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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
NEW … 12 Page Updated Feature
Three Dutch Victory Ships
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Presenting The …
“Cunard Line”
“Royal
Dutch Mails”
1947 to 1961 when she was sold to become the …
“Cogedar Line”
2. T/S.
1961 to 1982
(but continued under other names until 1989)
Go directly to “Ships of the
Month” or Keep On Reading
Introduction:
Welcome to ssMaritime.com. During 2019 and this tragic COVID-19 year (2020), I have managed to add a few new Classic Liners to ssMaritime due to me already having them on file and partially completed. In addition, I also slowly updated some of my earlier features, for believe me some of these really needed a good tidy 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 extremely poor health, as well as having poor eye sight these days, and it is sad to say that I have now been forced to stop, all I will be able to do at the most is,l whenever 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 I am able, update this FrontPage and add a “Company / Ship of the Month” but as of today, this will only be done on a quarterly basis (give or take), but these will be ships that I already have online, and there are so many wonderful and interesting ships, I am sure you would like to discover!
Please Note - re EMAILS, due to the flood of emails that arrive each and every day, I
no longer personally reply to the majority of emails received daily, 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 M.S.
Sibajak,
Looking Back:
It is hard to believe, that I have now written
on well over 1,355
ships (I have long stopped counting), there are many of the great well-known Passenger
Liners, but also countless Passenger-Cargo Liners, and not to forget those wonderful
Victory - C3 ships, many of which became humble migrant liners, but some of
them where given 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 are
still sailing, in fact there is one superb ship aged an amazing 72 years (2020)
and she is in such perfect condition and in Class!
One of
these Classic Cruise Ships still sailing is the amazing M/v
The
wonderful M/v
to
Portsmouth (UK), one via Asia & the Suez
& the next one via the
I loved this amazing ship when she was the “Classic
International Cruises”
The
MV Astoria, originally built in 1948, is said to 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
Below are
just several ships that I have online, but remember that the ssMaritime INDEX
has a complete listing of the well over 1,355 classic liners and cruise ships
that I have covered over the countless years I have been doing this!
Friends, it is my sincere hope, that through the pages of ssMaritime you may rediscover some wonderful memories, be it for a ship you have sailed on, being a past passenger, or searching for your relatives who may have sailed on one of these amazing ships, from days of old until their demise in the late 1970s to the 1990s, for I am sure that I will have the ship for you online!
Please
Note; the greatly loved ex Cunarder QE2 is now open as a Luxury Hotel in
Visit
my comprehensive Hotel
Queen Elizabeth 2 feature
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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 now reached over 537 million readers, and that, dear friends is simply beyond belief! 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 1,355 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!
Dear Mr.
Goossens … here you will discover 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.
Do not send me emails requesting passenger
or crew lists or sailing schedules. See the special
note at my email address at bottom of this page for there are just three ships
that are excluded. All other emails requesting passenger or crew lists and
sailing schedules will be automatically deleted!
Or ENTER
HERE
View some of the finest Classic Passenger Liner paintings by world renowned artists
on the ssmaritime Maritime Art page!
Or
continue to read the “Company /
Ships of the Month” below
Company / Ships of the Month
Updated 12 Page Feature
The
As most of my readers will know, I have been rather ill for a long time, but over the past year I have been slowly working on this extensive feature, as it desperately needed updating! I am so glad that it is finally finished and I am delighted to announce its completion. The reason I am lacing it on the Ships of the Month section is because I seem to receive almost more emails re these three ships than most other migrant liners!
Although these wartime built Victory Class ship were very humble and simple ships, yet amazingly up on their top deck, what was the ships superior class section, they carried some of the world’s most important personalities, including the US President’s closest advisors in the White House, and other major stars and dignitaries! They tended to remain on their deck in a small lounge and dinning room far forward. Whilst the vast majority of the ship was occupied by other passengers, who were not permitted on the top deck, and thus remained on their own decks, which had a good number of lounges. Their very large dinning room tended to have three sittings, due to the large number of passengers.
They operated between
Enter
the Three Dutch Victory Class Ships
Feature
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The “Cunard Line”
R.M.S.
(1947 to 1961)
She was sold to become the magnificent - completely rebuilt ultra modern …
“Cogedar Line”
“
(1961 to 1982)
Thereafter, she remained mostly laid up under the names ‘Flavian’ & ‘Lavia’ until 1989
R.M.S. Media:
The R.M.S. Media and her twin sister the
R.M.S. Media was launched
R.M.S. Media
The Media became much sought after ship by
many celebrities as they were smaller ships having an intimate and luxurious
atmosphere and of course having a smaller number of passengers than the
majority of ships at the time. One of the much loved film stars who used the
Media frequently was the beautiful
However, by the late 1950’s passenger number began to drop and it
was finally decided that in 1961 to sell the Media and she was obtained by the
Italian Cogedar Line. The Partial was also sold in 1962
and was obtained by the “New Zealand Shipping Company” and she was
renamed
T/S Flavia:
T/S Flavia
The “Media” was sold for £740,000
pounds to “Cogedar Line” in July 1961 however she continued her
original scheduled Trans-Atlantic schedules until September 30, 1961.
Thereafter, she was destored and was officially
handed over to Cogedar Line in
Within a few days she departed Liverpool and
headed for
Her 8 Part feature will cover every detail of both the R.M.S. Media and the Flavia, complete with countless photographs and Deck Plans, etc.
The
elegant T/S Flavia
Enter the 8 page RMS Media & T/S Flavia Feature
Also covers R.M.S. Media’s identical sister the R.M.S. Parthia on Parts One, Two & Three
Also
includes links to Cogedar Line ships the; M.S. Flaminia & M.S. Aurelia
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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
Or ENTER HERE
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Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages are by; the author or from the author’s private collection. In addition there are some images that have been provided by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Credit is given to all contributors. However, there are some photographs provided to me without details regarding the photographer/owner concerned. I hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me per email address, which is located above in order that due credit may be given.
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