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Carinthia

 

Carinthia - Fairland - Fairsea - Fair Princess - China Sea Discovery

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Cunard liner Carinthia, which had a long subsequent career with Sitmar Line and Princess Cruises. She was one of four sisterships built by Cunard between 1954-57:- Saxonia - Ivernia - Carinthia - Sylvania. Carinthia served with Sitmar Line between 1968-1988 as Fairland and Fairsea. Sitmar were bought by P&O Princess Cruises in 1988 and the renamed Fair Princess operated until 2001. After a short and undistinguished period as far Eastern gambling ship China Sea Discovery, she was broken up in 2005, briefly renamed Sea Discovery for the voyage to the breakers.

 

 

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Carinthia - Cunard Line: 1956-68

Fairland - Sitmar: 1968-71

Fairsea - Sitmar: 1971-88

Fair Princess - Princess: 1988-2001

China Sea Discovery - 2001-

 

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Carinthia

(Cunard Line: 1956-68)

 

21900 tons, 608ft long, 860 passengers

 

1: Rotterdam-Southampton-Le Havre-Quebec-Montreal service

2: Liverpool-Greenock-Quebec-Montreal service, also cruises

 

 

A Cunard Line official card of Carinthia.

(serial numbers B.1469, B.1968, B.2119 & B.2280 are all available on this card)

 

 

 

An "After the Battle" postcard of Carinthia (serial number P132).

 

 

 

Photo Precision postcard PT19371 of Carinthia at Liverpool.

 

 

 

Harold Jordan postcard L6 of Carinthia at Liverpool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairland

(Sitmar Line: 1968-71 )

 

 

Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton before conversion.

Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon L1/8860/Hants.

 

 

 

Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton.

Enlarged imege from the card above.

 

 

 

Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton.

Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon PHA/21473/Hants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fairsea

(Sitmar Line: 1971-88)

 

Sitmar Cruises official postcard of Fairsea.

 

 

 

Sitmar Cruises oversized official postcard of Fairsea in Alaska.

 

 

 

Enlarged image from the oversized official postcard of Fairsea above.

 

 

 

Sitmar Cruises oversized official postcard of Fairsea.

 

 

 

Commercial postcard of either Fairsea. or Fairwind at Cabo San Lucas (Mexico).

 

 

 

Fairsea (2) in drydock in San Francisco, 1981.

Photo: Dom Costa.

Click on image to open larger version in new window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Princess

(Princess Cruises: 1988-97)

 

Sitmar's Fairwind and Fairsea became the Dawn Princess and Fair Princess within the Princess Cruises fleet. Both ships were eventually displaced by new tonnage, and Dawn Princess was subsequently sold back to the Vlasov Group (owners of Sitmar) and has since operated as Albatros. Fair Princess was moved to serve the Australian market, replacing the Fairstar which was scrapped in 1997. She was in turn due to be replaced by Sky Princess, ex-Fairsky.

 

 

Princess Cruises oversized postcard of Fair Princess.

 

 

 

Princess Cruises oversized postcard of Fair Princess.

 

 

 

Princess Cruises oversized postcard of Fair Princess.

 

 

 

Princess Cruises oversized postcard of Fair Princess.

 

 

 

Enlarged image from the Princess Cruises postcard above of Fair Princess.

 

 

 

Chantry Classics postcard CC/S42 of Fair Princess.

Photo: © Dave Straka.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Princess

(P&O Cruises Australia: 1997-2001)

 

 

Fair Princess received a P&O buff funnel when moved to Australia, replacing the Fairstar which was scrapped in 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Sea Discovery

(2001- )

 

Photo: © Chung Yu Tse.

 

 

 

Photo: © Chung Yu Tse.

 

 

 

Photo: © Chung Yu Tse.

 

 

 

Photo: © Chung Yu Tse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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