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Mountain Goat wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:23 pm They are so big!
The oceans they are in are bigger. :lol:

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Holland America ships

Volendam

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and Zaandam


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Princess Cruises Regal Princess.

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Beautiful trip. I avoid those that feature Mickey Mouse and Carnivals, and so on, but I have had an enjoyable experience with Norwegian. I hear rave reviews about Holland.

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I am trying to split the difference between hobby and practicality. It practically runs, though finding parts is a bit dodgy, but thanks to the internet I think I've located a new wiper motor. I've always wanted to travel south India by rail, preferably narrow gauge, perhaps, but this is as close as I'm going to get for a while.
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Ambassador Group cruise ship 'Renaissance'


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Saga Cruises 'Spirit of Adventure'.

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SS Bermuda Star


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​Bahama Cruise Line's BERMUDA STAR was built in 1958 for Moore McCormack Lines as the ARGENTINA.



The 14,984 gt ARGENTINA and BRASIL were the last true American-built passenger liners and were designed for the New York to Buenos Aires run but were also built with an eye toward off season cruising. They featured platformed midships dummy funnels and, in a style reminiscent of the Holland America liner ROTTERDAM of 1959, their actual funnels were twin uptakes located far aft. This design is credited to American marine architect George Sharp, who first devised it on the 1940 conversion of the Great Lakes cruise ship JUNIATA into the streamlined ferry MILWAUKEE CLIPPER.



The ships were rebuilt in 1963 to increase their passenger capacity from 437 to 557 and tonnage to 15,257 gt. There was now an extensive observation deck located atop the bridge and new observation lounges offered panoramic views over the bow (similar rooms would be incorporated on Holland America's newbuilds NIEUW AMSTERDAM and NOORDAM in the early 1980s). Even with their increased capacities, the Moore McCormack twins were hard pressed to make a profit during their relatively short careers. Rising American labour costs and their fuel guzzling powerplants found the ships struggling by the mid to late 1960s, although their reputations for fine food and service seem to have been untainted all the way until their final cruises in 1969, when they were subsequently laid up at Baltimore.

Holland America Line bought both sisters and refitted them for cruise service in 1971. When they debuted in 1973 to replace the dowager 1938-built SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM, the ARGENTINA was renamed VEENDAM and the BRASIL became VOLENDAM. More modifications included the extension of portions of the aft superstructure and a new capacity of 671. Mainly due to different measurement standards, their gt increased significantly to 23,372.



The VEENDAM became BRASIL in 1974 for a brief charter, then VEENDAM again in 1975. In 1976, she became MONARCH STAR for Holland America's subsidiary, Monarch Cruise Lines. In 1978, she was renamed VEENDAM again. In 1984, she was sold to Bahama Cruise Line and renamed BERMUDA STAR. Her itineraries spanned from New England/Canada in the summer to the Caribbean and Mexico in the winter. In 1990, she went to Commodore Cruise Lines, who renamed her ENCHANTED ISLE.


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In 2001, she was laid up at Violet, Louisiana following the bankruptcy of Commodore. In late 2003, she was renamed NEW ORLEANS and sailed to Alang, India for scrapping.

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An old picture of Sea Princess


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Cruise ships of today.

Sun Princess

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Sun Princess from the rear (Yuk!!!

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Time to stop cruising.
Still chase ships to photograph though.

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Saga Cruise Ships

Spirit of Discovery


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Spirit of Adventure


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Wow! Over 150,000 views on mainly ships.

'Queen Elizabeth' leaving Southampton the final time bound for Hong Kong

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A far cry from the Island Princess in 'Love Boat' The newest one.
'Island Princess'

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Slightly older 'Jewel of the Sea'.

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A personal favourite - P&O’s Aurora

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Carl L wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:44 pm A personal favourite - P&O’s Aurora
A lovely picture, Carl. I have seen Aurora only once, in Cadiz around ten years ago.

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