Name the new ships....

Heres a thread , just for a bit of fun.

As you all know by now, P&O is going to get 2 ships transferred to it from Holland America....Statendam and Ryndam.

What do you think the new ships should be named when they come to Australia . ?

Pacific Palace

&

Pacific Sapphire

(Sponsored by bombay ;)

old and older

Pacific Opal :)

i was waiting to see how long it would take before this thread would appear.

We could always go back to Pacific Star, Sky or Sun.

What about a reincarnation of out famous Fairstar

But i do like Pacific Opal,

Although P&O have taken aback from naming ships with Princess ships of the same name so the options are pretty limited.

We could always go back

Pacific Gem

Pacific Jade

Pacific Emerald

Pacific Sapphire

Pacific Opal

Pacific Gem

Pacific Opal

old and older

lol :d

How about Pacific Dream & Pacific Paradise

TweedleDam and TweedleDee?:p

TweedleDam and TweedleDee?:p

This is a bit of a shame , they are two quite nice ships , about 2/3 of the way through their lives , they could be nice if well run.

I fear that P&O Australia will run them into the ground as their next pair of "party boats"

They need to move away from the "pacific" prefix that is well and truly tainted and is not doing them any favors at all.

P&O Need to bring back the "POSH" and draw on their history for the names of these "new" ships

There a plenty of good choices there but I suspect all this will be lost in the marketing hype

Regards

John

This is a bit of a shame , they are two quite nice ships , about 2/3 of the way through their lives , they could be nice if well run.

 

I fear that P&O Australia will run them into the ground as their next pair of "party boats"

 

They need to move away from the "pacific" prefix that is well and truly tainted and is not doing them any favors at all.

 

P&O Need to bring back the "POSH" and draw on their history for the names of these "new" ships

 

There a plenty of good choices there but I suspect all this will be lost in the marketing hype

 

 

Regards

John

Perhaps the 'Fare Star' and 'Fare Princess' a variation of some ships from a few decades ago.

Or redo old classics like the Canberra and Oriana.:D

Pacific Bogan

Pacific Shazza

Pacific Bazza

SS K Rudd

Pacific Bogan

Pacific Shazza

Pacific Bazza

SS K Rudd

SS Scott and SS Charlene?:rolleyes:

What about Canberra and Victoria or Sydney... :)

What about Canberra and Victoria or Sydney... :)

P&O have a history with a ship called Canberra. Back in the 50's and 60's.:D

What about Canberra and Victoria or Sydney... :)

P&O have a history with a ship called Canberra. Back in the 50's and 60's.:D

Canberra was a very special ship.

I would like to see the name " Canberra "

reserved for Australias first new build.

We will never see it unfortunately...

but perhaps our grandchidren may:D:D

Canberra was a very special ship.

I would like to see the name " Canberra "

reserved for Australias first new build.

We will never see it unfortunately...

but perhaps our grandchidren may:D:D

 

 

I don't have any grandchildren yet so that is most likely a long way away .:(

P&O have a history with a ship called Canberra. Back in the 50's and 60's.:D

SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17,000,000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. She entered service in May 1961, and made her maiden voyage starting in June. In the 1982 Falklands War she served as a troop ship.

Name: Canberra

Namesake: City of Canberra, Australia

Owner: P&O Flag.png P&O Orient Line

Operator: P&O Flag.png P&O Orient Line

Port of registry: United Kingdom London

Ordered: 20 December 1956

Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast

Cost: £17 million

Laid down: 23 September 1957

Launched: 16 March 1960

Sponsored by: Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE

Maiden voyage: 2 June 1961

Out of service: 10–31 October 1997 (final voyage)

Identification: official number 302649

Nickname: The Great White Whale

Honours and

awards: Falklands War

Fate: Scrapped at Gadani ship-breaking yard, Pakistan, 1997