A meeting at sea

As we have mentioned previously ORIANA when seen with her in fleet mates makes quite an inspiring sight from being seen with her equally unique half sister AURORA  or those siblings which come from various classes such as the Crown Class VENTURA and AZURA or the Vista Class ARCADIA.

ORIANA and ARCADIA seen together in Funchal, Madeira on the 30th of October

ORIANA and AZURA docked in Funchal on the 8th October

In the early days of her career ORIANA would on occasion be seen with her venerable 'mother' CANBERRA and in contrast to the meetings we see these days the two reflected a certain affinity with each other ORIANA proudly displaying elements and styling adapted from the older ship's distinctive design.
On at least one occasion during the last weeks of CANBERRA's service life she and ORIANA met at sea and for a time sailed together.
Below a video from David Taylor, a well known cruiser also known on line as Cruisa, taken in September 1997 from ORIANA it shows the two ships both with their upper decks full, sailing together back to Southampton.

More videos and photos from David can be found at his website  http://www.cruisa.co.uk/

Photo Copyrights: João Abreu