As shown, the lead ship of the class during her early service in the late 1980's.
One of a pair of liners built during the 1980's for Imperial Indian, Pacific & Orient for the Wajuk-Toamasina run, they and their follow-on half-sisters of the late 1990's onwards continue to ply a trade that has vanished from the rest of the world's oceans. With the inter-Imperial air market incredibly tightly regulated, it is to the liner that the average woman of the Empire turns for her travel and relocation needs. With millions of citizens on both sides of the Indian Ocean, and much of the upper-class traveler having turned to the expensive but quicker air travel, the bulk of their passengers are of the sort who would take omnibuses in other countries, moving to new jobs and homes, visiting family, or otherwise hunting for the lowest fare. 960 First Class (the only class mixed parties of travelers and foreign citizens can book), 350 Second Class, 8,060 Third Class, 1,750 crew. ~125,000 GRT, ~140,000 tons displacement. Four pressurized-water reactors generating steam for 450,000 shaft horsepower transmitted via electric motors, 34 knot service speed, 38 knot reserve speed.