Provence
Provence
- Enrico C - EnricoCosta - Symphony - Aegean Spirit - Ocean Glory
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postcards of the long-lived, British-built, SGTM liner Provence. She was completed by Swan Hunter
on the Tyne in 1951, for the SGTM service from Marseille to Dakar
and South America. She was sold in 1965 to
Costa Line, who had already operated her under charter. Provence was renamed
Enrico C and again in 1987 as
Enrico Costa. She was then sold in 1994 to
Starlauro, operating as the
Symphony. The
Starlauro fleet was renamed MSC in 1995. In 2000, she was chartered from MSC to
Golden Sun Cruises, as the
Aegean
Spirit. In
2001 she began operations as
Ocean Glory 1, but was refused permission to sail from Dover
in July after failing safety and hygiene tests. She remained
at Dover at the end of August 2001, with reports in the papers
that the crew were still on board, unpaid, and running out of
food. Ocean
Glory 1 did
not sale commercially again, being sold for scrap for $1.7 MUSD.
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- Ship Names on this Page:-
- Provence - SGTM 1951-65
- Enrico
C - Linea
Costa 1965-87
- Enrico
Costa
- Costa Crociere 1987-94
- Symphony - StarLauro 1994-1995
- Symphony - MSC 1995-2000
- Aegean
Spirit
- Golden Sun Cruises 2000-2001
- Ocean
Glory 1
- 2001
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Provence
(SGTM:
1951-65)
The Provence
was built on the River Tyne in 1951 for the Marseilles-based
Soc.Gen.Transports Maritimes (SGTM) for their services to South
America.
Official SGTM postcards of
Provence
Art postcard showing the SGTM
Provence
liners of 1867 and 1951
Gebruder
Spanjersberg (Rotterdam) postcard of Provence on her maiden
appearance in New York.
The
card below shows Provence in SGTM colours, although it
was actually published by Costa, to whom she was chartered from
1962.
Enrico C(Costa:
1965-87)
The Provence
sailed for Costa from 1962 under charter, but was
purchased in 1965 and renamed Enrico C. She sailed from
Genoa to Buenos Aires. From 1972 she was used for cruising only.
Official
Costa card of Enrico C
Official
Costa card of Enrico C
Official
Costa card of Enrico C
A Costa
art card of Enrico C, from the Costa Liners set using
paintings by Stephen J.Card.
Enlarged
images of the complete set are
shown on this link.
Enrico Costa
- (Costa:
1987-94)
The Enrico
C was renamed Enrico Costa in 1987, being extensively
refitted in 1989, as shown in the lower of the two official Costa
cards below.
Official
Costa card of Enrico Costa
Official
Costa card of Enrico Costa
Official
Costa card of Enrico Costa
This
commercial card of Enrico Costa , published by Proud Productions,
shows her in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
Ultrafoto
commercial postcard GEN414 of Eugenio C and Enrico
C at Genova, with an enlargement of the ships shown below.
A Pieter
Oost postcard of EnricoCosta (no serial number).
Simplon
Postcards issue sc2052, released November 1994, of EnricoCosta.
Location:
Rouen, 1993
Photographer:
Clive Harvey
Simplon
Postcards issue sc2097, released June 1997, of EnricoCosta.
Location:
Bergen, June 2nd 1993
Photographer:
Jenny Williamson
Photograph
of EnricoCosta in the North Sea Canal.
Photo:
Wil Moojen, 3rd July 1993.
Photograph
of EnricoCosta in the North Sea Canal.
Photo:
Wil Moojen, 24th July 1994.
Symphony
(StarLauro:
1994-95)
The
Enrico Costa was sold to Starlauro in 1994, being renamed Symphony,
as shown in the official card below.
Starlight
Cruises postcard of Symphony.
Simplon
Postcards issue sc2098, released June 1997, of Symphony.
Location:
Cape Town, January 10th 1995
Photographer:
Errol M.Cornish
Symphony
- (MSC:
1995-2000)
Starlauro
later restyled themselves as Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC), as shown in the official
card below.
Simplon
Postcards issue sc2099, released June 1997, of Symphony.
Location:
Palma, August 1996
Photographer:
Michael V.Ralph
Aegean Spirit
- (Golden
Sun: 2000-2001)
In 2000,
Symphony was under charter to Golden Sun Cruises, and was renamed Aegean
Spirit (earlier reports suggested Aegean II, though
I do not know if this was ever carried).
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- This
postcard of Aegean Spirit, showing correct colours, has
been issued by Nelson de Barros Pereira.
- It shows
Aegean Spirit at Patmos, Greece, on 12th July 2000, using
a photograph by the publisher.
Ocean Glory 1
(2001)
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- In 2001, Symphony
began operating as the Ocean Glory 1. She was prevented
from sailing from Dover on 3rd July 2001, having failed safety
and hygiene inspections. I am not aware of any postcards issued
as Ocean Glory 1.
The
photo below of Ocean Glory 1 was taken by Mike Tedstone
in Piraeus on Monday 18th June 2001, shortly before her problems
in Dover.
She
was still owned by an MSC subsidiary at this time.
This
photo was taken of Ocean Glory I from a departing Dover-Calais ferry
in foggy conditions. Luckily the weather had improved by the time I returned
as shown below
Photo: � Ian Boyle, Friday 10th August
2001
The
photographs below were taken by Ian Boyle in Dover on
Friday 10th August 2001. Ocean Glory I had been moved
from the cruise terminal to the Eastern Breakwater. There
were reports in the newspapers that the crew were still on board,
unpaid, and running out of food.
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