Rms Andes Cruise Ship

The British cruising market was divided mainly between three vessels at the time for budget cruises the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and later Union Castle Line operated the Reina del Mar for the middle class there was Royal Mails Andes and for long expensive cruises Caronia was introduced by Cunard in 1948.

Rms andes cruise ship. HISTORY -- RMS Andes was a 26689 GRT steam turbine Royal Mail Ship ocean liner cruise ship and the flagship of the Royal Mail Lines fleet. Royal Mail Lines were worried because their French competitors Cie. Sunk by enemy action.

Andes was ordered from the famous Harland Wolff shipyard at Belfast. Caronia is one of the first luxury cruises ships of the postwar era. C over of a brochure issued by Royal Mail Lines in the late forties to promote their flagship RMS ANDES on the Europe - Brazil - Plata service where this magnificent ship operated between 1948 and 1959 when she was converted for full time cruising.

RMS Arlanza 1911 Ocean liner of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Built 1913 15620grt 16kts. She later served as a hospital ship during World War II and ended her career transporting British emigrants to Australia and New Zealand before being scrapped in 1952.

1939-1945 troopship 1959 converted to cruise ship 1971 scrapped. Any vessel designated as RMS has the right both to fly the pennant of the Royal Mail when sailing and to include the Royal Mail crown insignia with any identifying device andor design for the ship. Scrapped after becoming the Atlantis cruise ship.

Rms Andes Cruise Ship. The designation dates back to 1840. Sunk after collision with rocks.

Cruise ship Cargo liner Navy ships. Ocean liner ANDES at Southampton early 1960s. The ANDES was built in Belfast and delivered in September 1939 by Harland.