Length over all 150.1 m; breadth 19.6 m; 240 passengers (when built);
built 1952 by Forges & Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux / France as FERDINAND DE LESSEPS for Messageries Maritimes, sailing between France and East Africa / Mauritius; sold 1969 to C.S. Efthymiadis, Piraeus, and renamed DELPHI; 1977 bought by Cypriote owners and renamed LA PERLA; new owner was Intercruise Ltd., renaming the ship LA PALMA; 2003 broken up;
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