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MV
Built as MV Bremerhaven, then renamed:
MV Madagascar Refit
MV Viking Bordeaux
just prior concluding services and being laid up in
Photographer
unknown – Please read photo notes at bottom of page
In May 2005 Indian Ocean Cruises (IOC) purchased the
Viking Bordeaux, which had been laid up for twelve months in the
After completion she departed
*Photographs of her refit were provided by Mr. Boynton
ex Managing Director of IOC, which reveals the extensive work undertaken.
As can be seen from the last six photographs below,
she looks magnificent and she will require little maintenance for quite some
time. I have added no further commentary this page as the photographs speak for
themselves.
The Viking Bordeaux had been part of the
“Save the Classic Liner Campaign” for some time and had been overjoyed
when IPOC had obtained her. However, upon her decline, I again placed her back
online on the Campaign page and Mr. Ian Powel contacted me and commenced the
process of purchasing her for his new company “Razzmatazz Ocean
Cruises.” She was to have been renamed MV Razzmatazz. As stated on page
one, the sale did not go ahead die to the owners ridiculous ever changing
demands, and she was eventually sold at auction in April 2008 and again in
September to the breakers. This fine little ship has now sadly been broken up
at Alang
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph
by & © Mr. Boynton ex Managing
Director of IOC South
Photograph by & ©
Mr. Boynton ex Managing Director of IOC South
MV
Madagascar seen laid up in
Photographs by Jason Prismall
MV Stella Maris II – INDEX:
Page
One … Stella Maris -
History Page - Including
her final days as the Razzmatazz
Page Two … Stella Maris - Deck Plan – Covering MV
Page Three … Madagascar - the
2005 refit – Including the ship she never was - the MV
Razzmatazz!
Also
Read … SS Stella
Maris I – The ship that started it all!
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on other sites, yet these individuals either refuse to provide credit or remove
them when asked, knowing full well that there is no legal comeback when it
comes to the net. However, let us show these charlatans up and do the right
thing at all times and give credit where credit is due!
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