New Flamenco (ship)

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New Flamenco is a cruise ship operated by Cruise Elysia. Former names are Spirit of London, Sun Princess, Majestic, Starship Majestic, Southern Cross, and Flamenco.

[edit] History

The ship was launched and named in 1972 by P&O as the Spirit of London. She had originally been ordered by the Norwegian Caribbean Line (NCL) and was to be named Seaward but P&O bought her unfinished hull after NCL had pulled out of the deal. In 1974 P&O bought Princess Cruises and the Spirit of London was renamed Sun Princess, joining the Island Princess and Pacific Princess in the Princess fleet.

1988 saw the sale of the Sun Princess by P&O to Premier Cruises, initially renamed Majestic but becoming the Starship Majestic in 1989. In 1994 she was purchased by CTC and was renamed the Southern Cross. She was renamed again in 1998 when Festival Cruises began operating her as the Flamenco. After Festival cruises collapsed, she began sailing for Cruise Elysia as New Flamenco.

Princess Cruises introduced a new Sun Princess in 1995.