Passenger ferry; 4,549 grt; 541 dwt; 1,700 passengers
Operated by Regie voor Maritiem Transport (Belgian Maritime Transport Authority), Oostende, Belgium
Built 1966 by NV Cockerill Yards Hoboken, Hoboken, Belgium. Yard no. 836
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x 12-cylinder, two-stroke Cockerill Ougree-Sulzer 12RD44 of 15,000 bhp (total). Speed: 24 knots
1988-rebuilt as day-cruise ship TROPICANA (Bahamas flag), operating out of Mami and Port Everglades; 1990-SEA PALACE (casino/party cruises from Freeport, Texas; 1991-SAINT LUCIE (Bahamas flag); 1995-TROPICANA; 2006-to breakers at Alang, India, arrived 24/11
Photographed exactly 50 years ago departing Dover Western Docks for Ostend on 7/10/1968