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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