Classic
Liners from great Trans-Atlantic liners or Liners sailing the
Globe and also Passenger-Cargo ships with 10 to 240 passengers
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read all about this Great Liner use the ssMaritime INDEX link
below;
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of these being converted War-Time Victory
Class ships, such as the type C3 & C4 Class Vessels. Some of
these ships were rebuilt into rather humble Migrant Liners,
whilst others became far more modern and even glamorous Migrant
Liners, such as Flotta Lauro’s TSS Roma and Sydney, as well
as Sitmar’s TSS Fairsky, and these ships made significant
inroads into maritime history. I hope that through the pages off
ssMaritime you will discover many wonderful memories, be it for
those past passengers and their relatives who may have sailed on
these wonderful ships, from days of old until their demise in the
late 1970s.
The
author is seen aboard the MV Athena in 2011 whilst on a-
Below area number of my last brand new features and updated ones, as well as the “Ship of the Month.”
ssMaritime’s Main Index is located just Below & also at the Bottom of the Page, be assured that you will discover a “Ship lover’s delight” with so many great ships, both Liners, Migrant Ships as well as Passenger-Cargo Liners and all of these will have you reading and returning for a long to come!
Enter the ssMaritime Main INDEX,
Or start by discovering my New
& Updated Features below
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Reuben Goossens
- Retired!
M.V. Funchal
The classic cruise ship, the M.V. Funchal has
been laid up in
The Funchal was expertly built by “Elsinore Shipyards” in Helsingør Denmark, and she has been one of the most loved and cherished ships, considering she is one of a very few superb Classic Liners that continued to operate as an extremely successful intimate yacht-like Cruise Ship.
S.S.
Funchal is seen during her maiden voyage at
This delightful 10,000 ton ship, has become a
favourite for countless of thousands around the world for
passengers who returned again and again just to cruise on this
fine ship. But the good news is in 1972 she headed for
She has been beautifully refurbished throughout in a classic style, and the intimate Funchal was given an all new interior, and had a massive amount of work done on her, including upgrading of her safety & satellite navigation technology, making her as modern as tomorrow where it counts!
It took more than 300 Kms of electrical cables,
as well as some 3 Kms of pipes and conducts. Over 500 tons of
steel was replaced on board the ship and on board these is some
15.000m2 of new ceilings and carpets and then there are new
furnishings throughout the ship and countless other new amazingly
beautiful luxuriant new fittings!
The Porto Bar, note the beautiful timber Bar and its intricate carvings on the inlaid pillars
This fine venue features fine leather lounge chairs and comfortable sofas along the sides
I am sure that all classic ship lovers,
especially those who have followed the career of the superbly
beautiful Funchal, which was originally built as a Trans-Atlantic
Liner as well as having served as the Presidential Yacht, they
will look forward to her once again navigating the oceans!
The
graceful bow of the M.V. Funchal will soon be heading Down-Under
Enter
my special Two Page M.V. Funchal Feature located on my; www.cruise-australia.com
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A Feature Covering Two of my much loved
and amazing small Norwegian Ships
This postcard shows off the M/S Blenheim’s beautiful sleek lines
These two fine small ships are favourites of
mine, for they really set a whole new maritime standard with Fred
Olsen having requested for some new designs for their two new
ships. Their designers came up with several ideas, but there was
one design that was completely revolutionary for those days as it
was so new! Thus it was chosen and the new ships would have
elegant long sleek lines, which made these small, almost 5.000
ton ships, look larger that they really were. In addition, they
would have a completely new style of radar mast that was combined
or part of what can only be described as a unique funnel located
of atop her Bridge, but set just slightly aft. Combined with her
overall design the complete package was simply outstanding!
This two page feature will cover both ships, as well having their Deck Plans on Page Two.
Enter below for my two page feature covering the simply beautiful Fred Olsen ships of the early 1950s
M/S Blenheim (2) & Braemar (1)
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Also
Visit: http://www.ssmaritime.com/Mercy-Ships-Africa-Mercy.htm
Flags
of the Netherlands & Royal
This is a delightfully written and a
comprehensive story regarding the family departing their hometown
down the south east of
Family photographs taken out on Deck and during the Crossing the Equator Ceremony
The story of the voyage was written, by (the now late) Mrs. Mia Van Mulken, and it is a beautifully told story that includes all of the ports of call. She brings the voyage back to life with her remarkable descriptions. Included are full colour brochures in Dutch, which can be enlarged, as well as a four-page Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Instruction letter re their voyage, etc, this letter is located on Part Two, which has yet another brochure and some further photographs.
An
aerial photograph of the M.S. Sibajak seen at Sea sailing at full
speed bound for
For interest, I have also updated all the other M.S. Sibajak pages to make them suitable for Google Chrome and some other search engines, but if you have problems, just head for good old Google!
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I trust that the above new and updated features above will be greatly enjoyed as they it has many new and/or larger photographs; in addition I have added new details to some of its and added additional details where applicable!
Reuben Goossens
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Also visit the “Save The Classic
Liners Campaign” pages
“Blue Water Liners sailing to the
distant shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go, and I watched them
die.”
Please Note: ssmaritime and associated sites
are 100% non-commercial and the author has never sought funding
or favours, never have and never will!
Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages
are either by the author or from the author’s private
collection. In addition, some images and photographs that have
been provided by Shipping Companies or private photographers or
collectors. Credit is given to all contributors however, there
are some photographs provided to me without details regarding the
photographer or owner concerned. Therefore, I hereby invite if
owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known
to me (my email address can be found on www.ssmaritime.com)
in order that due credit may be given.
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