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Topic: What ship is this?

JP
First Class Passenger
Member # 1373

posted 10-06-2009 11:52 AM

Southbound off the coast of California between San Francisco and Los Angeles, December 1985.

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Tim in Fort Lauderdale
First Class Passenger
Member # 953

posted 10-06-2009 11:58 AM

It's one of the Royal Viking triplets, most likely it's the RV Star.

Tim

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 10-06-2009 12:04 PM

Well I cheated a bit, but according to the brochure it would have been the R.V. SEA, doing her California, Mexico and Hawaii cruise.

Rich

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JP
First Class Passenger
Member # 1373

posted 10-06-2009 03:34 PM

Thanks; I've always wondered.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 10-06-2009 06:00 PM

You can see a recent picture of her HERE.

Fred Olsen now has the other two sisters.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 10-07-2009 07:50 AM

Malcolm....are you saying Fred Olsen now has all three former RVL sisters? I knew they had two, but never heard they acquired the third.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 10-07-2009 08:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by NAL:
Malcolm....are you saying Fred Olsen now has all three former RVL sisters? I knew they had two, but never heard they acquired the third.

No, Malcolm posted pics of the RV Sea as she is w/Phoenix Reisen and then, simply, stated that FO has the other two sisters.

I LOVE these ships...it is because of their constant visits to Halifax in the early 80s and the incredible staff in NYC and SFO (who allowed me onboard to talk to the staff and tour) which propelled me into this whacky and lovable industry as a career path.

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bcscot
First Class Passenger
Member # 22351

posted 10-07-2009 10:12 PM

We sailed on the Black Watch (ex- RV Star) last month as ship 2 of our '4 ship relay'. I liked the ship although the decor would have been better in her RV days, I would think. She handled a force ten in the North Sea quite well.

John Maxtone-Graham in his book, 'Liners to the Sun', tells a story of her RV days. She was sailing from Vancouver to San Francisco, when a wealthy widow was killed by her male companion/servant when he hit her over the head with a full bottle of champagne! It was in Canadian waters so the murder case was held in Victoria. He did not say if the bottle broke. They say it is bad luck if it does not, so I suppose it didn't!!

Graham.

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