Ss Ausonia Cruise Ship

In 1998 she was sold to the Louis Cruise Lines based in Cyprus.

Ss ausonia cruise ship. She was also lost in 1972 again off Cannes. Many of the ships listed underneath originally belonged to the once vast Russian passenger ship fleet. Looking back now I think they got it absolutely right in terms of size and ambiance.

The sharp proud curve of her prow and. SS Ausonia was an Italian cruise liner launched in 1956. SS Aegean two Below.

Initially painted in shades of green to emulate the legendary CARONIA their cargo gear was removed and their public rooms were restyled by noted designers like Jean Munro and Michael Inchbald. Paquet Cruise Lines SS RHAPSODY was built in 1957 as Holland America Lines STATENDAM. Birka Cruises operated just one ship Birka Stockholm on the route Stockholm-Mariehamn.

In 1998 she was sold to the Louis Cruise Lines based in Cyprus. In the maritime beauty pageant stakes the Ausonia punched way above her weight. STATENDAM was mainly a tourist class vessel but one of the keys to her success was the quality of her accommodation which aspired to first class.

Space was pretty tight but it was generally a pretty good natured and accommodating crowd on board. Built in 1957 Adriatica Lines 11879 gross ton SS AUSONIA was one of the finest looking Italian liners of the post war if not any era. Mikhail Kalinin Adjaria Armenia Baikal.

With her elegantly finned funnel and curvaceous lines she was a miniature combination of the ANDREA DORIACRISTOFORO COLOMBO and the LEONARDO DA VINCI both internally and externally. In 1980 the ship was lengthened by 26 meters the GRT was increased to 23149 GRT. Birka Cruises 1971-2020 was a Mariehamn Aland Finland-headquartered company fully-owned by Eckero Line Oy Rederi Ab Eckero 1995-founded Helsinki-based cargo and passenger shipping company.