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3: IslandBreeze - Big Red Boat III (Dolphin/Premier Cruises)
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- This page shows company
and commercial postcards of the ex-Transvaal Castle in
Dolphin, Thomson and Premier service as the Island Breeze
(later Big Red Boat III). Page 1 showed her earlier history on the Southampton-South
Africa mail run as Transvaal Castle and S.A.Vaal.
Page
2 showed her Carnival history as Festivale.
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- On 4th June 2003 Big
Red Boat III (sailing as Big Boat) steamed from Freeport
enroute to the shipbreakers at Alang, India, via Gibraltar. She
had the sad distinction of being the first Carnival Cruise liner
to be scrapped. I have no postcards as Big Red Boat III -
if you can help please email simplon@simplon.co.uk.
- Transvaal Castle/S.A.Vaal
details: 32697 Gross Tons, Length: 760ft,
728 one class Passengers, Speed 22.5 knots, Engines: Parsons
turbines, total 44000shp.
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- Festivale/IslandBreeze details: 38175 Gross Tons, 1400 Passengers
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- Sections on This Page:-
- IslandBreeze - Dolphin Cruise Lines
- IslandBreeze - Thomson Cruises Charter
- IslandBreeze - Premier Cruises
- Big
Red Boat III
- Premier Cruises
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- Transvaal Castle Pages:-
- Transvaal
Castle - Page 1
- Union Castle/Safmarine
- Transvaal
Castle - Page 2
- Carnival Cruise Lines
- Transvaal
Castle - Page 3
- Dolphin/Thomson/Premier Cruises - this page!
- Transvaal
Castle - Page 4
- Island Breeze Interior Photographs
- Transvaal
Castle - Page 5
- Festivale Interior Photographs
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- References:-
- UNION-CASTLE
LINE - A
Fleet History by Peter Newall: Published by Carmania Press in
1999
- This is the
definitive history of the Union-Castle Line - Available from
Mainmast Books
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- IslandBreeze
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Cruise Lines)
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- Dolphin
Cruise Lines official card of IslandBreeze (s/n: DPCD3
01-97-30M-APPi).
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- Dolphin
Cruise Lines official card of IslandBreeze (enlarged detail
from the above card. s/n: DPCD3 01-97-30M-APPi).
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- Kevin
Jenkins card of IslandBreeze in Gatun Locks, Panama Canal
(s/n: 0033).
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- Simplon
Postcards
sc2101, released June 1997, of IslandBreeze.
- Photographed
arriving New York, June 2nd 1996 by Richard Weiss.
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- CT Postcards No.092 of IslandBreeze.
- Photographed
leaving New York, May 31st 1996 by Richard Weiss.
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- Blue
Line postcard COZ003 of IslandBreeze at Cozumel.
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- Enlarged
image from the Blue Line postcard above of IslandBreeze at
Cozumel.
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- IslandBreeze
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Cruises Charter)
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- Thomson
Cruises official card of IslandBreeze, using a retouched
version of the Dolphin card.
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- A more
convincing Thomson Cruises official card of IslandBreeze,
although I believe she actually spent most of her charter
in plain white.
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- IslandBreeze - Big Red
Boat III
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Cruises)
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- Premier
Cruises official card of IslandBreeze, another poorly
retouched card.
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- Premier
Cruises official card of IslandBreeze. IslandBreeze
was later renamed Big Red Boat III. On 4th June 2003
Big Red Boat III (sailing as Big Boat) steamed
from Freeport enroute to the shipbreakers at Alang, India, via
Gibraltar. She had the sad distinction of being the first Carnival
Cruise liner to be scrapped.
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- Big Red Boat III at Houston
- Photo:
© Dan Cottle, June 3rd 2000
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- Photo:
© Dan Cottle, June 3rd 2000
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- Photo:
© Dan Cottle, June 3rd 2000
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- Photo:
© Dan Cottle, June 3rd 2000
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- I have
no postcards as Big Red Boat III (I suspect none were
issued)
- If you
can help please email simplon@simplon.co.uk.
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