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    P&O have announced that they will sell the Oceana. Anyone booked on her will receive credits or refunds of 125%.
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    Apparently, it has been announced that the Oceana has been sold,
    P and O have not have not disclosed the buyer yet.

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    There are a number of cruise ships up for sale just now.
    Many have a number of years behind them, Sun Princess is now 24 years old.
    As they reach their sell by date new ones replace them, they do not last for ever.

    Years ago it was considered that a ship had a useful life of about 30 years.
    There were exceptions as well, the Windsor Castle lasted almost 45 years, but there have been some scrapped after a couple of years service.
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    #4 whenever that name Sunprincess appears it always takes me back to 1967 , when I was mate on her. She must have been the original , being built in about 1943 in a U.S. yard of Liberty ship design , and class of C1A which does not stand for Central Intelligency Agency , carried officially 12 passengers sometimes a bakers dozen and was under Liberian flag and owned by an American company.
    The collision between her and the Harrison’s vessel in the Little Bocas was well
    Before my time so no one can blame me. Those were the days, Island in the Sun and the banana boat song were in
    Vogue then both ashore and afloat. Cheers JS.
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    The facts the man said, just the facts.

    Whilst there are a number of cruise ships up for sale it does not mean the end of them.
    Many will be sold by the owner in order to raise capital, they will then be leased back.

    A common practice in many industries, so the sale of the P&O ship is nothing new.

    Here in Oz P&O Australia only buy ships for sale from other companies, several currently in use come from Princess and Holland America.
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    Taken from an online source may be of interest?

    the book "Harrisons of Liverpool" has exellent coverage of the incident. It is an extemely interesting book, I'm still finding items of interest even after a couple of years

    Above relating to the Collision between the Ships Geologist and Sunprincess.


    Harrisons of Liverpool: A Chronicle of Ships and Men 1830-2002 by Cubbin, Graeme - Amazon.ae
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    Thanks also Vernon. I don’t really think I would like to add other peoples misfortune to my own list of happenings at sea as would put me off remembering the good times of my own era. I found the Sunprincess as was my first foreign flag ship full of surprises , good and bad points , but more good than bad , well paid , well fed. Good run and apart from being doped and fleeced in Puerto Rico , and punching a British Embassy official in the eye .mostly a good life style. My next ship wasn’t so lucky and was a wasted 10 months. Some ships you win others you lose on. But in general like most on site would probably do all again whether right or wrong by other peoples estimation , which have learned to ignore , and make your own judgements and decisions in life , and only have yourself to blame if it goes wrong. Cheers JS
    PS even there I saw as soon as written the mistake that age can do, after the Sunprincess there was 3 years on
    two vessels of comparative comfort before the 10 months of rather rougher lifestyle.
    Cheers JS
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