Atlas, 16,000 GRT, loa 155m, 600 passengers. Although originally planned as the freighter Dinteldijk for Holland America Line, she was delivered in 1952 as the transatlantic liner Rijndam for the Rotterdam – New York service. In 1964 she switched to Australia/ New Zealand service. 1966/ 1967 she sailed for a German sister company of the

Assedo, 20,500 GRT, loa 176m, 750 passengers. Built in East Germany in 1968. One of a series of five vessels (the others being Ivan Franko, Mikhail Lermontov, Alexandr Pushkin and Taras Shevchenko) Sailed on cruises mostly in European waters mainly for British CTC Cruises and in her later years for Italian Grandi Viaggi. Before her

She was one of Royal Caribbean’ Cruises first trio of ships and sailed for RCL from 1970 until 1995 as their Nordic Prince. In 1980 she was lengthened at the Wartsila shipyard  by adding a midship-section of 26 mtrs. Sold to Sun Cruises in 1995 and renamed Carousel. RCL demanded her Sky Lounge (a lounge attached to

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