This was built as a Saxonia class ocean liner for the Cunard Line and was used by them until 1968 when she was sold to for the Sitmar Line, rebuilt into a full-time cruise ship and renamed SS Fairsea. In 1988 Sitmar was sold to P&O and this ship was renamed SS Fair Princess and sailed for Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises until 2000. She was then sold to China Sea Cruises and renamed SS China Sea Discovery. She was scrapped in Alang, India. in the mid 2000s.
Tonnage: 21,946 grt
Displacement: 8,500 metric tons deadweight
Length: 185.40 metres (608 ft 3 in)
Beam: 24.39 metres (80 ft)
Draught: 8.70 metres (28 ft 7 in)
Installed power: 4 × John Brown steam turbines; combined 18,277 kW
Propulsion: Two propellers
Speed: 19.5 knots (36.11 km/h; 22.44 mph) service speed; maximum 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Capacity: 868 passengers
Crew: 461
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