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 INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS 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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