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Mano Cruise
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Mano Maritime Ltd of Haifa, marketed as Mano Cruise.
Mordechai Mano was born in Thessaloniki , Greece, in 1923, and emigrated to Israel in 1932. He started a shipping company in Haifa in 1945. His son Moshe Mano later formed Mano Maritime Ltd, now part of Mano Holdings, which has wide interests in shipping and tourism. Managed ships include bulk carriers, ro-ro and tankers, in addition to the fleet of passenger cruise ships on this page. In late 2006 the cruise fleet consisted of
The Iris
and
Royal Iris
. In 2009,
Golden Iris
joined the fleet, previously the
Rhapsody
of
MSC Crociere
and built as the
Cunard Princess
of
Cunard Line
.
Ship Names on this Page:-
Golden Iris
(Mano: 2009- )
Royal Iris
(Mano: 2004- )
Silver Star
(Mano: 1997-2003)
The Iris
(Mano: 2000- )
The Jasmine
(Mano: 2001-2006)
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other Names
Built
Golden Iris
Cunard Princess, Rhapsody
1976
Royal Iris
Eagle, Azur, The Azur, Eloise
1971
The Iris
Konstantin Simonov, Francesca, The Iris
1982
The Jasmine
Lev Tolstoy, Natasha, Palmira, Farah
1981
Mano Cruise
Silver Star
(Mano Cruise: 1998-2003)
Silver Star
was built in Germany as the
Bashkiriya
for the Black Sea Shipping Comapny in 1964. Following the break-up of the Soviet Bloc, she was owned by Odessa Cruise Line from 1991 and became the
Odessa Song
. By 1997 she was the
Royal Dream
, but was sold to Silver Star Shipping in 1998 and ran as
Silver Star
for Mano Maritime. In 2003 she passed to Star Vegas Travel & Resorts and was renamed
Nandini
and then
Olviava
. In 2004 she became the
Ocean Princess
of Ocean Princess Shipping. She then became
Ocean Queen
and
Siritara Ocean Queen
, on the Pattaya to Samui route in Thailand, but capsized in October 2006 in the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.
Mano Cruise postcard of
Silver Star
.
Mano Cruise fleet postcard including
Silver Star
.
The Iris
(Mano Cruise: 2000- )
The Iris
was built in 1982 as the
Konstantin Simonov
, one of a series of seven similar ships used by the Black Sea Shipping Company as ferries and passenger/cruise ships.
Konstantin Simonov
ran as a ferry between Leningrad, Riga and Helsinki. In 1992 the route was taken over by Baltic Line, part of the Effjohn Group. In 1996
Konstantin Simonov
was renamed
Francesca
for Australian service, but this fell through and she was laid up in Germany. In 2000 she was acquired by Silver Cruises for operation with Mano Cruise.
The Jasmine
was another of the same series of Soviet ships.
Complete History of
The Iris
Mano Cruise postcard of
The Iris
.
Mano Cruise publicity image of
The Iris
.
Scan: Elad Ben Dor.
Mano Cruise fleet postcard including
The Iris
.
Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
and
The Jasmine
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
at Rhodes.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
at Rhodes.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
and
The Jasmine
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
and
The Jasmine
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Iris
.
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The Iris
at Dubrovnik.
Photo: © Ivo Batricevic
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The Iris
at Dubrovnik.
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The Iris
at Dubrovnik.
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The Iris
at Dubrovnik.
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The Jasmine
(Mano Cruise: 2001-2006)
The Jasmine
was built in 1981 as the
Lev Tolstoy
, one of a series of seven similar ships used by the Black Sea Shipping Company as ferries and passenger/cruise ships.
Lev Tolstoy
received a major rebuild in 1986 in Germany and was chartered to German operator Transocean Tours. In 1988 she was renamed
Natasha
and then
Palmira
for further German charters. She passed to Mano Cruise in 2001 as
The Jasmine
.
The Jasmine
was sold in August 2006 and was renamed
Farah
, believed for trading in the Far East.
Complete History of
The Jasmine
Mano Cruise postcard of
The Jasmine
.
Mano Cruise publicity image of
The Jasmine
.
Scan: Elad Ben Dor.
Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Jasmine
.
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Mano Cruise fleet postcard including
The Jasmine
.
Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Jasmine
.
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Mano Cruises publicity image of
The Jasmine
.
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