Ss Ausonia Cruise Ship

SS Aegean two Below.

Ss ausonia cruise ship. She was one of the last ships to be built primarily for liner service across the North Atlantic. It had already been rumoured in 2008 that this superb ex Italian liner now operating as a Greek cruise ship would be decommissioned which was such a sad thought for she was still in perfect condition in every sense of the word and I personally know many who sailed on her and raved about her interior and exterior state. The sharp proud curve of her prow and.

The Italian Line planned the ships as true ocean liners divided into three classes. SS Ausonia was an Italian cruise liner launched in 1956. The name Ausonia originates from the ancient name for Italy which was named after Auson son of Ulysses and father of the Ausones.

Looking back now I think they got it absolutely right in terms of size and ambiance. One of the brothers then started Grandi Navi Veloci operating large cruise ferries in the Mediterranean. For many the Ausonia would be their first experience of any kind of cruise ship.

Mikhail Kalinin Adjaria Armenia Baikal. When the 35000 gt Fun Ship was introduced to Caribbean cruise service in 1978 she was by far the largest passenger ship based in Florida and one of the largest cruise ships in the world. Built by CANTIERI RIUNITI DEL ADRIATICO in 1957 she was owned and operated by ADRIATICA LINES on the Trieste-Egypt-Lebanon service until 1978 AUSONIA was as built 11875 GRT propelled by steam turbines with a top speed of 25.

She was launched on August 5 1956 and delivered to Adriatica Lines on September 23. Space was pretty tight but it was generally a pretty good natured and accommodating crowd on board. For most of her career she operated as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.

Subsequently Grimaldi operated the Ausonia on cruises from 1983-96 and carry up to 55 passengers on various freighters around the world. She was also lost in 1972 again off Cannes. The SS LEONARDO DA VINCI was an ocean liner built by ANSALDO SHIPYARDS at Genoa in 1960 the ship was intended as a replacement for the ill-fated ANDREA DORIA to operate on the North Atlantic run with ITALIAN LINE she was as built 33340 GRT and had a top speed of 255 knots.