Largsbay Paul

Ocean Liner from the past visited Sydney.
The classic lines of Saga Ruby can be seen as she manoeuvres
in front of the Sydney Opera House and docks stern first at the
Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay in 2007.

She was originally named Vistafjord and started service in 1973
for the Norwegian America Line.
Vistafjord was built at the Swan Hunter shipyard on the River Tyne,
this is the same yard that constructed the Ocean Liner RMS Carpathia ( 1902 )
and the RMS Mauritania ( 1906 ) for Cunard Line.

In 1983 Cunard Line took over her management and in 1999 was renamed Caronia.
She was sold to Saga in 2004 and was renamed Saga Ruby. In 2014 she was sold to
be used as a Floating Hotel and renamed Oasia, sadly these plans failed
and in 2017 she arrived in Alang, India to he scrapped.

Her Length was 191 m ( 626 ft )
Beam : 25 m ( 82 ft )
Draft : 8.23 m ( 27 ft )
Speed 20 knots

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Largsbay Paul

Carnival Cruises Carnival Splendor leaving Sydney Harbour
on the 7th of June on a cruise to Queensland.
The Freshwater Class Ferry Narrabeen passes her on its
way to Manly on a mild sunny winter’s afternoon.
‪@Carnival‬
Carnival Splendor was built in 2008 by Fincantieri in Genoa.
Length : 290 m ( 951 ft )
Beam : 38 m ( 125 ft )
Speed : 21 knots
Tonnage 113 573 GT

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Largsbay Paul

Cruise Ship Carnival Adventure leaving Sydney Harbour on a sunny but cool afternoon on June 1 the first official day of winter. She is on a 4 day Cruise to Moreton Island,Queensland.
She returns on the 5th of June. On the 8th of June she sails on a 10 day cruise to the warm waters of the South Pacific.

She was built in 2001 for Princess Cruises in Italy and was named Golden Princess. She has a very unusual design at the stern with an Observation Lounge. She was renamed Pacific Adventure for P&O Australia and when P&O was closed in Australia she renamed Carnival Adventure.

‪@Carnival‬

Her Length is 290 m ( 951 ft )
Beam : 40 m ( 131 ft )
Speed : 24 kn

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Largsbay Paul

Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Solstice visited Sydney on a long voyage from Singapore to Vancouver to start her Alaska Cruise Season. Celebrity Solstice recently had a 50 million dollar 45 day Dry Dock in Singapore which included the addition of new cabins above the observation lounge that can be seen in the last photo.
The real lawn on the top deck has been removed and replaced with artificial grass and the glass blowing show has been replaced with a bar.

Celebrity Solstice was built in 2008.
Length 317 m ( 1040 ft )
Beam : 36 m ( 118 ft )
Speed : 24 knots

‪@celebritycruises‬

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Largsbay Paul

Cruise Ship Anthem of the Seas leaving for the final time this Cruise season.
She is on a 26 day voyage from Sydney to Vancouver arriving on the 9th of May.
She will be cruising to Alaska for Royal Caribbean Cruises till the end of September.
Her cruise visited Bay of Islands, Papeete, Moorea, Raiatea Island, Honolulu,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Vancouver, BC Canada.
She arrives back in Sydney on the 30th of October.
‪@RoyalCaribbean‬

Built in 2015 at Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany.
Length : 348m (1142 ft)
Beam : 49m (161 ft )
Speed : 22 knots

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Largsbay Paul

Cruise Ship Celebrity Edge leaving Sydney Harbour for the final time
this Cruise Season on the 20th of April on a 25 day positioning voyage to Vancouver.
She will be arriving there on the 15th of May, after visiting New Zealand,Tahiti, Hawaii.

Celebrity Edge has a very unique profile with her unusual looking Bow and Funnel .
She was built in 2018.
Length : 306 m ( 1004 ft )
Beam : 39 m ( 128 ft )
Speed : 22 knots
‪@celebritycruises‬

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3 months ago | [YT] | 59

Largsbay Paul

Cruise Ships with Opera House shadow.
It’s an interesting sight in the morning at the moment seeing the shadow of the Sydney Opera House appearing on Cruise Ships in the Morning. This only happens at this time of year when the sun is low and at a certain angle starting from about late March early April.
I really like the early Morning light with its shadows and reflected light is a great time of day.

Island Princess in the first photo was visiting Sydney on a 54 day Pacific Cruise that started in San Diego California.
Celebrity Edge was refueling for a 25 day repositioning voyage to Vancouver via Tahiti and Hawaii.

Anthem of the Seas, Celebrity Solstice, and Discovery Princess were also preparing to sail to
Vancouver which takes about 25 days to start their Alaska Cruising Season.
Carnival Splendor was on a shorter voyage out of Sydney.

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3 months ago | [YT] | 53

Largsbay Paul

Cunard Line Queen Anne visiting Sydney Harbour at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay on March 16 and 17
She is currently on a 116 day World Cruise for Cunard Line. She returns to Southampton
on the 30th of April. Her paintwork was in pristine condition, as she is only two years old.
This was her 2nd ever visit to Sydney and she sailed the next evening.
She sadly won’t be returning to Sydney in 2027 as she will be sailing on a 90 day voyage around South America .

She was built in the Fincantieri shipyard in Margherita, Italy.
Her Length is 323 m ( 1060 ft )
Beam 36 m ( 118 ft )
Tonnage. 113,000 GT

She was built as a Cruise Ship, when looking at the photos of the Queen Anne’s exterior design and hull shape compared to the recent photos of the
Ocean Liner Queen Mary 2 exterior design and hull shape it’s easy to see the difference between the two ships that are designed for a different purpose.

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Largsbay Paul

Ocean Liner Queen Mary 2 at Circular Quay.
At the Overseas Passenger Terminal she looked very impressive from every angle.
Her paintwork was in very good condition considering QM2 sailed through a North Atlantic Storm in January with huge seas and gale force winds.

She sailed from Circular Quay at 1am to move to her anchorage at Athol Bay, she was near the beautiful Athol Beach and very close to Taronga Zoo. Her passengers were taken by Tenders to the Sydney Opera House on a warm sunny Autumn day.

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Largsbay Paul

Cunard Line’s Ocean Liner Queen Mary 2 made a welcome return to Sydney Harbour on Wednesday the 4th of March at the very early time of 5:30 am. It was a still morning with the water in Circular Quay looking like glass with wonderful reflections.

QM2 would only spend at day at Circular Quay before moving to Athol Bay at 1:am Thursday Morning to make way for another vessel. Her passengers were transported by tenders to the Sydney Opera House on a very warm Thursday. She Departed Sydney Harbour at 5:30 pm with her next port which is Brisbane, she is on a 109 day World Cruise arriving back in Southampton on April on the 30th of April 2026.

Azamara Onward sailed past QM2 on Wednesday Afternoon, she departed on a 21 day voyage to Hong Kong and her next ports are Mooloolaba, Airlie Beach, Cairns and arriving in Hong Kong on the 24th of March.

‪@CunardLineOfficial‬

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