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Cogedar Line

 

 

These pages are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Cogedar fleet.

 

Cogedar was an acronym for Compagnia Genovese di Armamento. their first passenger ship was the Flaminia, following a rebuild of the freighter Genova in 1954. They subsequently acquired two further passenger ships, the Canadian Pacific Beaverbrae, and Cunard's Media, becoming the Aurelia and Flavia respectively. Costa Line had always had a financial interest in Cogedar, and in 1968 they took over the line completely. Aurelia was sold to Chandris Lines, and Flavia joined the the Costa Lines fleet.

 

 

Ships on this Page:-

Flaminia

Aurelia

Flavia

 

Associated Pages:-

Canadian Pacific Line

Chandris Line

Costa Line - Linea "C"

Cunard Line

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Table of Ship Histories

Name	Other names	Built
Aurelia	Huascaran, Beaverbrae, Romanza	1939
Flavia	Media	1947

 

 

 

 

 

Cogedar Line Fleet History

 

Flaminia

 

Flaminia was built as the American-Hawaii SS Co Missourian of 1922. She was sold to the British Government and renamed Empire Swan in 1940, and then passed to the Belgian Government (in exile) as the Belgian Freighter in 1942. She was later renamed Capitaine Potie and owned by Cie Maritime Belge. In 1948 she passed to Cia.Genovese di Armamento (Cogedar Line) as the Genova. In 1954 she was rebuilt as the emigrant carrier Flaminia. She was sold in 1964, and scrapped in 1970.

 

 

This is an official Cogedar postcard of Flaminia before rebuilding.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

This is an official Cogedar postcard of Flaminia.

 

 

Shown below is an photographic postcard issued by the World Ship Society.

 

 

 

 

 

Aurelia

 

Aurelia was built as Hapag's Huascaran by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Used as German Navy repair ship during WW2. In 1945 she was handed over to Canadian Government, and sold to Canadian Pacific in 1947. Refitted and renamed Beaverbrae. Used as an emigrant carrier St.John-Bremerhaven/Bremen. In 1954 she was sold to Cogedar Line and renamed Aurelia, and ran various services Europe-Australia/New Zealand. In 1970 she was sold again to Chandris Lines and renamed Romanza. She ran Mediterranean cruises, plus charters elsewhere until 1991, when sold to Cypriot interests. Later burnt out.

 

A complete postcard history is available on this link.

 

 

An official Cogedar postcard of Aurelia.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Colour variation on card above - Scan supplied by Yvette Meijer

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Aurelia.

Colour variation on card above - Scan supplied by Yvette Meijer

 

 

J.Arthur Dixon card SS.8518 of Aurelia in Cogedar Line colours, using the same painting as an official Cogedar card shown abve.

 

 

An unidentified photographic card of Aurelia in Cogedar Line colours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flavia

 

This ship was originally built as the Cunard cargo-passenger liner Media of 1947. She was sold to Cogedar in 1961 and rebuilt as the Europe-Australia emigrant ship Flavia. In 1968 she was chartered to Costa, who refitted her as a cruise ship. She operated Caribbean cruises from Miami, and was so successful, Costa bought her in 1969. Her engines became troublesome, so she was sold in 1982, having various owners and names until being scrapped in 1989, having never actually entered service again since leaving Costa.

 

A complete postcard history is available on this link.

 

 

Official Cogedar postcard of Flavia, posted from Curacao to the UK on 22/3/66.

The message reads:- "Now we are 700 miles from England the weather is getting a lot warmer and I am out on the lido deck sunning myself.

The Atlantic is beautifully calm and ever so blue, and we are all well and truly settled in now. In about 3 days it will start to get hot all the while

so we can put our sun bathing clothes on and get lovely and brown. There are quite a few pregnant mums here on board so I'm not amongst strangers.

Some passengers are Dutch and German and all are very nice."

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Flavia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

Official Cogedar Line postcard of Flavia.

Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.

 

 

A J.Arthur Dixon card SS.7565 of Flavia in Cogedar Line colours.

 

 

An unidentified photographic card of Flavia in Cogedar Line colours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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