REGENT SUN  -  Pass Cruise 17891 grt / 1964 blt / IMO 5321769 Location and date taken unknown The Don Smith Collection    

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)