Jupiter ex Moledet - Anchored off Rhodes - 12.6.1971
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Orpheus ex Munster - Leaving Heraklion - 3.6.1969
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Neptune ex Meteor - Docked Piraeus - 17.10.1972
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Atlas ex Ryndam - Arriving off Mykonos - 18.5.1973
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Aquarius - Docked at Piraeus - 6.9.1974
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Carina (1930) - Docked at Corfu -7.6.1971
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Calypso - Anchored in Geirangerfjord - 7.7.1975
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Ellinis - Arriving Southampton - 26.6.1976
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Queen Frederica - Dry Dock Southampton - 26.6.1976
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Ellinis - Southampton Water - 27.6.1976
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Britanis - Underway in The Solent - 1972
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Regina Magna - Arriving Tilbury - 23.6.1972
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Regina Magna - Passing East Tilbury - 21.6.1974
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
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Australis 26315 grt / 1940 blt / Greece Arriving Southampton - 26.6.1977 Don Smith Collection Built 1940 as America for United States Lines Inc. New York Requisitioned by U.S. Navy in 1941 and converted to troopship & renamed “West Point” in 1942. After the war was returned to owner and reconverted for passenger trade & reverted to original name & Transatlantic service. 1964: bought by Okeania, and renamed Australis 1977: Sold to Venture Cruise Lines and renamed America 1978: Put up for auction in U.S.A., bought by Chandris & renamed Italis under ownership of Okeania S.A. 1980: sold to Cie. Noga d’Importation & d’Exportation (Intercommerce Corp.), renamed Noga 1984: sold to Silver Moon Ferries Ltd., renamed Alferdoss 1992: sold to Thai interests with the idea of converting her to a floating hotel at Phuket. Renamed “American Star” & left Piraeus under tow in December 1993 but broke loose from her tug in heavy weather & ran aground on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
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Australis 26315 grt / 1940 blt / Greece Southampton Water - 27.6.1977 Don Smith Collection Built 1940 as America for United States Lines Inc. New York Requisitioned by U.S. Navy in 1941 and converted to troopship & renamed “West Point” in 1942. After the war was returned to owner and reconverted for passenger trade & reverted to original name & Transatlantic service. 1964: bought by Okeania, and renamed Australis 1977: Sold to Venture Cruise Lines and renamed America 1978: Put up for auction in U.S.A., bought by Chandris & renamed Italis under ownership of Okeania S.A. 1980: sold to Cie. Noga d’Importation & d’Exportation (Intercommerce Corp.), renamed Noga 1984: sold to Silver Moon Ferries Ltd., renamed Alferdoss 1992: sold to Thai interests with the idea of converting her to a floating hotel at Phuket. Renamed “American Star” & left Piraeus under tow in December 1993 but broke loose from her tug in heavy weather & ran aground on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
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Victoria (Chandris Lines) - ex Dunnottar Castle - Leaving Capetown - 1977
Photo from The Don Smith Collection.
