Notable Ships
Carnival Corporation & plc have various notable ships as follows:
- Queen Mary 2, the latest in a line of 'Cunard Queens', the prestigious transatlantic ocean liners (Cunard Line)
- Carnival Destiny, the first cruise ship to be built over 100,000-GT and also the first cruise ship to exceed the largest ocean liner in size. (Carnival Cruise Lines)
- Star Princess, received media attention when a large fire ripped through berths in March 2006 (Princess Cruises)
- MV Aurora, the last ship with an original design to be built for and enter the UK market.
- Ventura and Azura, based on the Grand Princess, the largest cruise ships ever built for the British market (P&O Cruises)
- Costa Concordia, received media attention when the ship hit a rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy and capsized in shallow water in January 2012 (Costa Cruises) with 32 people either confirmed dead, or missing.
- Carnival Magic, The line's 100th ship when it debuted in May 2011.
- Oriana, The first new ship commissioned for P&O Cruises, also the fastest ship in the P&O fleet
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