I knew this ship very well in her original form as PASTEUR. In August 1972 I sailed from Lisbon on the Portuguese liner PÁTRIA and there were two other passenger ships alongside the same terminal, PASTEUR and ARGENTINA STAR. Both were doing their final voyages, and PÁTRIA would last only ultim the following May...

...indeed, a classic French liner from the past.
Twin screw 20 knots from 2x 9 cyl. Constr. Mecaniques-Sulzer 20,000 bhp diesels. Scanned from a negative in my collection.

What a beauty she was and this is, without doubt, the very best photo that I've ever seen of her.