REGINA MAGNA – Pass Cruise – Chandris Line
32360/1938/Greece/5051145
Docked at Southampton – 9.6.1972
Don Smith Collection
Notes:-
Launched 15.2.1938 Completed August 1939 Commissioned 1940 Decommissioned 1980
1939: Completed as Pasteur for Cie.Sudatlantique, Bordeaux. Did not enter service due to the start of WW2.
1940: Carried the French gold reserves to Halifax, and entered service as a troop transport under the British flag, managed by Cunard-White Star. Returned to French Flag in 1945, and continued as a troop transport under management of Sudatlantique, operating to the Far East.
1957: Sold to Norddeutsche Lloyd, Bremen . Entered service in 1959 as Bremen, after rebuilding by Bremer Vulkan, on the Bremerhaven-New York service.
1970: The Bremen passed to the combined HAPAG-Lloyd fleet on 1st September 1970. She lasted only one year, being sold to Chandris Lines and was named Regina Magna
1977: Sold to Philippine owners and renamed Saudi Phili I
1980 : Name changed to Saudi Filipinas I
1971: Sold to Chandris Lines and renamed Regina Magna , running cruises worldwide only until 1974, when laid up.
Later used as an accommodation ship in Saudi Arabia, and sank on 9/6/1980 on the way to breakers in Taiwan.
Tonnages :-
29,253 GRT (Pasteur)
32,336 GRT (Bremen, 1957)
32,360 GRT (Bremen, 1966)
23,801 GRT (Regina Magna)
Owners:-
Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique (1938–40)
UK Government (1940–46)
Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique (1946–57)
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1957–72)
Chandris Cruises (1972–77)
Philippine Singapore Ports Corporation (1977–80)
Philsimport International (1980)
Operators:-
Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique (1938–40)
Cunard White Star Line (1940–46)
Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique (1946–56)
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1957–72)
Chandris Cruises (1972–77)
Philippine Singapore Ports Corporation (1977–80)
Philsimport International (1980)
