ARTEMIS in Lisbon 2009-10-28

The Lisbon evening light enveloped the departing P&O ship ARTEMIS on 28 October 2009.

She has just left the Alcântara cruise terminal and the photos were taken from nearby Junqueira waterfront.

Now 25 year-old, the Wartsila-built ARTEMIS was the first ship purpose built for Princess Cruises and was introduced in 1984 as ROYAL PRINCESS. To see more P&O ships in Lisbon click here...

Her next name change is set for April 2011 on delivery to Phoenix Reisen as ARTANIA.

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BLACK PRINCE in Lisbon 22-04-1987

The BLACK PRINCE arriving in Lisbon on 22 April 1987 soon after her return to cruise service after conversion in Finland into a cruise ship.
The hull livery was discontinued in late 1988.
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COSTA MAGICA 2009-09-16

COSTA MAGICA docking at the Rocha Cruise Ship Terminal, Lisbon, early in the morning of 16 September 2009. The Rocha Terminal was constructed in the mid 1940s and opened in 1948. It was used by Companhia Colonial and Insulana passenmger ships as well as foreign passenger liners and cruise ships then calling in Lisbon.
Photos and post on other Costa ships here...
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COSTA LUMINOSA 2009-09-13

The new cruise ship COSTA LUMINOSA on her way out from Lisbon after the second call in the Tagus port on Sunday 13 September 2009.
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C. COLUMBUS leaving Lisbon 2009-09-14

Hapag-Lloyd cruise ship C. COLUMBUS departing from Lisbon on 14 September 2009.
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PACIFIC DREAM leaving Lisbon

PACIFIC DREAM leaving Lisbon for another 7-day cruise to North Africa and the Atlantic Isles on 23 August 2009.
She goes to Barcelona and replaces SOVEREIGN In September.
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BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2009-08-22

All passengers back onboard after a full day in Lisbon, the BOUDICCA is about to set sail again... Photos of her departure from Alcântara, Lisbon on 22-08-2009.
More BOUDICCA photos in Lisbon by LMC here and also in S&S...
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BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2009-08-22

The BOUDICCA leaving Alcântara cruise terminal on 22 August 2009, on her way to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, her next port after a Mediterranean cruise.
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BOUDICCA IN LISBON 2009-08-22

BOUDICCA off Algés VTS and Lisbon Pilot Station after another call to the Tagus. The Pilot boat can seen as well as the Bugio lighthouse.
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BLACK PRINCE in Lisbon 2009-08-19

The BLACK PRINCE arriving Lisbon on 19 August 2009. She has one of the best funnel designs of the 1960s.
More BLACK PRINCE related pictures here
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CELEBRITY EQUINOX underway in Lisbon 2009-08-13

CELEBRITY EQUINOX maiden departure from Lisbon on 13 August 2009 during the ship's inaugural cruise following delivery by Meyer Werft in July 2009.
More Celebrity Cruises images here...
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EQUINOX in detail

Some more detail pictures of the new cruise ship CELEBRITY EQUINOX in Lisbon 2009-08-13.
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CELEBRITY EQUINOX in Lisbon 2009-08-13

A few close ups of the CELEBRITY EQUINOX in Lisbon on her first call and inaugural cruise 2009-08-13
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BLACK PRINCE underway

Images of the veteran cruise ship BLACK PRINCE departing Lisbon on 5 August 2009, with only another two calls before delivery to future owners in Venezuela...
She will be missed in Lisbon as one of the few cruise ships visiting in the lower season months of January and February every year. But no more for 2010, although the remaining four Fred.Olsen fleet mates will continue to call in Lisbon... For more BLACK PRINCE in Lisbon click here.
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BRAEMAR in Lisbon 2009-07-21

The cruise ship BRAEMAR called in Lisbon on 21 July 2009 when I took several photographs of her while docking at the Rocha Passenger Ship Terminal at about 9h20 AM.
A member of the Fred. Olsen cruise ships fleet since 2001, the BRAEMAR was rebuilt in Hamburg in May and June 2008 and her hull was enlarged with a new 31-meters section increasing gross tonnage to 24.344 GT from original 19.089 grt.
She was the second of two sisters built in Spain in 1992-93 for Crown Cruise Line as CROWN DINASTY (1993-1997) and sailed also with the following names: CROWN MAJESTY (1997), NORWEGIAN MAJESTY (1997-1999), again CROWN MAJESTY (1999-2001).
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STAR ODYSSEY in Lisbon

Atmospheric black and white photograph of the cruise ship STAR ODYSSEY taken in Lisbon on 13 September 1996. After a call the ship is leaving the Alcântara cruise terminal. Note the bow damaged by bad weather.
The STAR ODYSSEY was built as ROYAL VIKING STAR in 1972 and sails today in the colours of Fred. Olsen as the BLACK WATCH.
A stern view of the STAR ODYSSEY can be seen here...
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P&O's VENTURA in close up

Close up views of the new P&O flagship VENTURA taken off Lisbon on 20 April 2009.
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VENTURA leaving Lisbon on 2009-04-20

The P&O Cruises new flagship VENTURA leaving Lisbon on 20 April 2009.
The Italian-built mega cruise ship was introduced in 2008 and is based on the PRINCESS CRUISES ships of the GRAND PRINCESS class and related developments, with several changes geared to the more conservative U.K. market.
This particular ship would look better with a more conventional funnel or with the present funnel fully painted in buff. A sister ship, to be named AZURA is on order from Fincantieri for delivery in 2010.
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CLELIA II in Lisbon June 2009

The Greek cruise ship (Malta flag) CLELIA II photographed leaving Lisbon at 7 PM on 3 June 2009 after a 3-day long call. The CLELIA II returned to Lisbon after a long absence but she had been in the Tagus a long time ago under the present name as well as in her original name RENAISSANCE FOUR. More info about this ship here...

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ATLANTIC STAR in Lisbon

Pullmantur's ATLANTIC STAR arriving in Lisbon on her final cruise of the present series on 31 May 2009. The ship is now berthed in Lisbon and sails on 11 June to Brazil on a positioning voyage.
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Pullmantur's ATLANTIC and PACIFIC in Lisbon

Two Pullmantur cruise ships together in Lisbon on 24 May 2009: the ATLANTIC STAR and the PACIFIC DREAM berthed at cais da Rocha.
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DISCOVERY alongside Alcântara Cruise Terminal

The DISCOVERY berthed at the Alcântara Cruise Terminal, Lisbon, on 21 May 2009.
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DISCOVERY in close up

Close up shots of the 1971-built cruise ship DISCOVERY taken at Lisbon on 2009-05-21.

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DISCOVERY leaving Lisbon 2009-05-21

The British cruise ship DISCOVERY made a short call in Lisbon on 21 May 2009, arriving at 11.00 AM and departing at 5.00 PM. The photos show the ship leaving the Alcântara cruise terminal.
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C. COLUMBUS arriving Lisbon 2009-05-18

C. COLUMBUS arriving Lisbon on 18 May 2009 to berth at the Rocha Cruise Ship Terminal.
There is a very old tradition of German cruise ships visiting Lisbon since late nineteenth century, when Norddeutscher Lloyd and HAPAG ships started thier visits with tourists.
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COSTA MARINA in detail

Close up shots of the handsome COSTA MARINA arriving Lisbon on 16 May 2009...
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COSTA MARINA in Lisbon 2009-95-16

COSTA MARINA arriving Lisbon on a cruise in 16 May 2009. The light was really good and I had to move out of my bed at 6AM...
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SEABOURN PRIDE 2009-03-31

The SEABOURN PRIDE cruising off Lisbon on 31 March 2009 after the positioning crossing back to Europe to start another season in the Mediterranean...
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EURODAM OVERNIGHT STAY IN LISBON

As most cruise ships arrive Lisbon early in the morning and depart in the afternoon, an overnight stay provides the opportunity for different photographs with the evening light.
The EURODAM overnight maiden call was one of such situations. Photographs taken on 4 May 2009 between 19h30 and 20h40.
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DELPHIN VOYAGER 2009-05-04

Close up shots of the cruise ship DELPHIN VOYAGER in Lisbon, 2009-05-04.
First three photos show the ship alongside the Rocha Cruise Terminal ready for departure.
Three final pictures show the ship already moving from the terminal.
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SOLSTICE FUNNELS

The more attractive funnels on a new cruise ship for a long time: the two funnels of CELEBRITY SOLSTICE photographed in Lisbon on 27 April 2009.

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CELEBRITY SOLSTICE IN LISBON

The impressive modern look of Celebrity Cruises new flagship CELEBRITY SOLSTICE, another masterpiece of the Meyer Werft delivered on 24 October 2008.
Photographs taken at the mouth of river Tagus showing the SOLSTICE leaving Lisbon on her maiden call. She is scheduled to call in Lisbon again next year on 26 April, also on her transatlantic positioning voyage east.
The SOLSTICE will be based in the Mediterranean until November, homeported in Civitavecchia.
More photos of CELEBRITY SOLSTICE here.
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IVAN FRANKO in Lisbon

The Russian passenger liner and cruise ship IVAN FRANKO photographed in Lisbon in the 1980s.
The first of five sisters built in East Germany, IVAN FRANKO was introduced in 1964.
A curious fact is that she was painted with white hull for the builders sea trials, it was only afterwards that she was repainted black. Under Soviet Union operation she was managed and homeported in Odessa, Ukraine.
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COSTA MEDITERRANEA off Lisbon 2009-03-31

Costa cruises' COSTA MEDITERRANEA departing from Lisbon on 31 March 2009.
A nice ship with very impressive colours.
I do like classic ship liveries and Costa has changed little over the years.
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ATLANTIC STAR in Lisbon 2 April 2009

The cruise ship ATLANTIC STAR arrived Lisbon on 1st April 2009 to start a series of 7-day cruises based in Lisbon. She is seen here berthed at Alcântara cruise terminal taking in stores.
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ATLANTIC STAR in Lisbon

Close up photographs of Pullmantur's turbine steam cruise ship ATLANTIC STAR berthed in
Lisbon on
2 April 2009 taking in stores before
the start of her new season
of 7-day
Morocco
and Atlantic Islands
cruises
out of Lisbon
due to begin
on 5 April.
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BLACK PRINCE departing from Lisbon

Fred. Olsen's veteran cruise ship BLACK PRINCE of 1966 departing from Lisbon on 2 April 2009 on her final season before retirement later this year due to age and new SOLAS 2010 regulations.
The BLACK PRINCE is one of the cruise ships with more calls in Lisbon over the last 38 years.
In fact she started her regular presence in river Tagus waters on 18 October 1971 while doing regular two-week inter cruises from Rotterdam to Portugal, and the Atlantic Islands.
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FUNCHAL in Lisbon 23-02-2009

Close ups of the Classic International Cruises passenger liner FUNCHAL undergoing extensive refiting work in Lisbon where she arrived 12 October 2008.
Next return to service on 5 April 2009 from Lisbon on a Canary Islands 7-day Easter cruise.
FUNCHAL was the first cruise ship to be operated by Mr George Potamianos' Lisbon-based Classic International Cruises. She was purchased frm CTM in August 1985 and started her first CIC cruise in December 1985.
In November 1986 a second ship was purchased, the INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, rebuilt in Lisbon and Greece 1986-1988 and introduced in November 1988 as VASCO DA GAMA.
This famous former Portuguese flagship was sold in 1995 to Cruise Holdings and replaced in 1996 by PRINCESS DANAE.
The fleet was further expanded with the purchase in 1999 of ARION, built 1965 as ISTRA, followed in 2004 by ATHENA, the former ITALIA PRIMA of 1994 (a ship rebuilt in Italy using the hul of the former STOCKHOLM of 1948) and in 2007 the PRINCESS DAPHNE ex-OCEAN MONARCH.
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SAGA RUBY in Lisbon 2009-01-02

The first cruise ship to arrive in Lisbon in 2009 was the SAGA RUBY on the 2nd January. She docked at the Alcântara terminal on the final leg of the Christmas & New Year cruise 2008.
The SAGA RUBY has been calling in Lisbon since 22 September 1973, then a brand new ship in original name as VISTAFJORD. She was renamed CARONIA in 1999 and SAGA RUBY in 2004.
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VISTAFJORD in Lisbon 1976-01-03

The Norwegian America Line final passenger ship VISTAFJORD of 1973 photographed in Lisbon in 3rd January 1976 while on a Christmas and New Year cruise. She did her first call in Lisbon on 22 September 1973.
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PRINCESS DAPHNE in Lisbon 2008-12-12

The PRINCESS DAPHNE berthed at Ponta da Rocha on 12 December 2008, with her sister DANAE in dry dock behind her.
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TAGUS PRINCESSES 2008-12-12

Classic sister ships PRINCESS DAPHNE and PRINCESS DANAE in Lisbon on 2008-12-12. Nice to see the twins reunited again under the same operator...
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PRINCESS DANAE in Lisbon 2008-12-12

Classic International Cruises PRINCESS DANAE in dry dock at Lisbon on 12 December 2008, near her sister DAPHNE...
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HANSEATIC of 1958

As after WW2 the Hamburg based HAPAG company did not resume transatlantic passenger ship services, the gap was filled by several foreign operators, including Home Lines which in 1958 was behind the purchase of EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND and the establishment of German Atlantic Lines. After rebuilding the old EMPRESS became the handsome HANSEATIC in July 1958.
As a cruise ship this ship visited Lisbon several times. She had a fire in New York in 7 September 1957 and was sld t be broken up in Hamburg the following December.
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CAP ARCONA TO RIO

In a forgotten shipping office at the waterfront of Recife, the former Pernambuco, I saw recently an original version of this poster framed on the wall as if tickets were still available for the next CAP ARCONA crossing from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon.

What a beautiful ship she was. Between 1927 and 1939 this ship was one of the very best ways to sail down to Rio de Janeiro. In those times there were also the Royal Mail "white and gold steamers", the Cie. Sud Autlantique liners from Bordeaux and Lisbon as well as the Italia Line passenger ships. So many ships to choose from in Lisbon in the 1930s...
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CAP ARCONA of 1927

One of the more famous passenger liners in the fleet of Hamburg Sud and the German Merchant Marine, the magnificent CAP ARCONA was a frequent visitor to the port of Lisbon during the three funneled liner relatively short career.
CAP ARCONA was employed on the Hamburg - Lisbon - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires service from November 1927 (she left Hamburg on maiden voyage on 19 November 1927) up to August 1939 when she was withdrawn from service due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Her end was tragic in the frozen waters of Lubeck bay on 3 May 1945 when CAP ARCONA was bombed and sunk by the RAF - Royal Air Force with thousands of refugees onboard, of whom 5,000 lost their lives. Drole de Guerre...
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LEGEND of the SEAS 2006-06-07

The LEGEND of the SEAS sailing from Lisbon on 7 June 2006

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INDEPENDENCE of the SEAS in Lisbon 2008-07-23

The Royal Caribbean giant cruise ship departing the river Tagus bar on 23 July 2008 following another visit to Lisbon.
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NORWEGIAN GEM leaving LISBON 2007-10-11

A selection of photos of the NORWEGIAN GEM departing from Lisbon, taken from a tug in the river Tagus on 2007-10-11.
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NORWEGIAN GEM in LISBON 2007-10-11

Exterior images of the new NCL cruise ship NORWEGIAN GEM at Lisbon on 2007-10-11 while on her inaugural cruise.

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On board the NORWEGIAN GEM

A series of photographs taken onboard the new cruise ship NORWEGIAN GEM in Lisbon 2007-10-11.
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NORWEGIAN GEM INTERIORS

Some interiors pictures of the brand new cruise ship NORWEGIAN GEM delivered by Meyer Werft on October 1st and photographed in Lisbon on October 11st.
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LOOKING INTO THE QM2

A close up look into the QUEEN MARY 2. Photos taken in Lisbon 22-09-2007

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The QM2 off the Portuguese West coast 22-09-2007

The QUEEN MARY 2 photographed underway off the Portuguese West Coast after the ship left the river Tagus following another visit to Lisbon.
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The C. COLUMBUS in Lisbon 2007-05-07

The Hapag Lloyd cruise ship C. COLUMBUS photographed alongside Lisbon Alcântara Passenger terminal in May 2007.
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The BOUDICCA in Lisbon

The BOUDICCA leaving Lisbon on 2007-06-01.
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The SILVER SHADOW in Lisbon 23-09-2007

The SILVER SHADOW photographed in Lisbon on 23-09-2007.
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OCEANIC II in Lisbon 13-09-2007

The OCEANIC II berthed in Lisbon on 13 September 2007.
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KUNGSHOLM of 1966 revisited

The passenger ship OCEANIC II, ex-MONA LISA, ex- VICTORIA, ex-SEA PRINCESS ex-KUNGSHOLM of 1966 has just visited Lisbon between 13 and 19 September 2007 on her first SCOLAR SHIP voyage with students. The ship is scheduled to return to Lisbon next year in April and September.
Although the refit made in Bremen in 1979 when she was purchased by P&O did in fact spoil the KUNGSHOLM original handsome look, she is still a very interesting example of fine passenger ship architecture of the 1960, as can be stated on the photos published in this post obtained in Lisbon on 2007-09-19.
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CRYSTAL SIMPHONY in Lisbon 2007-05-07

The CRYSTAL SERENITY sailing from the Santa Apolónia cruise terminal in Lisbon on 7th May 2007. This terminal is situated in front of the Santa Apolónia railway station exactly where the old COMPANHIA NACIONAL DE NAVEGAÇÃO (CNN) had its dock until 1985. This terminal is particularly charming with the old quarter of Alfama at walking distance.
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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE 2007-07-01

The cruise ship SPIRIT of ADVENTURE arriving Lisbon on 2007-07-01. More information about this ship at the SHIPS & THE SEA Blog. Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia.

The CORAL leaving Lisbon 24-03-2007

The CORAL leaving Lisbon on 24 MARCH 2007. Photographs taken from the sailing cruise ship PRINCIPE PERFEITO by Luís Miguel Correia. Also the same ship photographed 31 years ago in her original form as the CUNARD ADVENTURER.

The CORAL in Lisbon 24-03-2007

The cruise ship CORAL berthed at the Rocha cruise terminal, in Lisbon, on Saturday 24 March 2007. This nice looking cruise ship was built in the Netherlands in 1971 as CUNARD ADVENTURER for the Cunard Line. In 1977 she was sold to NCL and renamed SUNWARD II.
At about this time her exterior looks were changed: the original QE2-style white funnel was replaced by two side by side funnels in order to match the looks of the other NCL cruise ships and the mast was also modified. Later the ship became the TRITON and operated as such for Epirotiki and Royal Olympic Cruises. Following the bankrupcy of ROC she was purchased by present owners Louis Cruises of Limassol, Cyprus.
As CUNARD ADVENTURER, she visited Lisbon in 1971 on her positioning cruise to the Caribbeans. Later she also called as the TRITON in Epirotiky livery, and in 2006 returned as the TRITON.
Text and copyright photos by Luís Miguel Correia - 24 MARCH 2007

THE QE2 in Lisbon

It is hard to believe the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 has been calling in Lisbon for 38 years...
Here there are some photos of this majestic dual purpose Atlantic liner and cruise ship, sad to be the last of her kind when introduced in 1969...

Copyright photos by L. M. Correia

Classic cruise ships

Several cruise ships photographed in 1975-76 in Lisbon by Luís Miguel Correia: the ITHACA ex-Amélia de Mello, ex- ZION, and the German REGINA MARIS built in 1966.
Copyright photos by L. M. Correia - 15 February 2007

CALYPSO ex-SOUTHERN CROSS in Lisbon

At the same time the more modern NORTHERN STAR was doing her final cruises, her former fleet mate and elder near sister CALYPSO ex-SOUTHERN CROSS returned to service as the Greek owned Thomson Cruises operated CALYPSO in June 1976. She was very successful and sailed for many years under several names, mostly in US waters until scrapped recently in the Far East...
Those photos were taken in Lisbon by L. M. Correia on CALYPSO's maiden cruise after rebuilding.
Copyright photos by Luís Miguel Correia - 15 February 2007

NORTHERN STAR IN LISBON

Shaw Savill Line flagship NORTHERN STAR of 1962 photographed in Lisbon by Luís Miguel Correia on her final season in June and October 1975.
The stern view shows her on the final cruise and the Soviet liner UKRAINA can be seen docked to NORTHERN STAR's bow. She was 13-year old when scrapped in Taiwan. Very sad end for a very fine and attractive liner.
Copyright photos by Luís Miguel Correia - 15 February 2007

A TRIBUTE TO THE SS MONTEREY (1956-2006)

The MONTEREY in Civitavecchia, April 2006














The MONTEREY at Barcelona, May 2006.
Three images of MONTEREY in Lisbon on 23rd September 2006, on her final MSC cruise


While not all taken in Lisbon the photos published here are a small tribute to a classic cruise ship that visited the Tagus so many times...
Photos by Luis Miguel Correia (Copyright)

GRAND VOYAGER in Lisbon 21 October 2006

A selection of photos taken during GRAND VOYAGER departure from Lisbon on her maiden call under the present name on 21st October 2006. (Copyright photos by Luís Miguel Correia)

The SAGA RUBY pitching off the Tagus mouth

Saga Cruises SAGA RUBY pitching as she leaves the river Tagus mouth and enters the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal, on 12th October 2006

MAKSIM GORKIY in Lisbon 4-10-2006

One of the few steam cruise ships of the sixties still sailing very much in her original form, the MAKSIM GORKIY ex-HANSEATIC, ex-HAMBURG still looks modern despite her 37 years of trading under three flags: Germany, USSR and the Bahamas...




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LEGEND OF THE SEAS alongside Alcantara pier, Lisbon

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Southampton-based LEGEND of the SEAS at Lisbon, 4th October 2006

SILVER CLOUD 4-10-2006

The SILVER CLOUD sailing from Lisbon on 4th October 2006 photographed by Luis Miguel Correia

P&O ARCADIA leaving LISBON

The Italian-built P&O cruise ship ARCADIA (laid down as QUEEN VICTORIA), leaving Lisbon (Santa Apolonia cruise terminal) on 4th October 2006 photographed by Luís Miguel Correia.
The light was not at its best, with clouds, but the sun did show for a few moments, thus the difference in light between the photos.
Since 1975, when I started photographing the passenger shipping scene in Lisbon regularly, this is the third different P&O ARCADIA I have been able to photograph... The first one was the John Brown-built ARCADIA of 1954, a very traditional post-war P&O liner. Later on I did also photograph the French-built ARCADIA ex-STAR PRINCESS, when she replaced the CANBERRA cruising out of Southampton, and now this elegant would be Cunarder.

MORE P&O cruise ships in Lisbon

The P&O cruise ships ARTEMIS and OCEANA photographed in Lisbon on 19 and 20 September 2006 by Luís Miguel Correia.



It is hard to realize that the ARTEMIS is now 22 year old specialy because it means that my tenth 5-year survey is due in a very short term. I can not blame, for it has been a life full of ships in all possible ways, and in a positive mood I look forward for the ships I'll be able to photograph over the next fifty years...

Luís Miguel Correia - 2006

AURORA at Lisbon 12 September 2006

P&O beauty, the AURORA looks as elegant as ever leaving Lisbon after another cruise call on 12 September 2006 (Luis Miguel Correia copyright photos)

The ORIANA in Lisbon 11 September 2006

I was lucky to be able to first photograph the new ORIANA on her inaugural cruise in 1995 and have repeatedly photographed her since then, including her last arrival in Lisbon on 11 September 2006.
Copyright photos by Luis Miguel Correia

The PRINCESS DANAE in Lisbon 11 September 2006

Classic International Cruises PRINCESS DANAE sailing past the beautiful city of Lisbon on her way to the Mediterranean on 11 September 2006, photographed by Luis Miguel Correia.

DELPHIN ex-BYELORUSSIYA of 1975

In February 1975 I started taking photographs to passengers ships in Lisbon and one of the first brand-new ships I was able to register in film was the BYELORUSSIYA. Thirty one years later she is still around and looking smart, as can be observed on the photos taken at Lisbon on 10 September 2006.
When introduced in early 1975 as the BYELORUSSIYA, the DELPHIN was the first of another series of Soviet passenger ships named after republics of the USSR. In the end five sister were built in Finland and they are all still in service.

The ASTORIA in Lisbon 22 July 2006

When the brand-new ASTOR was introduced in 1981 by HADAG of Hamburg she was one of the first newbuilding cruise ships starting a new generation of purpose built vessels giving new hope to passenger ship enthusiasts. So far she has had a long career under several operators and names, sailing now as the ASTORIA. The adjoining photos were taken in Lisbon on 22 July 2006 and the ship as berthed at the Alcântara terminal.

Copyright photos by Luis Miguel Correia - as usual

GRAND VICTORIA IN LISBON 22-08-2006

Several views of the cruise ship GRAND VICTORIA taken in Lisbon on 22-08-2006. She was built in France as the RENAISSANCE for Paquet Cruises and between 1977 and 25 had a long spell under the ownership of Epirotiki and Royal Olympic Cruises, with 3 years in Indonesia as the AWANI DREAM in between.
Copyright photos by Luis Miguel Correia - 2006

QM2 IN LISBON

The Cunard flagship QUEEN MARY 2 has visited Lisbon again on 9 August 2006 and here are some photos taken by Luís Miguel Correia.

THE SAME SHIP - A DIFFERENT LOOK

The French Lines' DE GRASSE photographed in Lisbon in the early fifties on a cruise from Le Havre and the same ship under her final name as Siosa Line VENEZUELA again docking in Lisbon in the late fifties.

Copyright photos - Luís Miguel Correia collection -2006

THE WESTERDAM UNDERWAY

The Westerdam off the Portuguese coast on her way out of Lisbon, 26-09-2005

THE SAME SHIP - A DIFFERENT LOOK

Some passenger ships look just like cats: they have seven lifes. One such example is the STOCKHOLM of 1948, still sailing as the ATHENA in Classic International Cruises livery. I first photographed her in Lisbon in the mid seventies when she used to cruise from Goteborg under charter to Stena Line as the VOLKERFEUNDSCHAFT. Here she is underway in the river Tagus in 1985 and again in Lisbon twenty years later as the rebuilt ATHENA.

Copyright photographs by Luís Miguel Correia - 2006

THE SAGA RUBY arriving in LISBON

One of the main attractions on a cruise to Lisbon is the scennic viewing of the city and the river Tagus as seen from aboard the ships on their arrival.

A frequent visitor to Lisbon is SAGA HOLYDAYS' SAGA RUBY, depicted here in several photos taken by L. M. Correia on 4th May 2006.

The SAGA RUBY called Lisbon for the first time on 22nd September 1973 in her original form as Norwegian America Line VISTAFJORD.

After 33 years of continous cruise service she still looks a handsome ship and the present livery is particularly attractive.

From top to bottom: The SAGA RUBY has just embarked the harbour pilot off Algés, sails past the Belém Tower, upriver to pass under the Tagus bridge and dock at the nearby Alcântara cruise terminal

Text and photos by Luís Miguel Correia - 2006

CRUISE SHIPS AND LISBON

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 leaving Lisbon on one of her frequent calls while cruising from Southampton
Copyright photo by Luís Miguel Correia

Lisbon is a major port for cruise ships with a long tradition in passenger shipping ever since the first great steamship companies were established in the eighteen thirties and forties with the purpose of mail and passengers transportation.

Household names in the early years of modern passenger steamship operations like the P&O - Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Co., or the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, were among the first to bring their passenger ships to Lisbon.

Nowadays the old traditions are renewed by visits of cruise ships to Lisbon in increasing numbers.

With this blog the Editor intends to publish news and images related to passenger and cruise ships in Lisbon over the years...

Luís Miguel Correia