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Irpinia (1929) - Two Funnels - Passenger Liner / Cruise Ship 10816/1929/Italy Underway - NDA This photo probably taken between 1955 and before 1962 when she was rebuilt Don Smith Collection Notes:- Names SS Campana 1929, SS Rio Jachal 1943, SS Campana 1946, T/v Irpinia 1955 & M/v Irpinia 1962 to 1983 Launched 11.6.1929 Built at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd - Neptune Yard - Low Walker History: 07/1929 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles 26/07/1943 Government of Argentina 1943. Flota Mercante del Estado, Buenos Aires; renamed RIO JACHAL 1946 Soc Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur, Marseilles 1946 Renamed CAMPANA 1955 Sicula Oceanica SpA, Palermo; renamed IRPINIA 09/1983 Broken up at La Spezia,Italy -
Sylvania - Passenger Liner / Cruise Ship Cunard Line 21989/1957/GBR/ 5347245 when rebuilt in 1971 24724 grt Docked at Liverpool - N.D.A. Don Smith Collection Notes:- Saxonia Class Ocean Liner Maiden Voyage 5.6.1957 Built by John Brown & Co,Glasgow,Scotland After refit in 1971 24724 grt Names of vessel 1957–1968: Sylvania 1968–1988: Fairwind 1988: Sitmar Fairwind 1988–1993: Dawn Princess 1993–2003: Albatros 2003–2004: Genoa Operators:- 1957–1968:Cunard 1968–1988: Sitmar Line 1988–1993:P&O 1993–2003: V-Ships Registry 1957-1968 : United Kingdom UK/BR/GBR 1968-1993 : Monrovia,Liberia 1993-2003 : Nassau,Bahamas -
Liberte (1946) - Ex Europa (1929) - Ocean Liner / Passenger Cruise Ship Europa 49746/ 1929/ German Liberte 51839/ 1946 rebuilt / France / 5607332 Anchored at Cork,Southern Ireland - Pre 1962 Don Smith Collection Notes:- SS Europa / North German Lloyd line Built by Blohm and Voss Shipyard, Hamburg ,Germany Launched August 1928 Maiden voyage: Bremen-Southampton-New York, March 19, 1930. 49,746 GRT Tonnage SS Liberté Ship Facts Named Liberte in 1946 / French Line 51839 grt when rebuilt / 1946 / France / 5607332 Operated by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Route : Le Havre to rew York French flag On August 2, 1950 the Liberte made the inaugural voyage as a French vessel. Final voyage was November 1961 Laid up in 1962 and Scrapped 1963 at La Spezia,Italy