Southampton Ocean Cruise Terminal was opened on the 29/05/2009 by ABP Ports with a £19 million price tag funded by Carnival UK who operate cruise lines including Cunard, P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises. It is the first purpose-built cruise facility to be built at the port in over 40 years.
At berth, on the Council Quay, above left of centre, is Tug TSS T/T Calshot. Built in Southampton at John I Thorneycroft in November 1929 with a GTW of 684 and operated by Red Funnel Towage from 1930 - 1964, she has been restored by the Tug Tender Calshot Trust and is one of three remaining classical tender ships.
The Town Quay, top left of the photo, is the terminus for the Red Funnel services from the Isle of Wight and the Hythe Ferry.
This photo was taken from the port side of P&O Cruises Azura - IMO: 9424883, on 05/08/2011, after arriving at Southampton at around 05:30hrs. We had left Southampton, on 22/07/2011, for a 14-night Western Mediterranean Cruise from the Ocean Terminal; Southampton - Barcelona - Toulon - Civitavecchia - Naples - Ajaccio - Gibraltar - Lisbon - Southampton. The last port of call being Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on 02/08/2011, leaving there around 17:15 hrs.
Azura was built in 2010 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. Laid down in October 2008, launched in June 2009 and Christened on 10/04/2010 with her maiden voyage on the 12th of the month. Part of the Grand Class of cruise ships, the earlier and similar Ventura being her sister ship. Registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, she has a GTW of 115,055, has nineteen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,096 and 1,226 crew. Powered by six Wartsilla diesels capable of 22 knots. © Peter Steel 2011.
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