gmbh industry transportation fate sold by carnival corporation & plc 2003 founded 2001 founder p & o princess cruises headquarters rostock germany area served germany services river cruises website www.arosacruises.com a rosa cruises is a cruise line based in rostock germany which operates river cruises in germany . 1 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit a rosa was established in 2001 as a subsidiary of p & o princess cruises . the company was created to serve the german cruise market alongside the aida cruises fleet which had been acquired by p & o in 1999 . a rosa was modelled loosely on the aida concept and began life with three ships . a rosa blu was the sole cruise ship of the fleet accompanied by a rosa bella and a rosa donna two newly built river cruise ships . in 2003 p & o princess merged with carnival corporation to form carnival corporation & plc. the a rosa brand was sold soon after the merger and was purchased by a private company whicham owned a rosa flussschiff . the company continues to operate river cruises on the danube main mosel rhine rh ne and sa ne rivers . fleet edit ship built builder entered service for a rosa cruises gross tonnage notes image a rosa blu 1991 fincantieri 2002 2004 69 845 tons in 2004 it became aidablu for aida cruises . a rosa bella 2002 neptun werft 2002 present 3 524 tons still operating for a rosa flussschiff . a rosa donna 2002 neptun werft 2002 present 3 524 tons still operating for a rosa flussschiff . references edit http www.a rosa.de en river cruises a rosa river cruises.html permanent dead link external links edit official website english official website german retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a % 27rosa cruises & oldid 741942233 categories companies based in mecklenburg vorpommerncruise linesriver cruise companiesrostockhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016articles with permanently dead external linksofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles with german language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 17 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view