As this MONA LISA/KUNGSHOLM Decked! is revisited eight years on, the lovely liner is dead-headed to Piraeus to destore fittings prior to being sold. It appears that two attempts to bring the ship to Sweden (the first to her former home port of Gothenburg and the second, to Stockholm) have officially collapsed. The ex KUNGSHOLM, [...]
The 1955-built mini-liner MV WAPPEN VON HAMBURG, after a long life and years of neglect, is about to embark upon a new life along the San Francisco waterfront as the MV AURORA. Part one of this Decked! feature details this handsome ship’s history from German coastal liner to pioneering cruise ship and Christian accommodation vessel [...]
The MS PHILIPPINES is the last surviving genuine Italian ocean liner, having spent the past 34 years in Asia, either laid up or in part time use as an adjunct to the Manila Hotel. This page shows the beautifully preserved ship in her original guise as Italian Lines’ proud motorliner AUGUSTUS of 1951. MS PHILIPPINES, [...]
During the Gold Rush thousands came to seek their fortune along the rivers of California. Today, treasure can still be found resting just below the east bank of the Sacramento River. The historic steamboat, DELTA KING has survived for over eight decades and today welcomes visitors to come aboard for a drink, a wonderful dinner [...]
Built at Penhoet, St. Nazaire as FRANCE Yard #G19 66,348 GRT 1,035 x 110.5 feet Quadruple Screw, geared CEM-Parsons geared turbines from builders 31, max 35.21 knots 160,000 shaft horsepower 407 First Class, 1,637 Tourist Class passengers When the SS FRANCE was launched by Madame Charles De Gaulle on May 11 1960, the great era [...]
Sestri Sisters: A Float Out at Fincantieri’s near Genoa-based shipyard for the newbuilding MV MARINA and steel cutting for her twin, the MV RIVIERA. Problogue: Thursday, February 25, 2010 Jogging in Genoa! Ah, Genoa! I was delighted to be back in the Ligurian maritime capital once more, this time with the added treat of visiting [...]
On January 12, the keel of the 130,000 gt CARNIVAL MAGIC, second in the CARNIVAL DREAM platform of ships, was laid at the Monfalcone (near Trieste) shipyard of Fincantieri. The ship is due for completion in June of 2011. The event was attended by key shipyard personnel overseeing the building of the latest “Fun Ship”. [...]
M.V. COHO: 50 YEARS OF RELIABLE SERVICE by Shawn J. Dake Published December 2009. Photo credits, all photos by Shawn J. Dake c.2009 unless otherwise stated. For an ocean-going vessel to reach the age of 50 is quite an accomplishment. To span a career of over five decades under the same name, ownership and on [...]
MV AKDENIZ Decked! Owners: Istanbul Technical University Maritime Facility Builders: A.G. Weser, Bremen (hull #1293) Registry: Istanbul, Turkey Gross Tonnage: 7,864 Length: feet/144.31 meters Beam: feet/18.6 meters Draft: feet/6.17 meters Passengers: 314 (1,560 as built) Crew: 158 Service Speed: 16 knots Propulsion: twin screws powered by M.A.N. diesels (7,240 bhp) Please click on image to [...]
Cruise Report: BAHAMAS CELEBRATION by Michael Bennett, July 2009 Port Everglades, FL – Nassau Paradise Island, Bahamas BAHAMAS CELEBRATION departing Port Everglades Let’s say you’re a woman of a “certain age”. You’ve spent your entire life selflessly looking after others, carrying their considerable burdens, trekking back and forth across a northern sea. After almost three [...]
