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Southward
Southward - Seawing - Perla
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the 1971 Norwegian Caribbean Line cruise ship
Southward
, sold to
Airtours
in 1994, becoming their
Seawing
.
Following the success of NCL's
Starward
and
Skyward,
a second pair of sisters were ordered from Italian builders, to be named
Southward
and
Seaward.
The cost of the second ship increased following the nationalisation of the builders, and the order was cancelled. She eventually appeared as P&O's
Spirit of London
.
Southward
entered service in 1971, and operated with NCL, including service from California, until sold to
Airtours
in 1994, becoming the
Seawing
of
Sun Cruises
. From 2004 she joined the
Louis Cruise Lines
fleet, under the name of
Perla
. In 2005 she operated cruises out of Piraeus to the Greek Islands and Turkey, after a winter in the Far East. I have received a number of emails from recent passengers on
Perla
who were extremely disappointed with almost every aspect of the operation.
Ship Names on this Page:-
Southward
- NCL: 1971-94
Seawing
- Sun Cruises (Airtours): 1994-2004
Perla
- Louis Hellenic Cruises: 2004-
Associated Pages:-
Louis Cruise Lines
Norwegian Caribbean Line
Sun Cruises (Airtours)
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Southward
(NCL: 1971-94)
Southward
entered service with NCL in 1971, and operated with them (including service from California) until sold to Airtours in 1994, becoming their
Seawing
.
Two early official NCL cards of
Southward
are shown below.
An Astral Graphics postcard of
Southward,
serial SC11, printed by FISA in Spain.
Two oversized NCL postcards of
Southward,
shown reduced in size to speed loading.
Chantry Classics serial number CC/S148 of
Southward
, photographed by Charles S. Kuntz.
Catalina Island Postcard Co serial number B19488 of
Southward
.
This card shows the later coloures with red funnel logo.
California Scene serial number SD268 of
Southward
, at San Diego.
The widening of NCL operations resulted in the name change from Norwegian Caribbean to Norwegian Cruise Line. This card shows the later coloures with red funnel logo.
Seawing
(Sun Cruises: 1994- )
Seawing
was acquired by Sun Cruises (Airtours) in 1994.
Official Sun Cruises card AIR/SC/03 is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card AIR/SC/04 is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card C16375X of
Seawing
(at Palma?) is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card C16789X of
Seawing
(off Gibraltar) is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card C16790X of
Seawing
(at Villefranche?) is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card C16791X of
Seawing
(off Gibraltar) is shown below.
Official Sun Cruises card AC16825X of
Seawing
is shown below.
An enlargement of one image is shown below (the other three have been issued as postcards and are shown above).
Ramsey Postcards issue 115 of
Seawing
is shown below.
Perla
(Louis Hellenic Cruises: 2004- )
Louis Cruises postcard of
Perla
.
Scan: Rogerio Gouveia
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Louis Cruises image of
Perla
.
Photograph of
Perla
.
Photo: © Bert Pellegrom - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Perla
at Piraeus with
Ocean Monarch
Photo: © Tien-Lun Yao, 10th January 2007
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Perla
at Piraeus with
Ocean Monarch
Photo: © Tien-Lun Yao, 10th January 2007
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Perla
at Piraeus with
Ocean Monarch
Photo: © Tien-Lun Yao, 10th January 2007
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Perla
at Piraeus with
Ocean Monarch
Photo: © Tien-Lun Yao, 10th January 2007
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Perla
at Piraeus with
Ocean Monarch
and
Ivory
Photo: © Tien-Lun Yao, 10th January 2007
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Perla
in 2007
Photo: © Ernst Galutschek
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