Sunday, October 24, 2010

BOUDICCA in Lisbon

BOUDICCA photographed on 23 October 2010 leaving Lisbon on one of her popular cruises for the British market.

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Friday, October 22, 2010

EMPRESS in Lisbon 2010-10-22


The Pullmantur cruise ship EMPRESS photographed while departing from Lisbon on 22 October 2010 bound for Gibraltar and Malaga.
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

KRISTINA KATARINA in Lisbon 2010-09-09

The KRISTINA KATARINA leaving Lisbon on her first call under this name on 9 September 2010. For more photos of this ship click here.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

PACIFIC DREAM underway


The PACIFIC DREAM underway in Lisbon on her departure for Gibraltar on 23 July 2010.
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PACIFIC DREAM in Lisbon


The cruise ship PACIFIC DREAM at Lisbon on 23 July 2010.
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PACIFIC DREAM in Lisbon

Now calling in Lisbon every Friday on a regular basis, the PACIFIC DREAM looked really nice at her berth in Santa Apolónia when I took these photos on 23 July 2010 on her departure for Gibraltar.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

THE WORLD in Lisbon


One of the more luxurious and exclusive passenger ships in servive, THE WORLD visited Lisbon again this July and I was able to photograph her departure on 9 July 2010.
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PACIFIC DREAM in Lisbon


PACIFIC DREAM underway leaving Lisbon on 9 July 2010.
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Monday, June 21, 2010

PALLAS ATHENA leaving Lisbon

PALLAS ATHENA leaving Lisbon on her final call on 3 August 1992. She was doing charter cruises under the Panamian flag prior to transfer to the Greek flag. Later used by Epirotiki on cruises to the Greek Islands, she was lost by fire in Piraeus in March 1994 and sold to be broken up in Turkey later that year. Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to enlarged the images. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

PALLAS ATHENA in Lisbon

One of my favourite passenger ships, the PALLAS ATHENA ex-CARLA COSTA, ex-CARLA C, ex-FLANDRE (1952-1994) photographed arriving Lisbon on 10 June 1992 soon after her purchase by Epirotiki Lines.
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

COSTA DELIZIOSA interiors




Interiors of the new Italian cruise ship COSTA DELIZIOSA taken onboard on her first call in Lisbon on 31 May 2010. 
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COSTA DELIZIOSA in Lisbon

The brand-new cruise ship COSTA LUMINOSA leaving the river Tagus on 31 May 2010 following the ship's inaugural call in Lisbon. She is the sister ship of COSTA LUMINOSA, a pair of twins based on the hull developed for Holland America Compass class and also used by P&O (ARCADIA) and Cunard with QUEEN VICTORIA and QUEEN ELIZABETH.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

C. COLUMBUS in Lisbon 10 May 2010


The German cruise ship C. COLUMBUS photographed off Lisbon on 10 May 2010 following another call on a cruise around Western Europe. COLUMBUS is operated by Hapag-Lloyd and registerted in the Bahamas. She revives the name of the famous pre-WW2 North German Lloyd COLUMBUS.
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Friday, April 23, 2010

VISION OF THE SEAS in Lisbon

Cruise ship VISION OF THE SEAS photographed on 19 April 2010 cruising out of Lisbon.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

SEABOURN LEGEND leaving Lisbon 2010-04-21


SEABOURN LEGEND cruising on the river Tagus after another call in Lisbon on 21 April 2010.
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Saturday, April 17, 2010

MARCO POLO cruising out of Lisbon

MARCO POLO cruising in the river Tagus on her way out from Lisbon on 16 April 2010.
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Monday, April 12, 2010

OCEAN NOVA at Cais da Rocha

Cruise ship OCEAN NOVA berthed at Rocha cruise terminal, Lisbon on 10 April 2010.
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OCEAN NOVA in Lisbon




Close up pictures of OCEAN NOVA  ex-SAPPIK ITTUK (2.183 GT, built 1992), taken in Lisbon on 10 April 2010.
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

VENTURA sailing from Lisbon


VENTURA leaving the river Tagus on 7 April 2010 after another day spent alongside the Alcântara cruise terminal, Lisbon.
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VENTURA in Lisbon

VENTURA about to berth in Alcântara cruise terminal, Lisbon, on 7 April 2010.
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Monday, March 15, 2010

SCANDINAVIAN SKY II in Lisbon


The day-cruise ship SCANDINAVIAN SKY II photographed in Lisbon in 26 March 1990 while on a technical call on her positioning voyage from Piraeus, Greece to England for a refit and conversion for cruising prior to the start of her day cruises in Florida for Sea Escape. She was a very beautiful former British Railways ferry, the St. GEORGE of 1968. (ST GEORGE 1968-1984, PATRA EXPRESS 1984-1990, SCANDINAVIAN SKY II 1990, SCANDINAVIAN DAWN 1990-1996, DISCOVERY DAWN 1996-1998, ISLAND DAWN 1998-1999, DISCOVERY DAWN 1999-2000, TEXAS TREASURE 2000-2008 - broken up in India in 2008)
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

SUN VIKING


When first introduced by Royal Caribbean in 1972, SUN VIKING was the third sister of the original trio of SONG OF NORWAY-class cruise ships.
After many years in the Caribbean waters, she was used overseas in order to develop new cruise markets, and so she visited Lisbon.
Here she is leaving Lisbon on 16 May 1995.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010

OCEAN GLORY I on 28 June 2001

Final arrival in Lisbon of a classic passenger ship: the OCEAN GLORY I, built in UK as PROVENCE and later in 1965 renamed ENRICO C.
Photos taken on 28 June 2001. See also here...
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