ALBATROSS - IMO 5205253

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Photographer:

Wolfgang Fricke [ View profile ]

Captured:

Jul 1, 1985

Title:

Albatross

Photo Category:

Cruise Ships And Liners Built 1950-1960

Added:

May 5, 2020

Views:

772

Image Resolution:

1,564 x 1,115

Description:

Length 436.8 ft; breadth 57.2 ft
Built 1953 by Swan, Hunter & Richardson at Wallsend as LEDA for North Sea service of Bergen Line; 1979 she became Kuwaiti NAJLA; 1981 sold to Dolphin (Hellas) Shipping, Piraeus, and rebuilt to cruise vessel ALBATROS; 1984 she became ALEGRO and shortly afterwards ALBATROS again; 1985 renamed ALBATROSS; further names: BETSY ROSS (1988), AMALFI (1989) and STAR OF VENICE (1991); 2001 broken up;
Photo was taken in the Geiranger Fjord in Norway during fjord cruise; scanned from color slide.

Current name:

STAR OF VENICE

Former name(s):

- Amalfi (Until 1991 Jan)

- Betsy Ross (Until 1989 May)

- Alegro (Until 1984)

- Albatros (Until 1984)

IMO:

5205253

Status:

Dead

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