MSC MONTEREY at Palma, Majorca. 20th August 2003. COSTA VICTORIA is in the adjacent berth, prior to installation of balconies.

Sisters Mariposa (3) and Monterey (3) were built in 1952, as the fast cargo ships Free State Mariner and Pine Tree Mariner. Matson Line bought them in 1955 for their Oceanic subsidiary, but they were rebuilt as the 14,799 ton passenger ships Mariposa (3) and Monterey (3) for their South Pacific servce. In 1970 they were sold to Pacific Far East Lines. In 1989, Monterey was acquired by StarLauro Crociere, passing to MSC in 1995. She was sold for scrap in 2006.

Photo: © 2003 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk