History Of Cruise Ships

Ships changed very little during the first half of this century.

History of cruise ships. The Original Ships The birth of leisure cruising started with the Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company way back in 1822. The first cruise vessel to cross the Atlantic from. Cruise ships generally make round trips returning to their first port of departure after a certain number of days at sea.

The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was a German passenger ship having the distinction of being the worlds first cruise ship. A history of cruise ship godmothers Today is the birthday of the most talked-about of last years cruise ship godmothers Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. She was fittingly named as the Godmother of Princess Cruises newest vessel Royal Princess officially naming the vessel on June 13 in what was one of the most recent in a.

1992-2002 El Greco Minoan Lines. 1986-2002 Posted by Cruise Line at 439 PM 1 comment. It had 120 cabins that carried 192 first class passengers and 161 crew members.

A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for vacations and pleasure trips which is usually very large and able to accommodate hundreds to thousands of people depending on the size of the ship. It would later be chartered by Princess Cruises as their first ship. Princess Italia chartered one of first modern ships built specifically for cruising First Panama Canal cruises company pioneered regularly scheduled Canal cruises 1968.

First transatlantic sailing 13-day Nassau-Genoa Princess Italia 1969. Before the dominance of air travel which began to enjoy commercial success in the late 1960s passenger liners were the preferred mode of overseas travel. Three sailors Captain Richard Bourne Brodie McGhie and Arthur Anderson started with a steam service between London Spain and Portugal.

Ships changed very little during the first half of this century. Cruise Ship History Sunday May 18 2008. Boats are still vital aids to movement even those little changed in form during that 6000-year history.