Ss Ausonia Cruise Ship

Ships on this Page-Ascania - 1955-68.

Ss ausonia cruise ship. The largest ship in the fleet to date and with her deep draft she was not without her maneuvering difficulties an incident where she collided with the pier at Kusadasi in the summer of 1997 would be testament to that fact but she was beautifully maintained and loved by her. Built by CANTIERI RIUNITI DEL ADRIATICO in 1957 she was owned and operated by ADRIATICA LINES on the Trieste-Egypt-Lebanon service until 1978 AUSONIA was as built 11875 GRT propelled by steam turbines with a top speed of 25. Mikhail Kalinin Adjaria Armenia Baikal.

SS AUSONIA a ship of sheer beauty. Oddly even for a liner all cabins below A-deck were windowless but on the technical side the ships were among the most advanced of their time. In the maritime beauty pageant stakes the Ausonia punched way above her weight.

For many the Ausonia would be their first experience of any kind of cruise ship. For most of her career she operated as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. Built in 1971 as the NORDIC PRINCE by WARTSILA in Finland the ship was operated by Royal Caribbean and had a GRT of 18346 she was 169 meters long with a top speed of 22 knots.

For most of her career she operated as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. She was launched on August 5 1956 and delivered to Adriatica Lines on September 23. Her sister ship was the SS Michelangelo.

It had already been rumoured in 2008 that this superb ex Italian liner now operating as a Greek cruise ship would be decommissioned which was such a sad thought for she was still in perfect condition in every sense of the word and I personally know many who sailed on her and raved about her interior and exterior state. The sharp proud curve of her prow and. In 1995 the vessel was sold to AIRTOURS SUN CRUISES and renamed.

SS Raffaello was an Italian ocean liner built in the early 1960s for Italian Line by the Cantieri Riuniti dellAdriatico TriesteIt was one of the last ships to be built primarily for liner service across the North AtlanticHer sister ship was SS Michelangelo. The SS Eugenio C was a 1966 Italian built ocean linercruise ship originally owned by the Costa Line. SS Ausonia was an Italian cruise liner launched in 1956.