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- Duke of York - Fantasia
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- The Fantasia was
previously the British Railways steamer Duke of York. She was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935, as
a two-funnelled steamer for the LMS Railway's Heysham-Belfast
service. After service in WW2, Duke of York was rebuilt with a single funnel. She was transferred
to the Harwich-Hook of Holland route, after passing from the
LMS to British Railways. In May 1953, Duke of York had
a serious collision, in fog, with the American freighter Haiti
Victory. The bow section was sheered off completely. She
reappeared with a new, more modern bow.
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- She was sold to Chandris
Lines, and entered service in 1964 as the Fantasia. She ran mainly on
cruises in the Eastern
Mediterranean, with some winter charters to religious tour groups.
She was withdrawn in the mid-seventies and scrapped in Spain.
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- Fantasia
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- Duke of York
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- The Duke of
York was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935, as a two-funnelled
steamer for the LMS Railway's Heysham-Belfast service.
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- This
real photographic card, published by W.E.Walton of Belfast, shows
the Duke of York as built with two funnels.
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- Photographic
postcard of Duke of York with two funnels.
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- Photographic
postcard of Duke of York with two funnels.
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- This
crudely faked photo is of one of the earlier Heysham-Belfast
Dukes, not the Duke of York as claimed.
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- After
service in WW2, Duke of York was rebuilt with a single
funnel.
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was transferred to the Harwich-Hook of Holland route.
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is an official British Railways card of the period.
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- In May
1953, Duke of York had a serious collision, in fog, with
the American freighter Haiti Victory. The bow section
was sheered off completely. She reappeared with a new, more modern
bow, as shown in this Bridge House card.
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- British
Railways official postcard of Duke of York.
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- Fantasia
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- Chandris
official card of TSS Fantasia, printed in England
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- A very
similar card, but using a slightly different photograph.
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the different covers on the lifeboats.
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- This
official Chandris Cruises card purports to be the Fiorita,
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is in fact a rather poor painting of Fantasia.
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