Pacific Sun and the tall ship James Craig in Darling Harbour during 2011 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Pacific Sun Jubilee 1986–2004 |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines 1986–2004 P&O Cruises Australia 2004 – July 2012 |
| Port of registry: | Liberia 1986–1996 Panama 1996–2000 Bahamas 2000–2004 United Kingdom 2004–2010 Malta 2010 |
| Builder: | Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden |
| Cost: | US$134 million |
| Launched: | 26 October 1985 |
| Acquired: | June 1986 |
| Maiden voyage: | July 1986 |
| In service: | 6 July 1986 |
| Identification: | Call sign: 9HA2479 IMO number: 8314122 MMSI no.: 248708000 |
| Status: | In service |
| Notes: | [1][2][3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Holiday class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 47,262 GT |
| Displacement: | 6,405 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 223.4 m (733 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.2 m (92 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Decks: | 10 passenger decks |
| Installed power: | 2×7 cylinder Sulzer diesels, combined 23520 kW |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 21.7 kn (40.19 km/h; 24.97 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,486 passengers |
| Crew: | 670 |
| Notes: | [1][2] |
MS Pacific Sun is a Holiday class cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia. At 47,000 tons, Pacific Sun is a medium-sized ship, accommodating up to 1,900 passengers. She was built in 1986 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, Sweden, for Carnival Cruise Lines as MS Jubilee, along with near-sister ship Celebration. The other near-sister ship of the class, Holiday, was built earlier by Aalborg Værft in Aalborg, Denmark.
In 2004, the vessel was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Sun. Pacific Sun arrived in Australia in November 2004, and began year-round cruises from Sydney to the South Pacific and Tropical North Queensland. She is based out of Brisbane, the largest year-round liner to be based in Queensland. After receiving a multi-million dollar makeover, she is currently sailing in all white colours, like P&O's other ships, along with new amenities.[4] Pacific Sun was the only ship of three sisters (with Grand Celebration and Grand Holiday) whose funnel was changed upon leaving the Carnival Cruise Line fleet; her sister's funnels were simply painted over, while Sun had Carnival's iconic wings removed. Carnival's first ship, the slightly older MS Ocean Dream, also had her Carnival funnel removed, and replaced with Costa Cruises's round stove-pipe funnel.
In late July 2008, 42 passengers were injured in a storm.[5] The event became widely known when video footage was reposted on the internet two years later.[6]
On December 18, P&O announced that Pacific Sun would leave their fleet in July 2012.[7] The buyer is believed to be a Chinese company, which is likely to launch new cruises out of China towards the end of 2012.[8]
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pacific_Sun_(ship,_1986) Pacific Sun] at Wikimedia Commons
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