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- Media - Flavia
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- This ship was originally
built as the Cunard cargo-passenger liner Media of 1947.
She was sold to Cogedar
Line in 1961 and
rebuilt as the Europe-Australia emigrant ship Flavia.
In 1968 she was chartered to Costa
Line, who refitted
her as a cruise ship. She operated Caribbean cruises from Miami,
and was so successful, Costa bought her in 1969. Her engines
became troublesome, so she was sold in 1982. She was sold to
Hong Kong based C.Y. Tung Group. Her name was changed to Flavian
and was to commence cruising locally. Instead, she was laid
up for four years and was sold in 1986 to another Hong Kong shipping
company, Virtue Shipping, who changed her name to Lavia.
She remained laid up at anchor near Landau Island.
On January 7, 1989, but neglected Lavia caught fire. She
was completely gutted and her hulk was sold to
Taiwanese shipbreakers.
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- This
is an early official Cunard card of Media, with only partially
closed promenade deck.
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- A later
official Cunard card of Media, with fully glazed promenade
deck.
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- Official
Cogedar
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postcard of Flavia, posted from Curacao to the UK on 22/3/66.
The message reads:- "Now we are 700 miles from England
the weather is getting a lot warmer and I am out on the lido
deck sunning myself. The Atlantic is beautifully calm and ever
so blue, and we are all well and truly settled in now. In about
3 days it will start to get hot all the while so we can put our
sun bathing clothes on and get lovely and brown. There are quite
a few pregnant mums here on board so I'm not amongst strangers.
Some passengers are Dutch and German and all are very nice."
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- Official
Cogedar Line postcard of Flavia.
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supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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- A J.Arthur
Dixon card SS.7565 of Flavia in Cogedar Line colours.
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- Official
Cogedar Line postcard of Flavia.
- Scan
supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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- An unidentified
photographic card of Flavia in Cogedar Line colours.
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- Costa
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official postcard of Flavia.
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- Costa
official postcard of Flavia.
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- A Costa
art card of Flavia, from the Costa Liners set using paintings
by Stephen J.Card.
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images of the complete set are shown on this link.
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- Parthia - Remuera - Aramac
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- This ship was originally
built as the Cunard cargo-passenger liner Parthia of 1947,
used on intermediate Liverpool-New York or Canada services. The
sisters were uneconomic and were sold in 1961, Parthia going
to the P&O Group company New Zealand Shiping Co, renamed
Remuera. She re-entered service in June 1962 following
rebuilding of upperworks aft. In 1965 she was transferred within
P&O to the Eastern & Australian SS Co for their Hong
Kong-Melbourne service. Renamed Aramac. She was broken
up in 1969.
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- This
is the official Cunard card of Parthia.
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- A.Duncan
photographic card of Parthia.
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- This
an official Cunard card of the Long Gallery on Parthia.
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- This
an official Cunard card of the Drawing Room on Parthia.
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- Official
New Zealand Shipping Co postcard of Remuera. Note the
extended superstructure aft.
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- Official
Eastern & Australian SS Co postcard of Aramac.
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thanks to Michael kenyon for sending me the scan of this card.
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