MS Pacific

Pacific Princess off the US West Coast in 1987
History
Name	1971–1975: Sea Venture 1975–2002: Pacific Princess 2002–2013: Pacific 2013: Acif
Owner	1971–1975: Flagship Cruises 1975–2002: Princess Cruises 2002–2012: Viagens CVC 2012–2014: CEMSAN
Operator	1971–1975: Flagship Cruises 1975–2002: Princess Cruises 2002–2008: Pullmantur Cruises/Viagens CVC 2008: Quail Cruises
Port of registry	1971–1975: Oslo,  Norway 1975–2002: London,  UK 2002–2012: Nassau,  Bahamas[1] 2012–2013: Lomé,  Togo
Builder	Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany
Cost	US$25 million[2]
Yard number	411[1]
Launched	9 May 1970[1]
Christened	14 May 1971[1]
Completed	1971
Acquired	14 May 1971[1]
Maiden voyage	8 May 1971[1]
In service	June 1971[1]
Out of service	August 2013[1]
Identification	Call sign: C6SB5 IMO number: 7018563 MMSI number: 311245000
Fate	Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2013[3]
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	19,903 GRT 3,390 DWT
Length	167.74 m (550 ft 4 in)
Beam	24.59 m (80 ft 8 in)
Draught	7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power	4 × Fiat C420,10SS 13,240 kW (combined)
Propulsion	2 propellers[4]
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (service)[4] 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) (maximum)
Capacity	626 passengers
General characteristics (as Pacific)[2]
Class and type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	20,636 GT
Decks	8
Capacity	640 passengers (lower berths) 750 (all berths)
Crew	350

MS Pacific was a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC from 2002 to 2013. She was built for Flagship Cruises in 1971 by the company Nordseewerke in Emden, West Germany, and named Sea Venture. Between 1975 and 2002 she was owned by Princess Cruises named Pacific Princess.

Pacific Princess was one of the ships used in the TV series The Love Boat, airing from 1977 to 1986.^[5] Much of the 1980 book More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin took place on board,^[6] and was later made into a miniseries, aired in 1998.

In 2008, Pacific was chartered by the newly-established Quail Cruises to operate cruises out of Valencia, Spain,^[7] but was retired from service when renovation work proved more expensive than had been anticipated, and was sold in 2012 to a ship breaking company. After that sale fell through, she remained laid up in Genoa for an extended period before being towed to Aliağa where she arrived on 6 August 2013 for demolition. Before she was dismantled, on 10 August 2013, there was a fatal accident in which there was a flood in the compartment below the engines. While electrical pumps were operating, two men were killed and nine injured by toxic exhaust gases.^[8]