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| The Fred Olsen cruise ship Black Prince had arrived back in Southampton after her farewell cruise on the 16th October 2009. Once the last passenger had disembarked, the real work began. I had decided to take the ferry across on the 17th since whatever they would be doing, it would be the beginning of the end of her current career. At that time no one except Fred Olsen and the contractors knew exactly what would be done before she went to Venezuela. I knew a couple of things would definitely be removed from the exterior but it wasn't until my dad phoned to tell me the funnel logo was missing, I realised how far they had gone so fast. Aurora had arrived for 5.45am and in Mayflower while Oceana was facing out of Ocean. Due to hurting my side midweek I was only planning the trip to town and back, stopping at Town Quay for a couple of hours, so no sailaway shots of the P&Os. I caught the 12.15pm ferry over and it was a cold day. The sun popped out occasionally. | |||||||||
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| (C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 17th October 2009 Not to be reproduced without permission |
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