Princess Cruises, which is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, said it had sold the 1999 built Pacific Princess of 30,277 gross tons to an undisclosed buyer.

The sale of the smallest ship of Princess Cruises is in line Carnival group’s plan to accelerate the removal of less efficient ships from its fleet.

Pacific Princess was built as R3, as one of eight similar ships to the now defunct Renaissance Cruises in France and it joined Princess Cruises’ fleet in 2002.

“The boutique-style ship offered an intimate cruising environment, with a total of just 670 passengers, but incorporated many of the dining and entertainment options available on the cruise line’s larger cruise vessels,” Princess Cruises said.

At one point. Princess Cruises operated three of the former Renaissance Cruises’ ships. Carnival said recently that it would axe 19 older ships from its fleet, one more than previously planned, of which 15 had left its fleet at the time.