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Maritime
Historian
“Saxonia Class Liners”
Page 2
Carinthia and Sylvania sold to Sitmar Line
Also on this page - Older Sisters go
Russian
The much loved Sitmar Flag
Carinthia
and Sylvania were sold to “Fairland
Shipping Corp,” of Monrovia,
company that became well known as Sitmar Line, or Societa Italiana Transporti MARritimi and renamed them, Fairland
and Fairwind respectively.
It was intended to place them on the Australia,
New Zealand
migrant run. However, due to the Greek shipping company, Chandris Lines having won
the migrant contract from the Australian Government, both ships were laid up
years in Southampton until 1970.
Fairland
(left) and Fairwind (right) laid up for rebuilding
RMS Windsor
Castle is berthed just aft
Proposed
new Sitmar livery
Fairwind was the only ship to adopt the new Sitmar Cruises
livery
Older sisters
go Russian
The laid up Carmania and Franconia were sold
to Nikreis Maritime Group, acting for the Soviet
State (& Black Sea) Shipping Co in 1973.
They became the popular budget cruise ships, Leonid Sobinov and the much loved Fedor Shalyapin
respectively. The author’s Company, Atlantic & Pacific International
/ Shaw Savill Holidays chartered the Fedor, and operated cruises out of Sydney and Auckland,
marketing the cruise venture as “Celebrity Club Cruises” Each
cruise featured the very best Australian Artists, who mingled with passengers,
also being the featured acts on Show nights. Two fine names, who
cruised with the author, was the brilliant Jimmy Hannan,
and the incomparable, Stuart Wagstaff.
Both ships cruised extensively
for many years. Sadly, the proud Leonid Sobinov was scrapped in 1999, whereas the
Fedor is
still afloat, but currently laid up in ll’ichyovsk,
she may be scrapped at anytime soon. This will be sad end for many, who love
“Ships that are real ships!”
TSS Fedor
Shalyapin under charter to Shaw Savill Holidays
And operated by the author
under the banner of …
Celebrity Club Cruises in
1975 & 1976
Read the author’s TSS Fedor
Shalyapin Story
Fedor Shalyapin
in 1999, laid up in the Ukrainian port of llichyovsk
© Photograph - Nikolay Prikhodko / Patrick Wetter
Index
Page 1 – Foreword – Construction
Page 2
– Sitmar buys Carinthia and Ivernia – Sisters go Russian
Page 3
- Fairwind / Fairsea –
Sitmar sold to P&O Princess Cruises
Page 4 – The Fairstar the Australian connection
Page 5 – Fair Princess becomes an Aussie
Page
6 – Passenger list images
Page 7 – Albatros ex Dawn Princess / Fairwind / Sylvania / Ivernia /
Saxonia –
Passenger list images
Fair Princess Photo Album
– Exteriors
Fair Princess Photo Album
- Interiors
Fedor
Shalyapin
- ex Franconia
/ Ivernia
China Sea Discovery
– ex Fair Princess / Fairsea / Fairland / Carinthia
China Sea Discovery Photo
Album
China Sea Discovery Saga
All photographs are by the
author, or from the author's private collection, unless mentioned otherwise ~
Fairsea in Juneau Alaska - Luca Ferrerio ~ Fair
Princess (Princess Cruises) - Marvin Jensen ~ Pacific Sky – Marion Carter
~ China Sea Discovery - Kiwi Marine Consultants Ltd, Hong Kong ~ Photographer
of Fedor Shalyapin laid up, and other ‘*unknown’ photographers,
please see photo notes below.
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However, there are some photographs provided to me without details regarding
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seen a multitude of my own photographs on other sites, yet these individuals
either refuse to provide credit or remove them when asked, knowing full well
that there is no legal comeback when it comes to the net. However, let us show
these charlatans up and do the right thing at all times and give credit where
credit is due!
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although, and I have done my best to ensure that all photographs are duly
credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page
is updated!
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