This import is seen here quayside, opposite Ocean Cruise Terminal, on 21/07/2023. The R100 is powered by a Cummins QST30 (Tier 4 final certified) engine giving a maximum speed of 50km/h.

This photo was taken from P&O Cruises - MV Britannia - IMO: 9614036. MV Britannia was completed on 26/02/2015 by Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy. She was laid down on 15/052013, launched on 14/02/2014 and Christened by the late HRH Queen Elizabeth II, on 10/03/2015 with her maiden voyage on the 14/03/2015. She is from the Royal Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 143,730, has seventeen decks of which fourteen are passenger accessible giving a maximum passenger capacity of 3,647 and 1,398 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä 12V46F x 2 & Wärtsilä 14V46F x 2 & propulsion electric motors - 2 x VEM Sachsenwerk GMBH and is capable of 21.9 knots and a cruising speed of around 19 knots.

MV Britannia was awaiting departure for a lovely 14-night Western Mediterranean Cruise; Southampton - Gibraltar - Ibiza - Palma de Mallorca - Cagliari, Sardinia - Malaga - Cadiz - Southampton.

On the quayside can be seen various 'plant' machinery including a couple of tractors. © Peter Steel 2023.

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