Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Year of build: 1939 (Yard no. 518)
Measures: GRT 6951, NRT 4024, LOA 141,66 m, breadth 18,37 m, draught 8,19 m, 10400 bhp, 15,0 kn
History:
HUASCARAN (1939 - 1948)
Owner: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), Hamburg, Germany (1939)
Owner: Kriegsmarine (1939 - 1945)
Owner: Canadian government ((Park SS Co. Ltd.), (1945 - 1947)
Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal, Canada (1947 - 1948)
BEAVERBRAE (1948 - 1954)
Owner: Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., Montreal, Canada
AURELIA (1954 - 1970)
Owner: Compagnia Genovese d’Armamento (Cogedar), Genoa, Italy (1954 - 1958)
Owner: Cia. Genovese di Armamento, S.p.A., Genoa, Italy (1958 - 1970)
ROMANZA (1970 - 1991)
Owner: Chandris Lines S.A., (Chandris International Cruises S.A., Panama), Piraeus, Greece (1970 - 1974)
Owner: Armadores Romanza, S.A., Piraeus, Greece (1974 - 1991)
ROMANTICA (1991 - 1998)
Owner: New Ambassador Leisure Cruises Ltd. (Columbus Shipmanagement Ltd.), Limassol, Cyprus (1991 - 1997)
Owner: New Paradise Cruises, Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus (1997 - 1998)
BU 1998 after fire at Alang, India
From the collection of my grandfather. Source, location and date unknown.
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