Chandris Cruise Liner Galileo - Meridian Postcards

Galileo/Meridian

1963: Entered service as Galileo Galilei for Lloyd Triestino on their Italy-Australia service.

1979: Re-entered service for Italia Crociere after conversion to fulltime cruise ship.

1983: Sold to Chandris, re-entering service on Caribbean cruising as Galileo in 1984.

1988: After further rebuilding, renamed Meridian as a member of Chandris' new upmarket Celebrity Cruises.

1997: Sold to Sun Cruises (Singapore) and renamed Sun Vista.

20th May 1999: Sun Vista, ex-Galileo Galilei sunk off the Malaysian coast following an engine room fire. No fatalities reported.

Follow this link to see the earlier Lloyd Triestino and Italia career of Galileo Galilei.



An official Chandris Fantasy Cruises card of Galileo, printed in USA.


Chantry Classics card CC/S46 of Galileo, photographed by Errol Cornish at New York.


An oversized Celebrity Cruises card of Meridian.


An oversized Celebrity Cruises card of Meridian.


A Celebrity Cruises card of Meridian.


A Celebrity Cruises card of Meridian. Printed in Greece.


Simplon Postcards sc2049 released April 1994 of Meridian.
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Chantry Classics card CC/S46 of Meridian, photographed by Charles Kuntz at Philadelphia.
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CT Publishing card 003 of Meridian, photographed by Richard I.Weiss at New York, August 8th, 1991.
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Sun Vista
Sun Cruises official card of Sun Vista.


Another Sun Cruises official card (oversized advertising card).


Sun Cruises official photograph of Sun Vista.


Sun Vista on fire prior to sinking on 20th May 1999.






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