The
photographs, either taken by myself or my Wife, Anne,on this and the following
pages are of a variety of Cruise ships that regularly call at Rhodes (Rodos)
in the summer months, many of which call on a weekly basis. Some are modern
vessels, characterised by what I refer to as 'slab-sided', that is to
say they do not have the sheer and lines of the 'classic' vessels. Other
ships were former passenger liners, some quite old in liner terms but
given a new lease of life as cruise ships at the lower end of the holiday
cruise market.
"Seawing"
July 1999.
16,
700 tonnes, Airtours Sun Cruises. Built Italy, entered service November
1971 as "Southward ", March 1995 as Seawing.
"Seawing" July 1999.
"Triton" July 1999.
14,155 tonnes, Royal Olympic Cruises. Built Nederlands, entered service October 1971 as "Cunard Adventurer, then "Sunward II", and May 1992 as Triton.
"Marco
Polo "at Santorini, July 1999,
Built
Germany, 20,502
tonnes, entered service as
"Aleksandr Pushkin" April 1966, and for Orient Lines, November
1993.
Costa Lines "Costa Classica" July 2000.
Built Italy, 52,950 tonnes, entered service January 1992.
Festival Cruises "Mistral" July 2001.
Built France entered service July 1999