One fleet many changes

Since April 1995 the P&O fleet has seen one constant in the form of ORIANA 'The First Super Liner Built For Britain' joining an ageing fleet of the venerable CANBERRA and VICTORIA.
Two years later in September 1997 CANBERRA made her emotional farewell after 36 years in service to be replaced by ARCADIA (former STAR PRINCESS) in 1998.

ORIANA & CANBERRA together in Funchal, Madeira, Copyright: Luís Filipe Jardim 

ORIANA docked with ARCADIA (III) in Funchal,Madeira, Copyright: Nuno Jesus

With the dawn of the 21st Century ORIANA  was joined by perhaps the only ship which is comparable to her from the same yard of Meyer Werft AURORA joined the fleet in May 2000.

ORIANA docked with AURORA in Southampton, Copyright: Vitor Francisco

More changes came in 2002 when VICTORIA Bid farwell and Princess's SEA PRINCESS and OCEAN PRINCESS were renamed ADONIA and OCEANA respectively.
The following year ARCADIA made her final cruise with P&O becoming the lead ship of the then just founded Ocean Village brand, it was also in 2003 that P&O Princess PLC merged with Carnival Corp and in 2005 the first non P&O group designed new build joined the fleet as the fourth ARCADIA and the former ROYAL PRINCESS joining the fleet as ARTEMIS who served until 2011.

ORIANA and ARCADIA in Funchal, Madeira 21st December 2009 Copyright: João Abreu

Since 2008 the fleet has continued to expand with the Crown class VENTURA followed two years later in April 2010 with AZURA and a second ADONIA a former R class ship joining in 2011 to replace ARTEMIS.

ORIANA with AURORA,ARCADIA and VENTURA during P&O's 175th anniversary celebrations, July 2012
Copyright: Simon Jones

Last year reaching her 20th year in service ORIANA received the largest of her fleetmates BRITANNIA based off of the Princess's Royal Class.

Earlier this week P&O annouced that a new arrival to debut in 2020 one of the first in a new breed of LNG powered 'green' ships of 180,000 tons