Classic
Liners from great Trans-Atlantic liners or Liners sailing the
Globe and also Passenger-Cargo ships with 10 to 240 passengers
Photograph
by and © Chris Frame & Rachelle Cross, provided by Cunard
Media company - ‘FleishmanHillard’
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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-
The ssMaritime Main Index is
located Below & as well as at the Bottom of the
Page and be assured that you will discover a “Ship
lover’s delight” with over 700 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!
Email:
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I am sure there will still be many who will
recall the wonderful days of a voyage on one of the Elders &
Fyffes passenger-banana ships T.S.S Golfito and Camito, will
invoke countless romantic and seagoing memories. These ships
offered a long and a memorable voyage featuring tropical
nights and many wonderful ports of call, visiting some amazing
An excellent stern view of the TSS Camito
This is their story, as well as an introduction
to Elders & Fyffes Ltd beginnings and some of their earlier
ships. I am sure there will still be many who will recall the
wonderful days of a voyage on one of the Elders & Fyffes
passenger-banana ships T.S.S Golfito and Camito, will invoke
countless romantic and seagoing memories. These ships
offered a long and a memorable voyage featuring tropical
nights and many wonderful ports of call, visiting some amazing
This is their story, as well as an introduction to Elders & Fyffes Ltd beginnings and some of their earlier ships.
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the TSS
Golfito & Camito Feature
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A fine
photograph of RMS Carinthia arriving in
RMS Carinthia was Cunard’s second ship to
use this name, although the first SS Carinthia was a 5,598 GRT (Gross
Registered Tons) freighter, which was in service from 1895 to
1900. Thankfully, this superb was again used for two later
Passengers Liners, the first of these being completed in 1925 and
the second in 1956.
RMS Carinthia operated as a Trans-Atlantic
liner from Liverpool to
In 1939 she was refitted to become an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and the HMS Carinthia was stuck by a torpodoe from a German U-Boat, which saw her sink the next day. Read her interesting story and the many photographs, including those of SS Carinthia I and RMS Carinthia III.
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the RMS Carinthia II Feature
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The French passenger liner, SS Campana was
constructed by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson,
The SGTM liner SS Campana
Although SS Campana did have an intermission
for several years during WW2 when she remained in the Argentines
for safety sake, however, was used by the Argentine Government
under the name of Rio Jachal, operating return services between
However, in due course with the arrival of new liners being built by the company it was decided in 1955 to place her on the market and she was quickly purchased.
An Italian company, Grimaldi Sicula Oceanica,
who operated the ‘Grimaldi Siosa Lines,’ obtained the
SS Campana and renamed her T/v Irpinia, and she headed for
The turbine steam ship T/v Irpinia seen after her 1955 refit
T/v Irpinia also proved a most popular cruise
ship operating around the Mediterranean, thus in 1962 Grimaldi
Siosa Lines decided to do some amazing constructions on her, as
well as giving her an completely new interior, with 14 fine
public venues, and many more cabins with private facilities!
Externally, she became a more modern and a stylish looking ship
with a new fashionable single funnel and a new tall signal, radar
mast atop her Bridge and other streamlining along her decks, as
well as enclosing one of a huge lounge aft on
The
excellent and popular liner and cruise ship the motor ship, M/v
Irpinia is seen after 1962
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Part One of the 3 page … SS Campana & T/v Irpinia Feature
Part
Three has 2 T/v & M/v Irpinia Deck Plans, brochures and
memorabilia
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Flags of the Netherlands & Royal
August 2017: In mid July, I received a
wonderful story from a daughter, who was born in
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!
Enter the
Family Salden-Van Mulken Story - HERE
Or: www.ssmaritime.com/Sibajak-SaldenVanMulken-family.htm
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Union Steamship Company of
The 17,491 GRT Trans-Pacific passenger liner RMS Aorangi accommodated 970 passengers as built
RMS Aorangi was constructed by Fairfield
Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd.,
This magnificently appointed Trans-Pacific
Liner, operating a regular service from
During WW2 she served well as a troopship, a
supply ship, as well as a partial hospital ship sailing
worldwide. Later she became an accommodation ship and then the
flagship for the Commodore Fleet in
This amazing ship has a fine story to tell, and this feature has two pages, packed with countless photographs and is a must-read!
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the Two Page RMS
Aorangi feature
Page Two
covers her WW2 services
R.M.S. Circassia (III) the first of the identical trio of ships built in 1937
The first two of these three ships, RMS
Circassia and Cilicia were built pre-WW2, and both served on
their dedicated passenger service from Liverpool sailing via
Gibraltar,
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the Anchor Line Feature
I trust that the above new and updated feature 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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