The cruise ship DISCOVERY arriving Lisbon on 21 May 2009 on a cruise from the Mediterranean to U.K. This 38-year old former "love boat" was built in Emden, Germany and delivered in September 1971 to Norwegian Cruiseships A/S, Oslo, a joint venture of Fearney & Eger and O. Lorentzen, to be operated under charter by Flagship Cruises as ISLAND VENTURE (1971-1972) on Bermuda cruises from New York with sister ship SEA VENTURE.
In 1972 she was chartered and then sold to Princess Cruises who renamed her ISLAND PRINCESS (1972-1999). As such she was one of the three initial P&O - Princess Cruises very successful ships.
New more modern and much larger tonnage led to her sale in 1999 to Ringcroft Investment and she became the HYUNDAI PUNGAK (1999-2001) operating in Korea.
However in 2001 she was sold to Gerry Herrod, the former founder of Orient Line and ex-owner of MARCO POLO. Renamed PLATINUM she was refitted in Malta and Tuzla, Turkey and returned to cruise service in 2002 as DISCOVERY.
More photos of the DISCOVERY in Lisbon here.
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