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All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise sites are 100% non-commercial
and privately owned. Be assured that I am NOT associated with any shipping or
cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations!
Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry for over 60
years, but due to age and poor health, I was forced to retire. Yet, I have
completed well over 1,350 Classic Liner, Passenger-Cargo Liners as well as
countless humble converted C3 converted humble Migrant Liners, which brought
countless thousands of Europeans to the new world. I trust these features will
continue to provide Classic Ship enthusiasts not just the information they are
seeking, but more so provide a great deal of pleasure and memories!
Ships of the Month
“Rederi
A/S Pulp Company”
Ex
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Month” or keep on reading
Introduction:
Welcome to ssMaritime.com. During 2019 I have managed to add a few Classic Liners to ssMaritime as I already had them in on file partially completed, in addition, I also slowly updated some of my earlier features, for believe me some of them really needed a good clean up, and sadly there are many more that need work. But as most of my readers will know, for a very long time I have been suffering from a variety of extreme health issues, as well as having poor eye sight these days, and all this is sadly slowing me down greatly, and continuing this site and adding new ships, which I love to do so much is now suffering greatly! Therefore, I only do a little work whenever I am able, and I will do my very best whenever possible to add a “Company” or a “Ship of the Month” but now this will only be done on a quarterly basis (give or take), but from now on ships will be from those I already have online, and there are so many wonderful and interesting ships, I am sure you would like to discover!
Please note,
due to the flood of emails that arrive each and every day, I no longer
personally reply to the vast majority of the emails received, as 99.9% of the
emails will be taken care of by my friend and carer
However, I do
have schedules for the three Dutch liners MS
Sibajak,
Looking Back:
It is hard to believe, that I have now written
on well over 1,350
ships, including so many of the great Passenger Liners, but also many
Passenger-Cargo Liners, and not to forget those Victory - C3 ships some that
became humble migrant liners, but others received amazing rebuilding programs
and became fine modern liners with excellent facilities. I have also covered a
good number of Classic Cruise Ships, some have now gone and have been broken
up, but there are some that still sailing, in fact there is one ship aged today
and amazing 72 years (2020) and she is in perfect condition in Class!
Below is a small view of some of the ships online, but the ssMaritime INDEX has a full listing of all the ships I have covered and so much more!
The
Great Trans-Atlantic Liner and Cruise Ship the
Of
course she was refitted a good number of times including having been given new
diesel engines
Please
Note; the QE2 is now open as a Luxury Hotel in
Visit
my comprehensive Hotel
Queen Elizabeth 2 feature
The
Dutch M.S. Randfontein sold in 1971 to become the
she was based in
In addition, there are also a good number of humble Migrant ships, many of these being converted War-Time C3 & C4 Class Vessels, and the two ships shown below, both were converted into fully operational aircraft carriers, The ship seen below received a more simple exterior refit like most in this class, but she did have some delightful and more traditional German style public venues.
Laid down as a C3 Class ship in 1941, and used as an aircraft carrier in WW2
Converted
into a migrant ship the
And received an extensive refit and renamed Seven Seas in 1953
Whilst other C-Class ships were rebuilt into
fine looking Migrant Liners, being delightfully modern and even glamorous
ships. Ships that come to mind are the Italian Flotta
Another 1941 C3 Class ship that served during WW2 but as an ugly escort aircraft carrier
She
was sold to Sitmar Line to become
In
the early 1970s she became a very popular Australian based cruise ship
The
wonderful M/v
to Portsmouth (UK), via Asia &
the
I
loved her when she was the
Special News Item
The MV Astoria, originally built in 1948, will sail her final Cruise with Cruise & Maritime Voyages on October 19, 2020,
13 night “Norway & Land of the Northern Lights” Cruise.
Visit
MV-Astoria her final cruise after 72 years of
sailing - the full story
The
MS Stockholm IV full history on ssmaritime.com
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In Conclusion:
I must say a very special thank you, to all ship lovers from around the world, for I have been astounded that there have been so many of you reading this site, in fact friends ssMaritime.com has reached as of recently over 534.3 million readers, and that, dear friends simply blows my mind! And please remember, that all my maritime/cruise sites have always been and will remain 100% non-commercial, for my purpose has been to provide wonderful and hopefully joyful memories to past passengers from around the world, and those who really love passenger liners and older cruise ships! Be assured, it has been a great joy for me to present these many classic ships to, and it has been a joy to have been able to write for so many years, thus all I can say is; go and enjoy the well over 1,350 wonderful maritime memories, and I pray that after a lifetime of sharing my love of these fine ships with you, that they will live long after me to give knowledge to a new generation and wonderful memories to those who remain!
ssMaritime’s Main Index is located just Below & as well at
the Bottom of the Page, be assured that you will discover a “Ship
lover’s delight” with so many great ships, both Liners, humble
Migrant Ships as well as some wonderful Passenger-Cargo Liners from countless
countries around the globe, and all of these will have you reading and
returning for a long time to come!
Dear Mr.
Goossens … just some of the emails of
thanks received over the years.
It is my greatest desire that the ships I have
covered will provide many memories of their days now mostly long gone, but for
those who were fortunate to have sailed on some or more of the ships I have
covered I pray will have brought some joy to your heart!
Maritime
Historian; Working and involved in the Passenger Shipping & Cruise Industry
for over 60 years.
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Or Continue to
Read the “Company
- Ships of the Month”
Company’s
of the Month
“Rederi
A/S Pulp Company”
Ex
The
humble migrant ship
Photograph with thanks “State Library of Victoria”
The
The
standard C-3 Class cargo ship,
Although she made several voyages after
completion, she was rapidly commissioned by the US Navy for rebuilding into a “
The HMS Archer D78 is seen at sea around 1943
Towards the end of World War Two, in 1945 she
was remanded for a short time M.S. Empire Lagan. Then in 1946 the boxy looking
ship was purchased by
A
postcard of the
Mid 1955 she was sold to a Greek company; “Compagnia
Navigazione
Tasmania SA”, of
The
“Hellenic Mediterranean Line” M.S.
In 1960 she was sold to the “China Union Lines” of
There is a Three Page comprehensive feature
covering this well known ship, which has a fine wartime career, carried
countless thousands of Displaced persons from Europe to
Visit my Three Page MS Anna Salen Feature
“Blue Water Liners sailing to the
distant shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them
die.”
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“Blue
Water Liners sailing to the distant shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them
die.”
Over
the years, I have received many Dear Mr. Goossens emails of thanks & here are just some of them
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