Cruise Ships and Liners

Marella Explorer passing Calshot Spit outbound from Southampton on 10th October 2019.

CMVs Marco Polo outbound from Avonmouth on 6th January 2019 at the beginning of a 78-night "Grand Africa and Indian Ocean" cruise. She is approaching Battery Point, Portishead.

Virgin Cruises new cruise ship Virgin Lady at berth in Liverpool on 25th February.

Sapphire Princess with celebrity Silhouette in the background sailing down Southampton Water outbound from Southampton on 23rd June 2018.

Oriana on her penultimate cruise for P&O anchored off St.Peter Port on 21st July 2019

MSC Preziosa at Southampton Docks Berth 101 (City Cruise Terminal) on 6th September 2017.

Braemar at Berth 38/39 (Queen Elizabeth 2 Terminal) Southampton on 30th QAugust 2016.

The CMV cruise ship Columbus departing Tilbury for Amsterdam and Antwerp on 25th August 2017.(As seen from Tilbury).

MSC Preziosa at Southampton Docks Berth 101 (City Cruise Terminal) on 6th September 2017.

An inbound Koningsdam in the early morning passing South Shields at Tynemouth on 16th August 2016.

Hapag LLoyds Europa passing Battery Point,Portishead outbound from Avonmouth on 16th May 2016.

On board RMS St.Helena,Tilbury 11th June 2016

Deutschland passing Calshot Spit outbound from Southampton on 16th April 2016.On 19 May 2015 the MS Deutschland was sold to the Absolute Nevada company based in the United States, which purchased the ship for approximately $21 million.Initially the ship was planned to serve as a floating university for the American organization Semester at Sea and in the process was reflagged to Nassau in the Bahamas. It was proposed that the ship would be renamed World Odyssey following a refit at a northern European shipyard.n 31 May 2015, Plantours announced that they would be chartering the ship for four sailings between 9 June 2015 and 29 July 2015 whilst its usual ship MS Hamburg was repaired. The crew of MS Hamburg travelled to Gibraltar to prepare the ship, before guests embarked on 9 June 2015 in Kiel. It was on this occasion that MS Deutschland began sailing under the Bahamas flag.

Views of MSC Musica leaving Southampton on the evening of 27th April 2016.

Both from the same 'Parent' design.Azura leads Caribbean Princess down Southampton Water past Fawlay outbound from Southampton on 1st August 2015.

Southampton departures 12th July 2015.

The German cruise ship AIDAbella passing Calshot Spit outbound from Southampton on 2nd June 2015.

Southampton departures 12th July 2015.

Sea Princess passing Calshot Spit outbound from Southampton on 16th July 2007.This scene is unlikely to be seen again as Sea Princess is no longer a Southampton based ship and Calshot R.N.L.I. is no longer an all weather station.

Royal Caribbeans new cruise ship Anthem of the Seas departing from Southampton on 3rd May 2015 on a short cruise to Zeebrugge.

Cruise ship Azores operating for Cruise and Maritme Voyages (C.M.V.) passing Battery Point,Portishead outbound from Avonmouth on 14th March 2015.On the night of July 25, 1956, at 11:10 PM, in heavy fog in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria of the Italian Line collided Although most passengers and crew survived the collision, the larger Andrea Doria luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. Owing to the collision, 50% of the Andrea Doria's lifeboats were unusable.However, a number of ships responded and provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of lifeFive crewmembers on the Stockholm were killed instantly and several more were trapped in the wrecked bow. Despite its having sunk about three feet (0.9 m), the crippled Stockholm helped in the rescue and ended up carrying 327 passengers and 245 crewmembers from the Andrea Doria, in addition to her own passengers and crew.

Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas maiden arrival at Southampton on 15th October 2014.

Aboard Discovery at Avonmouth on 27th April 2013.

SAGA Cruises Saga Ruby passing Calshot Spit outbound from Southampton on 28th September 2010

Cruise ship Carnival Splendour joining Ventura at Grand Turk on 26th November 2008.

NCLs Norwegian Spirit and Fred Olsens Braemar seen at Cozomel,Mexico on 4th December 2009.

Pullmanturs Pacific Dream at Phillipsburg,St.Martin on 10th December 2009.

An aerial view of the small cruise ship Mega Star Aries at the Singapore Cruise Terminal on 2nd April 2009

The Gambling ship Long Jie at the Singapore Cruise Terminal on 3rd April 2009.The ship was first put into service in the year 1972. Along with her sister ships, the Song of Norway and Nordic Prince, the class comprised the first purpose built ships intended for Caribbean based cruise travel. Sun Viking cruised the Mexican Riviera on a 7 day itinerary out of L.A. in the early 1990s. Along with her sister ships, the Sun Viking was retired in the late 1990s by Royal Caribbean, but remains in service with other cruise lines.In 1998 the Sun Viking was sold to Star Cruises and renamed SuperStar Sagittarius. She was later renamed Hyundai Pongnae in 2003, sailing for the Hyundai Merchant Marine Company, before being renamed Omar III for Asia Cruises.The ship was renamed Long Jie in 2007.The Long Jie was put up for sale on June 10, 2010.After being dry docked in Singapore, the Long Jie was transformed into the Oriental Dragon, leaving Singapore on 24 March 2011 bound for Guangzhou, China.

An aerial view of the small cruise ship Mega Star Aries at the Singapore Cruise Terminal on 2nd April 2009