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Cunard's Caronia of 1948


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RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" . She is credited as one of the first dual-purpose ships: suited to cruising, but also capable of transatlantic crossings. After leaving Cunard she briefly served as SS Caribia in 1969, after which she was laid up in New York until 1974 when she was sold for scrap. While being towed to Taiwan for scrapping, she was caught in a storm on 12 August. After her tow lines were cut, she repeatedly crashed on the rocky breakwater outside Apra Harbour, Guam subsequently breaking into three.



 

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Cunard's Caronia of 1948



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Caronia - Cunard Official Postcards

Caronia Cunard White Star art Voyage Log (showing proposed white upperworks?)
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Cunard White Star & Cunard SS Co art postcards of Caronia with green upperworks (serials include B.139 7 B.276)
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk



Caronia Cunard art postcard in two versions with white upperworks (serial B.467) and the green upperworks as completed (serials include 1578,1819 & 2118)
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Caronia Cunard lettercard
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Caronia - Commercial Postcards

J.Salmon postcard 5194 of Caronia with white upperworks
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Valentine's postcard 1793 of Caronia
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Dover Publications postcard of Caronia
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Garish Galachrome postcard by Coastal cards, Clacton, of Caronia
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




J.Arthur Dixon postcard SS1145 of Caronia
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




O.W.Hoffman & Sweetman photo postcards of Caronia using the same official image
Other publishers also used the same image

Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Raphael Tuck photo postcard of Caronia
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Photo postcard of Caronia
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Gaby photo postcard of Caronia
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Photo postcard of Caronia at Messina
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Photo postcard of Caronia at Alger with CGT's Ville d'Oran
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Colour postcard PT2795 of Caronia at Southampton
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Foto Flatau (Panama) postcard FF-127 of Caronia leaving Miraflores Locks, Panama canal
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Hans Hartz Hamburg (HHH) postcard M183 of Caronia at Hamburg with Sagafjord and QE2
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Bild-Druck & Verrlag postcard 29A7001 by of Caronia at Hamburg
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Bild Druck (Lubeck) postcard 20A7540 of Caronia at Hamburg
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




Sødahl photo postcard of Caronia at Andalsnes
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk




The sad end of the Caribia (ex-Columbia, ex-Caronia) at Guam
Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - www.simplonpc.co.uk






Caronia - Cunard Launch Brochure

Pages from the launch brochure for Caronia
She was launched by Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth on 30th October 1947
A PDF File of the brochure is available on this link (6.5MB)

Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.uk Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.uk Cunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.ukCunard CARONIA of 1948 - launch Brochure - www.simplonpc.co.uk









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