Independence of the Seas Cruise 2011- Page 1: Southampton - Simplon Postcards

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	Independence of the Seas Cruise Royal Caribbean International (RCI) Page 5: Gran Canaria - Thursday 31st March 2011 Ship Name: Independence of the Seas - Ship Type: Passenger - Year Built: 2008 - Length x Breadth: 339m x 38m Dead Weight: 10600 t - Flag: Bahamas - Call Sign: C6WW4 - IMO: 9349681 - MMSI: 309374000 This page is under construction
	This page is one of a series showing mainly shipping and other transport images from an 11 night cruise on Independence of the Seas in March 2011 to Vigo, Lisbon and the Atlantic Isles. We travelled in balcony cabin 7548, Deck 7 on the port side, adjacent to the forward end of the Royal Promenade. This page covers the visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

	Sections on this Page Independence of the Seas Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Cruise Ships Ferries Other Shipping Ships on this Page:- Independence of the Seas AIDAbella Fram Lagaren Volcan de Tahiche Cruise Itinerary:- Fri 25th March 2011 - Southampton Sat 26th March 2011 - At Sea Sun 27th March 2011 - Vigo, Spain Mon 28th March 2011 - Lisbon, Portugal Tue 29th March 2011 - At Sea Wed 30th March 2011 - Tenerife, Canary Islands Thu 31st March 2011 - Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Fri 1st April 2011 - Funchal, Madeira Sat 2nd April 2011 - At Sea Sun 3rd April 2011 - La Coruña, Spain Mon 4th April 2011 - At Sea Tue 5th April 2011 - Southampton Contacts Royal Caribbean UK Home Page - www.royalcaribbean.co.uk/ Celebrity Cruises UK Home Page - www.celebritycruises.co.uk	Associated Pages Cruise Ships Ocean Liners UK Excursion Vessels World Ferry Fleets Simplon Postcards. Home Page Simplon Postcards - Recent Updates - Simplon Postcards facebook page Royal Caribbean Pages:- Royal Caribbean Cruises Page 1 Royal Caribbean Cruises Page 2 Celebrity Cruises Pages:- Celebrity Cruises - Header Page Celebrity Constellation Celebrity Constellation 2007 Cruise Celebrity Eclipse Celebrity Eclipse 2010 Cruise Celebrity Equinox Celebrity Infinity Celebrity Solstice References Click on images for more details - www.overviewpress.co.uk - info@overviewpress.co.uk
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Independence of the Seas Cruise

Royal Caribbean International (RCI)

Page 5: Gran Canaria - Thursday 31st March 2011

Ship Name: Independence of the Seas - Ship Type: Passenger - Year Built: 2008 - Length x Breadth: 339 m X 38 m
Dead Weight: 10600 t - Flag: Bahamas - Call Sign: C6WW4 - IMO: 9349681 - MMSI: 309374000

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Our fourth port of call was Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We visited the Science & Technology Museum and the small Naval Museum which requires entering the naval base and signing in, showing passports, with the military police.

Lagaren is an iron-hulled vessel built as a lightship in 1895. She was constructed as the Svinbådan No 17 by W. Lindbergs Verkstads och Varfs AB (Södra Varvet), Sweden, as their hull no: 21. She was later rebuilt as an auxiliary sailing vessel for use as a training ship and for charters and had been owned by a Swedish organisation for 33 years, based in Stockholm) before a recent sale. Now flying the US flag, one wonders if she was trying to sail back to the USA, Gran Canaria already being a long voyage from Stockholm.