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- Flandre
- Flandre
- Carla C - Princess Carla - Carla Costa - Pallas Athena
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- This page is devoted to
postcards and photographs of the French Liner Flandre, later sold to Costa
as their Carla
C/Carla Costa,
and chartered by them to Princess
Cruises as Princess Carla. She ended her career as Epirotiki Lines' Pallas Athena, when she caught fire at Piraeus.
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- Ship Names on This Page:-
- Carla
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Costa
- Flandre
- Pallas
Athena
- Princess
Carla
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- Flandre (2)
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1952-1968)
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- The Flandre and
her sister Antilles were the first new large post-war
French liners. They were both launched with white hulls in 1951,
intended for the Caribbean service. The Antilles was actually
launched 6 months before Flandre, but Flandre was
completed first. During building it was decided to use her on
the North Atlantic routes, so she entered service with a black
hull.
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early French Line official card of Flandre shows her planned
appearance with white hull.
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did receive a white hull in 1963 when she finally transferred
to her designed route.
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- French
Line official card of Flandre showing her as delivered
with a black hull.
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- French
Line official card of Flandre
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- French
Line official card of Flandre
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- French
Line official card of Flandre
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- French
Line official card of Flandre
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- Princess Carla
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Cruises Charter: 1968-70)
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- This ship was originally
the French
Line's Flandre
of 1951. Designed to operate on services to the Caribbean, she
was modified during construction for services between le Havre
and New York. She was not a successful ship with CGT, suffering
boiler and turbine problems. In 1963, her hull was painted white
and she switched to the West Indies service for which she was
designed. Her last voyage was in January 1968, when she was bought
by Costa Line and renamed Carla C. After
a very major conversion, she was handed over to Costa Line service in November 1968. However,
they had already chartered her to Princess Cruises, so she entered service with their
colours from Los Angeles, being the first Princess Cruises ship to display the now famous
logo on the funnel. Although marketed as Princess Carla,
her official name remained Carla C throughout.
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- Princess
Cruises
card of Carla C/Princess Carla
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- Princess
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card of Carla C/Princess Carla
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- Carla C
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1970-84)
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- In 1970, after the loss
of Costa's Fulvia, the Princess
Cruises charter
was cancelled and Carla C finally received Costa colours,
as shown in the three cards below. She operated Caribbean cruises
until 1974, when boiler problems prompted Costa to re-engine
her with diesels. Carla C then returned to Caribbean cruises.
She received another major refit in 1984, but was sold to Epirotiki
in 1992 becomming the Pallas
Athena. Her
life with them was short, since she was destroyed by fire in
1994.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
- Scan:
Ken Murayama.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
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with extended exhaust pipe.
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- Official
Costa postcard of Carla C.
- Reissued
as Carla Costa (see below).
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- A Costa
art card of Carla C, from the Costa Liners set using paintings
by Stephen J.Card.
- Enlarged
images of the complete set are shown on this link.
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- Carla Costa
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1984-92)
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- Carla C was renamed Carla Costa
in 1984.
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- The
card above of Carla C, reissued as Carla Costa,
with additional yellow hull riband.
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- Pallas Athena
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1992-94)
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- Carla Costa was sold to Epirotiki in 1992, and renamed Pallas Athena. Her
life with Epirotiki was short, since she was destroyed
by fire in 1994.
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- Official
Epirotiki cards of Pallas Athena.
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- Official
Epirotiki cards of Pallas Athena.
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- Pallas
Athena
at Bordeaux on a Compa Carterie postcard (serial 334032). An
enlarged view of the ship is shown below.
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