Azamara Onward

Azamara Onward in Porto Venere, 2022
History
Name	1999–2002: R Three 2002–2021: Pacific Princess 2021–2022: P Prince[3] 2022–present: Azamara Onward[4][5]
Owner	1999–2001: Renaissance Cruises 2002–2021: Princess Cruises[1]
Operator	1999–2001: Renaissance Cruises 2001–2002: laid up 2002–2021: Princess Cruises[1] 2002–2007 P&O Cruises Australia 2022–present: Azamara Cruises
Port of registry	1999–2002:  Liberia[1] 2002–2006:  Gibraltar[2] 2006–2022:  Bermuda 2022–present:  Malta
Builder	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, France
Cost	£150 million[2]
Yard number	N31[1]
Launched	August 1999[1]
Acquired	1999[1]
In service	December 1999[1]
Identification	Call sign ZCDS3 IMO number: 9187887 MMSI number: 310504000
Status	In service
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	R-class cruise ship
Tonnage	30,277 GT 2,700 DWT
Length	181.00 m (593 ft 10 in)
Beam	25.46 m (83 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
Decks	9 (passenger accessible)[2]
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 12V32 13,500 kW (combined)
Propulsion	2 propellers[2]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	688 passengers (lower berths) 826 passengers (all berths)[2]
Crew	373[2]

MS Azamara Onward, formerly R Three and Pacific Princess, is a cruise ship owned and operated by Azamara Cruises since 2022. She was built in 1999 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises.^[6] In 2002, following the failure of Renaissance Cruises, the ship was sold to Princess Cruises and renamed Pacific Princess. On 21 January 2021, Carnival announced the ship had been sold to an unnamed buyer, later revealed to be Azamara Cruises.^[7]