Remember the TSS "STEFAN BATORY"

-
The "STEFAN BATORY" was built by Wilton-Fijenoord in Holland in 1952 as the SS MAASDAM, she was operated on the European to Montreal and New York service by Holland America Line until 1968, she was then acquired by POLISH OCEAN LINES and renamed "STEFAN BATORY", the ship was 15.024 GRT and had a cruising speed of 16.5 knots powered by gas turbines, the capacity was for about 750 passengers. This fine vessel was scrapped in Turkey as the Swedish STEFAN in 2000. Postcard from my private collection

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    I remember TSS Stefan Batory, I sailed aboard her from Montreal to London, July-August, 1980. That was the year of Solidarity (Solidarność) and the crew were reluctant to discuss politics.
    --

    ReplyDelete
  2. Neil RichardsApril 27, 2014 at 8:57 AM

    My family emigrated form England to Montreal in Nov 1974 on the Stefan Batory, when I was 14. Lovely ship and the crew were superb.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousJuly 29, 2014 at 4:10 PM

    My wife and I took the Stephan Batory from Montreal to South Hampton and then on to Hamburg in 1976. It took us 10 days to cross the Atlantic. Saw whales, icebergs and the likes. Quite an adventure. It was then one of the last liners in service.

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2016 at 4:29 PM

    I am looking for boat maasdam. My family arrive in Montréal november 1964 from holland Amsterdam , about 2 weeks on sea

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, one of the nicest ships ever built

-
Image
This post is dedicated to all the Italian followers of this blog. This past week saw an unprecedented number of pageviews from Italy, I was really pleased to notice that the post "WILLEM RUYS BECOMES ACHILLE LAURO" is the most popular post of this blog, leading by far all the posts related to the COSTA CONCORDIA's tragedy, so despite the relevance of the tragic events which obviously dominated the news not just in Italy but around the world, there is an obvious interest on Italian passenger liners and this is reassuring for me, I do believe that the most beautiful liners came out of Italy, this is why I have chosen CRISTOFORO COLOMBO for many the most elegant liner ever built as a testimony of appreciation to the great nation that Italy was and still is as far as shipping and ship building is concerned, so thank you to all my Italian followers, I will endeavour to carry on with the best possible work on this blog. Postcards of my collection
Read more

SS "LEONARDO DA VINCI" a remarkable liner with a short career

-
Image
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 33.340 GRT and had a top speed of 25.5 knots. The ship left on her maiden voyage on the 30th June 1960 from Genoa to New York, she was kept on this service until 1965 when the new superliners MICHELANGELO and RAFFAELLO entered service, LEONARDO was then used on cruising in the MED, CARIBBEAN, SOUTH and NORTH AMERICA, after the withdrawal of the new superliners from service on the North Atlantic due to lack of passengers  LEONARDO was back on the transtlantic service, but only for a brief spell, she went back to cruising until 1978 when she arrived at La Spezia in Italy to be laid up, she caught fire in 1980 and was considered a total loss, she was finally scrapped in 1982, a brief career for such a beautiful ship, she was not a lucky vessel un
Read more

Remembering the "SUNDREAM"

-
Image
This post takes us back to 1997, the "SUNDREAM" is seen secured for sea ready for another departure from Barcelona. The ship was built in 1970 by WARTSILA in Finland as the "SONG OF NORWAY" to Royal Caribbean, she was 18416 GRT with a top speed of 22 knots, the vessel was lengthened by 24 meters in 1978, the GRT was increased to 23005 GRT. In 1996 the ship was sold to AIRTOURS SUN CRUISES and was renamed "SUNDREAM", she is still around operated by INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PARTNERS under the name of "GEMINI" but facing uncertain times with the ship being reported for sale or charter
Read more