Princess Cruises, Monrovia, Liberia 
3/1989Cruises in Caribbean and Alaska 
   
23/6/1995Run aground on Poundstone rock , Alaska 
7/8/1995Back in service after repairing 
 Refurbished by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. 
   
1997Joined P&O Cruises fleet. New name Arcadia. UK flag. 
   
8/2001Owner Carnival Plc, London, UK. 
   
28/3-17/4/2003Refurbished by  Lloyds Werft, Bremerhaven. 
4/2003Operated Ocean Village Cruises, London, UK. New name Ocean Village. 
5/2003Cruises on Mediterranean and Caribbean. 
   
12/2010Joined P&O Austalia fleet. New name Pacific Pearl. 
22/10/2010First cruise on Australian market 
   
12/4/2017 Laid up at Singapore for sale. 
5/2017Sold to Lyric Cruise Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Columbus. 
4-5/2017Drydocking and refurbished by Damen Shiprepairing yrad, Rotterdam 
2017Cruise and Maritime Voyage service. 
   
2018Dydocking at Damen Shiprepair, Amsterdam 
   
 winter 2018/19Cruises on Australia 
16/2/2019Cruise from Auckland to Tilbury 
15/5/2019Cruises from Tilbury and Amsterdam to North Sea and Scandinavia 
16/10/2019Cruises from Tilbury and Amsterdam to North Sea and Canary Islands. 
 6/1/2020120 nights world cruise from Tilbury. 
207/2020South Quay Travel Ltd – which traded under the name Cruise & Maritime Voyages – was placed into administration on 20 July 2020.
5/5/2020Cancelled Cruises from Tilbury , Rotterdam and Amsterdam to North Sea and Scandinavia 
4/10/2020Cancelled Cruises from Tilbury and Rotterdam to North Sea and Canary Islands. 
10/2020  Sold by auction to Seajets, Greece