11.700 GRT, loa 159m, 220 crew, pax not applicable as she was sailing as a medical aid vessel at the time. She was built in Trieste Italy in 1953 as a cargo passenger liner Victoria for Lloyd Triestino and with her twin sister, Asia sailed to Pakistan, India and Far East destinations. When air lines took over her trade […]
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17.000 GRT, loa 176m, 250 crew, 911 passengers. Union Castle took the Kenya Castle into service in 1952. She was the second vessel in a series of three, she and her sisters Rhodesia Castle and Braemar Castle were built in 1951-1952. She sailed for Union Castle on the round Africa service She was sold to
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In 1956, P & O ordered a new flagship from the Belfast based yard Harland & Wolff (famous for building the ill-fated liner Titanic among others). The ship was to be of 45.000 gross tons, a length of 814 ft and a beam of 103 ft. Both inside and out, she would be most modern. Her machinery
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One of three contemporary well known British cruise ships, Andes, Caronia and Reina del Mar, Andes can be regarded as one of the finest passenger ships of her time. Andes could compete with Cunards famous Caronia of 1949 in terms of luxury and service. Originally, she had been built to the highest standards, as Royal Mail intended her to be
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