P&O Cruises is a British cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. It was originally a subsidiary of the freight transport company P&O and was founded in 1977. Along with P&O Cruises Australia, another former subsidiary of P&O, it has the oldest heritage of any cruise line in the world, dating to P&O's first passenger operations in 1837.
Canberra of 1961 in Ponta Delgada, Azores in 1984
Oriana of 1995 at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in 2003
Britannia of 2015 in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2019, bearing the company's post-2014 livery
Image: Aurora departing Tallinn 29 May 2016 (cropped)
Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across nine cruise line brands and one joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies – Panama-incorporated, US-headquartered Carnival Corporation, and UK-based Carnival plc – which function as one entity. Carnival Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, whereas Carnival plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with an ADR listing on the NYSE. Carnival is listed in both the S&P 500 and FTSE 250 indices.
Carnival Place, Carnival Cruise Line headquarters in Doral, Florida
Costa Concordia after sinking