Flotta Lauro Lines: TN Sydney & Roma - C3 cargo ships rebuilt into passenger liners in 1950 & 1951

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Flotta Lauro Lines

T/N Sydney & Roma

Page One

 First Class Photo Album

 

A rare postcard of SS Sydney

Author’s private collection

 

All photographs below are from a brochure from the author’s private collection

 

SS Roma & Sydney featured an Atrium, which was rare in those days

 

Main Lounge

 

Verandah Bar

 

Later as the Caribia 1 (ex Roma, Sydney) the “Varandah Bar,” became simply “The Bar”

 

 Club Bar

 

 Card Room

 

 Promenade Deck

 

 Dinning Room (What a horrid colour scheme)

 

A dedicated double cabin was rare in those days 

 

TN Sydney & Roma INDEX:

 

Main Page         TN Sydney & Roma history page.

Page One          First Class photo album.

Page Two          Tourist Class Photo album.

Page Three        Deck Plans.

Page Four          A Voyage description - Australia to Naples in 1962 on the Roma.

Page Five         Mr. Uma Shankar Jaiswal sails from Bombay to Naples in 1962.

Also Read about the larger ex Dutch liners MS Willem Ruys & MS Oranje that became ...

The became Flotta Lauro’s ... MS Achille Lauro & Angelina Lauro

 

“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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