Union flag

[so,ton saint]

Working to-day sunday on ventura what were they doing painting the union flag on the bow,s of ventura stood on a cherry picker witha hand roller :eek:

[Thejuggler]

How would you do it? Spray painting isn't an option.

[CRUISIN LINDA]

I wonder why P&O think it is a good idea to put the Union Flag on their ships considering the state of the world at the moment and the fact that Britain is not exactly flavour of the month.

 

Anyone agree?

[Itsbeentoolong]

My Mum left on Ventura today, was in port til late, must have been waiting for the paint to dry

[Pennbank]

They had a team on board, who had previously been on QM2 last month.

Here is a pic of them in the Canary Islands starting the job.

Edited December 14, 2015 by Pennbank

[john watson]

I wonder why P&O think it is a good idea to put the Union Flag on their ships considering the state of the world at the moment and the fact that Britain is not exactly flavour of the month.

 

Anyone agree?

 

Both Cunard and P&O sent ships to the war zone in 1982. Sadly Cunard had a ship sunk but that's how patriotic cruise lines are. Lest we forget.

 

Regards John

Edited December 14, 2015 by john watson

[tokyo]

Fly the flag with pride.

[Ataraxia]

I wonder why P&O think it is a good idea to put the Union Flag on their ships considering the state of the world at the moment and the fact that Britain is not exactly flavour of the month.

 

Anyone agree?

 

Better than having the white flag that it replaced.

[tjwa]

Working to-day sunday on ventura what were they doing painting the union flag on the bow,s of ventura stood on a cherry picker witha hand roller :eek:

 

Thanks for the information as some people on here have suggested that the lack of the Union Flag could mean that Ventura was to be transferred to another Carnival brand.

[tjwa]

How would you do it? Spray painting isn't an option.

 

Rear end of an ass.

[besberry]

The flag on Aurora was (is?) stuck on. On the grand voyage this year it was already peeling off by the time we got to Brazil. It was touched up at least twice on that voyage. It looked awful until they fixed it.

[Presto2]

Have to admit we were cynical re the changes but loved the new look for Oceana and Britannia.

 

On this one I agree that we should fly the flag with pride.

[tankmc]

I wonder why P&O think it is a good idea to put the Union Flag on their ships considering the state of the world at the moment and the fact that Britain is not exactly flavour of the month.

 

Anyone agree?

 

Or the fact they are sailing ships built in Italy owned by a American company... Not exactly "Flying the flag"

[tartanexile81]

Is Ventura the last ship to get the make-over. I really like it. Rather have something like that than what they have on Aida or NCL

[dsrdsrdsr]

I wonder why P&O think it is a good idea to put the Union Flag on their ships considering the state of the world at the moment and the fact that Britain is not exactly flavour of the month.

 

Anyone agree?

 

I don't agree. Terrorists don't work on the basis of "oh look, there's a ship with a union jack on it, who's got the bazooka", they have long-term plans. If they attack a ship, it will be based on the published schedule, not on a random glance at the bow.

[Sanjam cruisers]

P&O/Cunard are part of Carnival Corp which is a multinational Corporation not an American Owned Company, they have shareholders all over the world including the UK of which my wife are part of.The corporate HQ may be in the USA that does not make them American.

As regards marking he ship up with the U.K. flag that does not make them any more of a target to extremists, please remember these people are not stupid far from it they do not need a UK flag on the bow to identify their target British Airways have had it on the tail of their aircraft for years how many of their aircraft have been targeted.

The world is a dangerous place that we have to live with.

[insanemagnet]

Or the fact they are sailing ships built in Italy owned by a American company... Not exactly "Flying the flag"

'Carnival' is actually two companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, which are dual listed, one in the US and one in the UK, so you would have to dig through the corporate structure to see if Ventura was owned by the US or the UK company.

 

Ventura is definitely not British though, being registered in Bermuda.

[daiB]

'Carnival' is actually two companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, which are dual listed, one in the US and one in the UK, so you would have to dig through the corporate structure to see if Ventura was owned by the US or the UK company.

 

Ventura is definitely not British though, being registered in Bermuda.

 

 

Sorry but all ships flagged in Bermuda are technically British as Bermuda is a British overseas territory. In other words a colony

 

So British.

Edited December 16, 2015 by daiB

[tankmc]

Sorry but all ships flagged in Bermuda are technically British as Bermuda is a British overseas territory. In other words a colony

 

So British.

 

Lol I'm not been serious.

[leehobbs]

This was the Ventura in Grand Canaria on 22nd December 2015.