Pacifica Cruise Lines

Pacifica Cruise Lines (PCL) is an Australian-based Herendish cruise line brand wholly owned by Pacifica Group, founded in 1970 in Turiz, Herendoland. It is among the largest cruise lines and is the third-largest by passengers behind and.

History
Pacifica Cruise Lines was originally founded in 1970 as FH Pacifica, a division of the government-owned Herendish National Railways (FH). The division was formed as a result of FH wanting to compete with up and coming cruise lines in the late 1960s in addition to FH Ferry. In 1971, FH Pacifica acquired its first ship, the Cercadas and placed it into service after an extensive refit in April 1972.

In 1976, FH spun off and privatised its non-rail businesses, including FH Pacifica. After its third ship Meidelo was acquired in 1977, Pacifica turned to building purpose-built cruise ships. In 1983, Pacifica launched their first newbuild, the Lotus. Its success resulted in two more identical ships, the Lavender and Hibiscus, forming Pacifica’s Lotus class.

Pacifica introduced the Jasmine class in 1995 and its subsequent Lilac sub-class in 2000. In 1994, Pacifica retired the Cercadas and subsequently began to retire its older equipment. Pacifica acquired the Arolan cruise line Aurora Cruises in 2002. In 2004, Pacifica announced plans to launch a new class of cruise ships, which would later become the Rose class in 2007, and unveiled a new logo in 2006.

The 150,000 GT Violet class was announced in 2014, built and designed by. The first of the Violet class, its namesake, was launched in 2018.