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                                    History

	LOI
	Building contract
	Building started
16/6/1987	Keel laid
28/5/1988	Launch as Sitmar Fairmajesty
1/9/1988	Sold to P&O Cruises
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
15/3/1989	Delivered to  Princess Cruises, Monrovia, Liberia
3/1989	Cruises in Caribbean and Alaska
23/6/1995	Run aground on Poundstone rock , Alaska
7/8/1995	Back in service after repairing
	Refurbished by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
1997	Joined P&O Cruises fleet. New name Arcadia. UK flag.
8/2001	Owner Carnival Plc, London, UK.
28/3-17/4/2003	Refurbished by  Lloyds Werft, Bremerhaven.
4/2003	Operated Ocean Village Cruises, London, UK. New name Ocean Village.
5/2003	Cruises on Mediterranean and Caribbean.
12/2010	Joined P&O Austalia fleet. New name Pacific Pearl.
22/10/2010	First cruise on Australian market
12/4/2017	Laid up at Singapore for sale.
5/2017	Sold to Lyric Cruise Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Columbus.
4-5/2017	Drydocking and refurbished by Damen Shiprepairing yrad, Rotterdam
2017	Cruise and Maritime Voyage service.
2018	Dydocking at Damen Shiprepair, Amsterdam
winter 2018/19	Cruises on Australia
16/2/2019	Cruise from Auckland to Tilbury
15/5/2019	Cruises from Tilbury and Amsterdam to North Sea and Scandinavia
16/10/2019	Cruises from Tilbury and Amsterdam to North Sea and Canary Islands.
6/1/2020	120 nights world cruise from Tilbury.
207/2020	South Quay Travel Ltd – which traded under the name Cruise & Maritime Voyages – was placed into administration on 20 July 2020.
5/5/2020	Cancelled Cruises from Tilbury , Rotterdam and Amsterdam to North Sea and Scandinavia
4/10/2020	Cancelled Cruises from Tilbury and Rotterdam to North Sea and Canary Islands.
10/2020	Sold by auction to Seajets, Greece