Things seen – October 2011
The Villandry is captured on Youtube in the 1960s in these timeless home movie reels – she is seen at Newhaven here and here and at Dieppe here. The ship…
Picture of the week: Villa
Villa arriving at Villa san Giovanni. Click for larger image. Previous image
Separated at Birth
… It is unusual in the ferry industry for sisterships to be ordered from the same shipyard by unrelated operators. Whilst there is often a degree of plagiarism in design…
To Tangier on the Marrakech
COMANAV, then the state-owned shipping company of Morocco, established operations between Sete in Southern France and Tangier in 1974 following the acquisition of the former Vikingfjord, later Prinz Hamlet II,…
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…
Picture of the week: Silja Serenade & Princess Maria
Silja Serenade & Princess Maria at Helsinki. Click for larger image. Previous image
Deckplans
About six months late, and with thanks to all contributors, some more deckplans have been added to the collection: http://www.hhvferry.com/deckplans
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