- Flandre
- Carla C - Princess Carla - Carla Costa - Pallas Athena
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is devoted to postcards and photographs of the French Liner Flandre, later sold to Costa as their Carla C/Carla
Costa,
and chartered by them to Princess Cruises as Princess Carla. She ended her career
as Epirotiki
Lines'
Pallas
Athena,
when she caught fire at Piraeus.
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- Carla
C
- Carla
Costa
- Flandre
- Pallas
Athena
- Princess
Carla
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- Flandre (2)
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1952-1968)
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- The Flandre
and her sister Antilles were the first new large post-war
French liners. They were both launched with white hulls in 1951,
intended for the Caribbean service. The Antilles was actually
launched 6 months before Flandre, but Flandre was
completed first. During building it was decided to use her on
the North Atlantic routes, so she entered service with a black
hull.
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early French Line official card of Flandre shows her planned
appearance with white hull. She did receive a white hull in 1963
when she finally transferred to her designed route.
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following French Line official cards of Flandre show her
as delivered with a black hull.
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- Princess Carla
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Cruises Charter: 1968-70)
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- This ship
was originally the French
Line's
Flandre of 1951. Designed to operate on services to the
Caribbean, she was modified during construction for services
between le Havre and New York. She was not a successful ship
with CGT, suffering boiler and turbine problems. In 1963, her
hull was painted white and she switched to the West Indies service
for which she was designed. Her last voyage was in January 1968,
when she was bought by Costa Line and renamed Carla C. After a
very major conversion, she was handed over to Costa Line service in November
1968. However, they had already chartered her to Princess
Cruises,
so she entered service with their colours from Los Angeles, being
the first Princess
Cruises
ship to display the now famous logo on the funnel. Although marketed
as Princess Carla, her official name remained Carla
C throughout.
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- Two
Princess
Cruises
cards of Carla C/Princess Carla are shown below.
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- Carla C
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1970-84)
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- In 1970,
after the loss of Costa's Fulvia, the Princess Cruises charter was cancelled
and Carla C finally received Costa colours, as shown in
the three cards below. She operated Caribbean cruises until 1974,
when boiler problems prompted Costa to re-engine her with diesels.
Carla C then returned to Caribbean cruises. She received
another major refit in 1984, but was sold to Epirotiki in 1992
becomming the Pallas
Athena.
Her life with them was short, since she was destroyed by fire
in 1994.
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Official Costa postcard of Carla C.
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Official Costa postcard of Carla C.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
- Scan:
Ken Murayama.
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Official Costa postcard of Carla C.
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with extended exhaust pipe.
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Official Costa postcard of Carla C.
- Reissued
as Carla Costa (see below).
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- A
Costa art card of Carla C, from the Costa Liners set using
paintings by Stephen J.Card.
- Enlarged
images of the complete set are shown on this link.
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- Carla
Costa
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1984-92)
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- Carla
C was
renamed Carla Costa in 1984.
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- The
card above of Carla C, reissued as Carla Costa,
with additional yellow hull riband.
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- Pallas Athena
- (Epirotiki:
1992-94)
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- Carla
Costa
was sold to Epirotiki in 1992, and renamed
Pallas Athena. Her life with Epirotiki was short, since she was destroyed by
fire in 1994.
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- Official
Epirotiki cards of Pallas Athena.
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Epirotiki cards of Pallas Athena.
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- Pallas
Athena
at Bordeaux on a Compa Carterie postcard (serial 334032). An
enlarged view of the ship is shown below.
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