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Britannia! Start Your Engines!

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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></div><div class="ExternalClass MsgBodyContainer" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-cke-saved-href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0051.jpg" href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0051.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6021" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0051.jpg?w=1210&amp;h=806" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0051.jpg?w=1210&amp;h=806" alt="Britannia Captain Paul Brown" originalw="605" width="605" height="403" originalh="402" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0051.jpg?w=605&amp;h=402" scale="2" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></div><div class="ExternalClass MsgBodyContainer" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></div><div class="ExternalClass MsgBodyContainer" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;">There was great excitement at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard near Trieste in Italy today as the engines of Britain’s biggest cruise ship,&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Britannia</span>, were started up for the first time by Formula One racing presenter Suzi Perry. Also on hand were Captain of the Britannia, Paul Brown and chief engineer, Sinclair Ross.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;">When working to full capacity, Britannia’s four engines will generate 62.4 Megawatts or 84,000 horsepower which is equivalent to the power generated by 168 supercars, allowing the 141,000 ton ship to cruise at a speed of 22 knots.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;">When the biggest ship built for the British cruise market sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to the Mediterranean on March 14, 2015 it will mark a change in holidays at sea.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;">Take a&nbsp;<a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/02/12/take-a-look-inside-po-cruises-britannia-new-images/" href="http://cruisemiss.com/2014/02/12/take-a-look-inside-po-cruises-britannia-new-images/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;">look inside</a>&nbsp;P&amp;O Cruises, Britannia!</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;"><a data-cke-saved-href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/10628572_10152655828790782_6752764425049702649_n.jpg" href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/10628572_10152655828790782_6752764425049702649_n.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6028" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/10628572_10152655828790782_6752764425049702649_n.jpg?w=605" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/10628572_10152655828790782_6752764425049702649_n.jpg?w=605" alt="Britannia P&amp;O Cruises" originalw="605" width="562" height="374" scale="2" style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;"><a data-cke-saved-href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0185.jpg" href="https://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0185.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-6023" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0185.jpg?w=988&amp;h=1482" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0185.jpg?w=988&amp;h=1482" alt="Britannia Engines 1" width="494" height="741" originalw="494" originalh="741" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/new_britannia_080914_0185.jpg?w=494&amp;h=741" scale="2" style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Image credit: James Morgan</span></p><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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