PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Alaska Steamship The liner sailed just a

The liner sailed just a few months before the oil crisis hit

This plan is lifted directly from the Italian Line

Formerly she was Canadian Pacific's EMPRESS OF BRITAIN of 1957

The model fits onto a custom cradle

While you're at it Monsieur Serveur

PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Alaska Steamship The liner sailed just aPrincess 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