article_snippet.sent: the country-house hotel-style cruise ship she is today became Minerva II for Swan Hellenic, serving the company for four years, then the Queen was Royal Princess for Princess Cruises.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Swan Hellenic has operated the country-house hotel-style cruise ship she is today twice.
article_snippet.sent: The first Minerva, built in 1989, was originally intended as a Soviet spy vessel.
article_snippet.sent: the Queen sailed for the one-ship cultural cruises company, accommodating 350 passengers, from 1996 until 2003, when, to the dismay of the Queen loyal passengers (known as the Swans), the Queen was replaced by Minerva II, with the Queen 650 berths.
article_snippet.sent: To the Swans’ joy, the more intimate Minerva returned to Swan Hellenic in 2008 and was given a multi-million-pound makeover during 2011.