PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Union Steam Ship Co. of N. Zealand Color photos from the one-class

Color photos from the one-class liner show the Lounge

Surprisingly

Very good condition

Each ship gets their own simple deck plans in back

the vessel flooded from the stern and slid off the point

PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Union Steam Ship Co. of N. Zealand Color photos from the one-classPrincess Cruise Line: A twelve page brochure for the PRINCESS ITALIA's 1968 cruise season. The ship had been built on spec in Italy but the owners went bankrupt. New owners, "Crociere d'Oltremare", finished her off in 1967. The company chartered the ship to Costa who turned around and sub chartered her to the fledgling Princess Cruises. You can see that the red and yellow Crociere d'Oltremare livery is still on the funnel. It wasn't until a year later