TSMV Oriental
Queen
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The Oriental Queen seen in Auckland New
A contributor to ssMaritime Mr. Stanley
(Stan) Evans has provided me with a series of photographs that he has taken
whilst on a three week cruise on the TSMV Oriental
Queen from
My
Cruise on a Delightful Japanese Queen
With
The idea of sailing on the famed Australian
ship Kanimbla is always a tempting thought, even though she has been sold to a
Japanese cruise company who renamed her “Oriental Queen.” Although
she certainly looked charming in her all white livery and Stan decided to go
ahead and book a three week festive Christmas and New
Year cruise on her departing
At least after so many years I retained the original Toyo
Yusen ticket
“We sailed from
Food wise we had Western one night and Japanese the next, I can say I have not eaten Japanese food since! However, I was extremely happy with the cruise and every one seemed to enjoy it very much as it was also simpler days.
I had an outside two berth cabin with a window that opened onto the lower promenade deck aft, below promenade deck. The Japanese crew used to use this deck and we spent many happy hours trying to communicate with them and listening to their recorded music. They seemed to love Chinese Opera as I remember and since then I have also loved it.
Strangely enough we never say many ships
during our cruise except after five days we saw the luxury, all first class
Matson liner SS Mariposa. Strangely after five sea days when she appeared we
actually resented her intrusion into our little world!”
Oriental Queen Photo Album
This album also contains three images sourced from a brochure showing the ships interiors and the rest are photographs taken by Stan Evans whilst on his cruise. All images on this page have been provided to me by Stan and I am most grateful to him for his story and photographs, and I am sure that all my readers who dearly love this ship will be overjoyed when they discover this new page on this greatly beloved ship!
The aft decks and pool
Stan continues: “Looking at this photo again, reminded me that there was a small top deck between the rear of the funnel and the rear king posts. It was very much free of wind as it had some white canvas sheeting fastened to the railings. I remember that myself and some friends were the only ones who ever used that wonderful small deck overlooking the pool and rear decks. During the entire cruise we never saw anyone else up there, thus it became our own personal deck and we spent many happy hours up there making up ridiculous naval phrases such as “hoist the captain” and “lower the poop deck”, etc.”
The Cocktail
Bar was always a busy spot on the ship
The Dinning
Room was happy but could be noisy!
I am sure that
this photo hails back fro her Kanimbla days, but it shows on of the better twin
bedded rooms
A fine bow view
of the ship in
Details of her
starboard side looking aft – in
Another detail
of the ship looking forward in
Oriental Queen
in
Detail of her
portside in
Seen from a
lookout and the Oriental Queen looks a delight –
Back in
An aft look at
her starboard side of the ship
Stan wrote: “It was a very happy time on a most wonderful ship, and at a time when life was more gentle and far less rushed. I feel so privileged to have sailed on this handsome and wonderful liner for my holiday on the Oriental Queen is still as vivid in my imagination today as if it had been yesterday.”
The author of ssMaritime concludes.
Three weeks on the Oriental Queen at first may have seemed like a long time, and although this ship had a rather relaxed atmosphere there were plenty of deck and sports activities up on deck as well as the ever popular swimming pool, as well as the relaxing lounges or reading good book in a cosy corner, but time still tends to fly and before you know it you are sailing back into the worlds most beautiful harbour, Sydney and you are home again.
Obviously, as we have read Stan fondly
remembers the Oriental Queen as being a fine Japanese Queen, and although she
has sadly now long gone, like all good and well built ships - MS Kanimbla, TSMV
Oriental Queen will never be forgotten!
TSMV
Oriental Queen seen towards the end of her career
This photo is by
& © Dr. G.R. Wilson
MS Kanimbla / Oriental
Queen - Index
Page One
… The overall history of the
Kanimbla and Oriental Queen
Page Two … Oriental Queen images
and menu sent by a past Purser
Page
Three Stan Evans cruises
on the Oriental Queen - December 1965
Page
Four …
“Blue
Water Liners sailing to the distant shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die.”
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