Reina Del Mar

 

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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the last ocean liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company (PSNCo), the Reina Del Mar of 1956.

 

Reina Del Mar was the last PSNCo pasenger ship on their South American route, entering service in April 1956. She had been built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and was 20234 gross tons, and 560ft long. She carried 207 first, 216 cabin and 343 tourist class passengers. Reina Del Mar ran for PSNCo for only eight years before being withdrawn from the South American run in March 1964. Reina Del Mar was sent back after her builders in Belfast for conversion into a two-class cruise ship with 1047 passengers. She was chartered to the Travel savings Association, which was jointly owned by Union-Castle Line, Canadian Pacific, Royal Mail Lines, and the founder, Max Wilson. Reina Del Mar reappeared in June 1964 with the black TSA logo on a yellow funnel, and was managed by Union-Castle, who then took full ownership of TSA in October 1964. In November, she was converted into a one class ship with 1026 berths, although capacity was restricted to 998, and was repainted in full Union-Castle colours. She was the only Union-Castle cruise ship. In 1969 she was transferred within the Furness Withy Group to Royal Mail Lines, but chartered back to Union-Castle. In 1973 she was sold back to theUnion-Castle Line. Reina Del Mar was withdrawn in 1975 and sold to Taiwanese breakers, arriving on July 30th. Demolition was completed on December 10th 1975.

 

 

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Reina Del Mar

(PSNCo:1956-1964)

 

Reina Del Mar was the last PSNCo pasenger ship on their South American route, entering service in April 1956. She had been built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and was 20234 gross tons, and 560ft long. She carried 207 first, 216 cabin and 343 tourist class passengers. She ran for PSNCo for only eight years before being withdrawn from the South American run in March 1964. Reina Del Mar was sent back after her builders in Belfast for conversion into a two-class cruise ship with 1047 passengers. She was chartered to the Travel savings Association, which was jointly owned by Union-Castle Line, Canadian Pacific, Royal Mail Lines, and the founder, Max Wilson. Reina Del Mar reappeared in June 1964 with the black TSA logo on a yellow funnel, and was managed by Union-Castle.

 

 

PSNCo postcard of Reina Del Mar.

 

 

 

Card back of the PSNCo postcard of Reina Del Mar shown above.

 

 

 

PSNCo postcard of Reina Del Mar.

 

 

 

Salmon postcard 5339 of Reina Del Mar.

Painting: J.Nicholson.

 

 

 

Photograph of Reina Del Mar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reina Del Mar

(Union-Castle: 1964-1975)

 

Reina Del Mar ran for PSNCo for only eight years before being withdrawn from the South American run in March 1964. She was sent back after her builders Harland & Wolff in Belfast , for conversion into a two-class cruise ship with 1047 passengers. She was chartered to the Travel savings Association, which was jointly owned by Union-Castle Line, Canadian Pacific, Royal Mail Lines, and the founder, Max Wilson. Reina Del Mar reappeared in June 1964 with the black TSA logo on a yellow funnel, and was managed by Union-Castle, who then took full ownership of TSA in October 1964. In November, she was converted into a one class ship with 1026 berths, although capacity was restricted to 998, and was repainted in full Union-Castle colours. She was the only Union-Castle cruise ship. In 1969 she was transferred within the Furness Withy Group to Royal Mail Lines, but chartered back to Union-Castle. In 1973 she was sold back to the Union-Castle Line. Reina Del Mar was withdrawn in 1975 and sold to Taiwanese breakers, arriving on July 30th. Demolition was completed on December 10th 1975.

 

 

J.Arthur Dixon postcard of Reina Del Mar in TSA colours, after rebuilding as a cruise ship.

She carried these colours from June to November 1964, when she was repainted in Union-Castle colours.

This card was posted from Lisbon in 1965, at which point stocks of the card in old colours were obviously still available on board.

 

 

 

McNally postcard of Reina Del Mar in Union-Castle colours at Capetown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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