p & o cruises australia type subsidiary industry transportation headquarters sydney australia area served australia & new zealand products cruises parent carnival corporation & plc website www.pocruises.com.au footnotes references p & o house flag p & o cruises australia is a british american owned cruise line with corporate headquarters at carnival house in southampton england and operational headquarters in north sydney new south wales australia . the sister company of p & o cruises in the united kingdom it was previously a constituent of the peninsular & oriental steam navigation company and has a direct link in history to the world s first passenger ships . as such it is one of the oldest cruise lines in the world and now forms part of the carnival corporation & plc under the executive control of holland america line . it currently operates five ships sailing from various ports in australia and new zealand . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 current fleet 2.2 future fleet 2.3 former fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit p & o cruises australia originates from the passenger division of the peninsular and oriental steam navigation company a uk shipping company which operated the world s first passenger ships in the early 19th century . p & o subsequently became the first company to operate passenger routes to australia with the first of these voyages occurring in 1932 . 1 these voyages eventually developed into the cruise holidays we recognise today and so p & o adopted the brand name p & o cruises with the specialist australian service becoming known as p & o cruises australia . in 2000 after various changes in the organisation of the p & o group the company de merged all of its cruise ship operations . a new company was created p & o princess cruises which was independent of p & o and consisted of p & o cruises p & o cruises australia princess cruises aida cruises and later a rosa cruises and ocean village . later in 2003 p & o princess cruises merged with carnival corporation to form carnival corporation & plc the world s largest cruise company with a portfolio of eleven cruise lines including p & o australia . the pacific sky joined the p & o australia fleet in 2001 and was sold to pullmantur cruises in 2006 becoming their sky wonder . in 2004 the pacific sun joined the fleet . it was followed by pacific star in 2005 . in october 2007 the oldest ship of princess cruises fleet the regal princess was transferred to p & o australia . after one month of refurbishment she entered service as the pacific dawn . the pacific star was sold to pullmantur cruises in march 2008 . she underwent refurbishment in singapore and has started sailing as ocean dream from 11 may 2008 . on 30 october 2008 carnival corporation & plc announced the closure of their united kingdom based ocean village brand . coinciding with this closure both ocean village ships were transferred to the fleet of p & o cruises australia . ocean village two joined the p & o australia fleet in december 2009 as pacific jewel . ocean village followed in late 2010 as pacific pearl . 2 in october 2009 p & o cruises offered assistance to the red cross in relief efforts for earthquake and tsunami victims in the south pacific by donating 740 pillows with the promise of mattresses more pillows and hundreds of light bulbs to be given a later date . 3 in december 2009 the pacific dawn was moved from sydney to its new home port at brisbane . this was done to allow the pacific jewel and after its acquisition the pacific pearl to be based in sydney . the pacific sun was moved to fremantle for part of the year to carry out asia cruises prior to being sold in july 2012 . in december 2011 p & o announced the pacific sun would make its last journey for the company on 1 july 2012 . in 7 years with p & o it carried more than half a million passengers . 4 in may 2014 carnival corporation announced that the statendam and ryndam would be transferred from holland america line to the p & o cruises australia fleet in 2015 after being refurbished to tailor them for australian and new zealand passengers . 5 the names for the two ships were revealed in july 2014 as the pacific eden and pacific aria . 6 in october 2015 it was announced that the dawn princess would move from the princess cruises fleet to the p & o australia fleet . 7 in december 2015 a new ship was ordered at fincantieri for delivery in 2019 . 8 in march 2016 it was announced that the pacific pearl would be transferring out of the fleet in march 2017 . having completed 294 cruises for p & o carrying more than half a million passengers over five years . 9 fleet edit current fleet edit ship built builder entered service for p & o australia gross tonnage flag notes image pacific dawn 1991 fincantieri 2007 70 285 gt united kingdom previously regal princess . pacific jewel 1991 fincantieri 2009 69 845 gt united kingdom previously crown princess a rosa blu aidablu and ocean village two . pacific pearl 1989 chantiers de l atlantique 2010 63 500 gt united kingdom previously star princess arcadia and ocean village . will be transferred to cruise & maritime voyages in march 2017 . pacific eden 1994 fincantieri 2015 55 819 gt united kingdom previously ms statendam pacific aria 1993 fincantieri 2015 55 451 gt united kingdom previously ms ryndam future fleet edit ship built builder enters service for p & o australia gross tonnage flag notes image pacific explorer 10 1997 fincantieri may 2017 77 499 gt united kingdom currently sailing as dawn princess for princess cruises . 5 tba 2019 2020 fincantieri 2019 2020 135 500 gt united kingdom first ever newly build for p & o cruises australia . 11 former fleet edit ship built builder in service for p & o australia gross tonnage flag notes image pacific sky 1984 la seyne sur mer 2000 2006 46 087 gt united kingdom previously fairsky sky princess pacific sky sky wonder and atlantic star . sold for scrap in 2013 . citation needed pacific sun 1986 kockums varv 2004 2012 47 262 gt malta previously jubilee pacific sun and henna . sold for scrap in 2016 . 12 pacific star 1982 aalborg shipyard 2005 2008 35 109 gt united kingdom previously tropicale costa tropicale pacific star ocean dream . currently sailing for peace boat citation needed references edit this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message history p & o cruises . pocruises.com.au . retrieved 2014 05 20 . new tonnage to increase p & o cruises australia s presence in fremantle brisbane and auckland . cruise business review . cruise media oy ltd. 2008 10 31 . retrieved 2008 10 31 . dead link p & o cruises assists samoan relief effort . etb travel news . etravelblackboard.com . 6 october 2009 . archived from the original on 16 july 2011 . retrieved 2014 05 20 . stephen jones 2011 12 19 . carnival sells pacific sun . travel weekly . retrieved 2014 05 20 . a b ryndam and statendam to p & o australia as au growth for carnival corp. continues . cruise industry news . 19 may 2014 . retrieved 20 may 2014 . http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 11323 new pao australia ship names aria and eden.html carnival australia announces local fleet changes as australian demand for cruising continues to grow . pocruises.com.au . 8 october 2015 . retrieved 2015 10 08 . http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6736 http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6855 https www.pocruises.com.au cruises search s & sort dpa & page 1 http www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 13433 carnival announces newbuilds for costa princess and pao australia.html http www.tradewindsnews.com weekly 762175 hna cruiseship henna on last trip to breakers yard external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to p & o cruises australia . official website cruise critic review p & o 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