Built under yard No 414 by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH, Emden, Germany for K.S. Cruise Venture A/S & Co. (Norwegian Cruiseship A/S,) Oslo.
06 March 1971 launched without any ceremony.
Tonnage 19.907 grt, 11.655 net, 3.390 dwt., dim. 168.74 x 24.64 x 15.17m., draught 7.52m.
Powered by four 10-cyl S.C. SA oil engines, manufactured by Fiat SGM, Turin, Italy, geared to two shafts, 18.000 bhp., speed 19 knots.
Passenger accommodation for 767 passengers, and 317 crew.
20 November 1971 she made her first trial.
14 December 1972 at Oslo she was christened and named ISLAND VENTURE.
04 January 1972 delivered to owners.
Used thereafter in cruises from New York to Hamilton, Bermuda, managed by Flagship Cruises Ltd., New York.
September 1972 Fearnley & Eger A/S, Oslo bought out Oivind Lorentzen A/S, Oslo, the other shareholder in the ship.
14 December 1972 Fearnley & Eger, renamed the vessel in ISLAND PRINCESS, after she was chartered by Princess Cruises. The owner of Princess Cruises, Stanley B. MacDonald when he began operating cruises with chartered vessels, the first he employed was the Canadian PRINCESS VICTORIA, and he adopted the name Princess Cruises when he set up the business and the naming system followed logically.
Sailed Fort Lauderdale 28 November 1972 for her positioning voyage to Los Angles, and was first used by her new charter for a 17 day voyage to Hawaii, after her return to Los Angles used in cruise voyage from.
04 December 1974 sold to P&O Lines Ltd. (P&O passenger Division, managers), London. Not renamed.
11 Feb. 1986, operated by Princess Cruises, (managed by P&O Lines Ltd.)
Her passenger accommodation then given as 644 passengers.
She and her sister the PACIFIC PRINCESS starred in the Love Boat, the television series which was a major catalyst in the development of cruising in North America
20 June 1986 company restyled P&O Lines (Shipowners) Ltd. (P&O Lines Ltd., managers.
She was mostly making cruise voyages from the U.S.A. to the Caribbean waters.
May 1999 Sold to Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Panama, renamed in HYUNDAI PUNGAK. The intention was to used her in the cruise trade with South Korean residents to North Korea, I am not sure she ever has made a voyage between the two countries, the relations again became sore between the two nations in that time.
2001 Sold to Fiducia Shipping Co. S.A., Panama and renamed PLATINUM.
2002 Renamed in DISCOVERY.
2004 She is owned by Discovery Cruises, under Bermuda registry, managed by Shipping & General, Montreux, Switzerland. Used for discovery cruise voyages around the world.
2004 She carried for a short time the name ANDAMAN VICTORIA, and then again renamed in DISCOVERY
2007 IMO No. 7108514, Call sign ZCDG2. Passenger accommodation given as 600 passengers. Her owner is now given as Voyages of Discovery Ltd., Burgess Hill, United Kingdom, and managed by V Ships Leisure Sam, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
2009 In service, same name and owner.
Antigua 1989 $3 sg1287, scott 1193.
Barbuda 1989 $3 sg1132
Source. Marine News. Sea Breezes. P& O a fleet History, World Ship Society. US Passenger Liners since 1945. Some websites. http://www.equasis.org