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devoted to postcards and photographs of the NCL cruise ship Sunward
(1).
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- Sunward (I) was designed to operate
on a new cruise-ferry service from Southampton to Vigo, Lisbon
and Gibraltar, her design being an enlarged version of the typical
Scandinavian ferries being built at the time. The new line was
called Klosters Sunward Ferries, being run by the long-established
Norwegian shipowners, the Kloster family (there is a 'K' for
Kloster logo on the dummy funnel). Despite great promise, the
route was not a success, and Sunward was moved to Miami
to operate for Ted Arison (later to form Carnival) as Norwegian Caribbean
Lines
on sailings to Nassau. The venture was so successful, that additional
ships were soon ordered.
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- The pioneering
Sunward was sold to the French state-owned ferry operator
CGTM in 1972, entering service
as the Ile
de Beaute,
in 1973. In 1976, registered owners became Societe Nationale
Corse-Mediterranee (SNCM), but Ile de Beaute was sold the following year for use
as the hotel ship Grand Flotel in Saudi Aradia. A year
later she pased to Saudi Maritime Transport Company, Jeddah,
as the Saudi Moon I, for a service Suez-Aqaba-Jeddah.
In 1984 she was sold to Sabah Maritime Services Co., Jeddah.
In 1988 Saudi Moon I was sold Ocean Quest International,
New Orleans, and renamed Ocean Spirit. After rebuilding,
she undertook cruises on routes New Orleans-Cozumel-Belize-Cancun
and St. Petersburg-Belize Reef-Cozumel-Roaten-Guanaja. In 1990
Ocean Spirit was chartered to SeaEscape as the Scandinavian Song. In 1991-93 Scandinavian Song was chartered to the
Danish Cruise Line, returning to SeaEscape briefly in 1993 on their Port Canaveral-Freeport
service. She has since operated as Santiago de Cuba and
The Empress for Empress Cruises. She was scrapped in 2005.
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- Ship Names on this Page:-
- Sunward - Kloster/NCL 1966-76
- Ile de
Beaute
- CGTM/SNCM 1972-76
- Grand
Flotel
- 1976-77
- Ocean
Spirit
- 1988-1993
- Scandinavian
Song
-1990,1993
- The
Empress
- 1993-2005
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- Sunward
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1966-76)
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- Sunward (I) was designed to operate
on a new cruise-ferry service from Southampton to Vigo, Lisbon
and Gibraltar, her design being an enlarged version of the typical
Scandinavian ferries being built at the time. The new line was
called Klosters Sunward Ferries, being run by the long-established
Norwegian shipowners, the Kloster family (there is a 'K' for
Kloster logo on the dummy funnel). Despite great promise, the
route was not a success, and Sunward was moved to Miami
to operate for Ted Arison (later to form Carnival) as Norwegian Caribbean
Lines
on sailings to Nassau. The venture was so successful, that additional
ships were soon ordered. The pioneering Sunward was sold
to the French state-owned ferry operator CGTM in 1972, entering service
as the Ile de Beaute, in 1973.
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- J.Arthur
Dixon postcard of Sunward issued for Southampton-Vigo-Lisbon-Gibraltar
service.
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- Ile de Beaute
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1973-76, SNCM: 1976-77)
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- Ile de Beaute, was built in 1966 as
the Kloster cruise ferry Sunward. She was bought by CGTM
in 1973, transferring to SNCM in 1976. She was sold to Middle
Eastern owners in 1977.
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- Official
CGTM card of Ile de Beaute.
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- EUROFAB
card of Ile de Beaute in CGTM colours.
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- Grand Flotel
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- Postcard
of Grand Flotel at Sharja in the United Arab Emirates.
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- Postcard
of Grand Flotel at Sharja in the United Arab Emirates.
- Enlarged
image from the card above.
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- Ocean Spirit
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Quest: 1988-1993)
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- Postcard
of Ocean Spirit.
- Scan:
Rogerio Gouveia
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- Scandinavian Song
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1990, 1993)
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- The
official SeaEscape photo below of Scandinavian Song was
supplied by Glen Phillips, who served as captain on all SeaEscape
ships.
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- Official
SeaEscape photo of Scandinavian Song
- Scan:
Rogelio Memdrino
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- Official
SeaEscape photo of Scandinavian Song
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Rogelio Memdrino
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- Official
SeaEscape photo of Scandinavian Song, with Song of
America
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Rogelio Memdrino
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- The Empress
- (1993-2005)
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- Photo:
© Bruce Peter.
- Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg.
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