Category: Farewell to…
Vronskiy Beat (or: Farewell Prinses Beatrix, Duc de Normandie, Wisteria etc)
This afternoon the Damla (ex-Vronskiy, Wisteria, Duc de Normandie, Prinses Beatrix) arrived on the beach at Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping. The ship, which most recently was in service between Spain…
Farewell Cornouailles, Havelet, Sveti Stefan
The Sveti Stefan of Montenegro Lines, originally Brittany Ferries’ Cornouailles of 1977, this afternoon arrived off Aliaga in Turkey prior to being scrapped. The ship had been ordered by Brittany…
Farewell Svealand, Stena Seatrader, Seatrade
. . . A couple of weeks ago Ventouris Ferries’ Seatrade departed for scrapping, under the name Sea Project. The ship, originally delivered in 1973, had operated for the Greek…
Farewell Viking Voyager, Pride of Cherbourg, Banaderos, Barlovento, Samothraki
Top:The Samothraki leaving Mytilene in July 2007. The recent arrival of the Samothraki (ex-Viking Voyager) at Aliagia in Turkey for scrapping was perhaps not in itself a surprise but her…
Mediterranean Massacre – Part One
The revised SOLAS (Safety of Life At Sea) regulations which came into force on 30 September were expected to cause several casualties, but the speed and number of older ferries…
Farewell Senlac, Apollo Express, Express Apollon, Apollon
With minimal warning, the Apollon of European Seaways sailed for scrapping at Aliaga in Turkey on Thursday morning. Her final scheduled sailings on the Bari-Durres run were in mid-September, after…
Farewell Mette Mols, Balkanija, Istra
A few weeks ago, Jadrolinija’s Istra was sold for scrapping in Turkey. As the Mette Mols, Mols Linien’s very first ship, she was the lead vessel of what became a…
Farewell Doric Ferry, Kapetan Alexandros
Quietly, the Kapetan Alexandros A ex-Doric Ferry, last of the ships of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, left her lay up in Keratsini under tow of the tug Christos XIV…
Farewell Roi Baudouin, Georgios Express
The legendary Georgios Express, the former Belgian/RMT Roi Baudouin of 1965, set sail on Monday, 23 March, under tow to Aliaga in Turkey for scrap. The ship had been laid…
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