Cruise passengers return home

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Passengers on the MV Van Gogh were on the Portuguese island port of Funchal from Tuesday as a result of a legal dispute.

They got under way on the last leg to the UK on Thursday after the boat's owners reached agreement with administrators.

A spokesman for Van Gogh Cruises said the boat arrived back in Falmouth, Cornwall, at around 8pm on Sunday.

"The report from the ship was that passengers were in good fettle," he added.

"They were happy to be coming home and they have had a wonderful time. We are just delighted that the ship is coming in now."

The cruise liner set sail on January 4 for a round-the-world trip costing its 460 passengers anything up to £9,000.

It took in the Mediterranean, Egypt, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Tahiti, New Zealand, Sydney, Mauritius and Cape Town.

Passengers were due to arrive in Falmouth on Saturday but a dispute between the administrators of Travelscope, the previous operator, and current owners Dutch-owned Club Cruise resulted in a court order detaining the vessel in Funchal. Receivers had the MV Van Gogh impounded while trying to claw back £1.5 million from the current owners.

The cruise was originally booked through Travelscope but, after it went into administration, Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) arranged for the Van Gogh trip to go ahead in a one-off arrangement.