Rose-class cruise ship

The Rose class is a class of cruise ships built for and operated by Pacifica Group’s Pacifica Cruise Lines and Aurora Cruises. A total of five Rose class ships were built at ’s shipyard at, , three for Pacifica and two for Aurora. The lead vessel and flagship of Pacifica’s fleet until 2018, Pacifica Rose, debuted in late 2007. Aurora Explorer, the first newbuild for Aurora, is a derivative of the Rose class that was delivered in 2012.

History
In 2004, the Pacifica Group ordered three cruise ships from for Pacifica Cruise Lines and the newly-acquired Aurora Cruises, with options for two further ships. The option was later exercised in 2008 when the first of the class entered service.

During a Pacifica press conference in March 2006, the name of the first Rose class vessel was announced as Pacifica Rose. The ship arrived in Herendoland and was officially handed over to Pacifica on October 29, 2007 and subsequently was placed into service the following month.

Pacifica Blossom was delivered to Pacifica in June 2009, followed by Pacifica Coral in April 2011. Aurora Cruises received its first Rose class ship, the Aurora Explorer, in March 2012, followed by the Aurora Navigator in September 2014. The Aurora variants are purpose-built for the European market and homeported in Nordic countries.

With the introduction of Pacifica Violet in 2018, Pacifica Rose underwent a major refit at the Sembcorp Marine shipyard in before being reallocated to homeport year-round out of Tseng.