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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 06-07-2011 09:05 AM

What was the last Cruise Ship built in the UK?

Not a quiz, a genuine question.

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 06-07-2011 09:22 AM

I think it was the Vistafjord

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 06-07-2011 06:18 PM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

Vistafjord which now sails as Saga Ruby was built at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside in 1973.

[ 06-07-2011: Message edited by: Neil - Ex P. & O. S. N. Company. ]

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dougnewman
First Class Passenger
Member # 11349

posted 06-08-2011 05:29 AM

COPENHAGEN of 1974 (better known as ODESSA).

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
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posted 06-08-2011 01:13 PM

Doug

She was more of a ferry than a cruise ship !

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 06-08-2011 01:52 PM

I also believe it was Vistafjord. She was the last large cruise ship built in the UK and one of (if not the last) built in the traditional style w/sheer.

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 06-08-2011 03:53 PM

I don't understand why ODESSA is called a ferry... I think she was planned as a cruise ship for Danish Cruise Line?

http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/copenhagen_1974.htm

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 06-08-2011 03:54 PM

Actually I think Doug is right. I would not really call Copenhagen a ferry, she looks like a mini cruise ship, and did not have rear car doors like say the Freeport I did.

As built...

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 06-08-2011 04:06 PM

Copenhagen looks much more like a proper smaller cruise ship, then her "cousin" the Freeport I

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r.fiebig
First Class Passenger
Member # 5240

posted 06-08-2011 05:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Neil - Ex P. & O. S. N. Company.:
She was more of a ferry than a cruise ship !

She was most definitely not.

Best,

Raoul

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dougnewman
First Class Passenger
Member # 11349

posted 06-08-2011 06:48 PM

She was definitely a cruise ship, definitely built in the UK and definitely newer than VISTAFJORD.

Anyone else remember Harland & Wolff's bid for the then-Queen Mary Project?

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 06-08-2011 06:48 PM

They are/were both very attractive when new. Other that the squared-off stern w/aft door on Freeport 1, she looks like a typical cruise ship of that era.

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 06-09-2011 03:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
They are/were both very attractive when new. Other that the squared-off stern w/aft door on Freeport 1, she looks like a typical cruise ship of that era.

Of course they do, they were both designed by the great Danish naval architect Knud E. Hansen!:

http://www.knudehansen.com/

The "flying saucer" funnel top is a dead give-away for his designs of the 60s and 70s.

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