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I thought that the Monterey of the Matson Lines was headed for the scrappers even as we speak! When I was aboard her, returning from Japan as a luxury troopship in 1946, there were four Matson Liners, namely: Monterey, Lurline, Mariposa, and Matsonia. Then the Monterey became the Lurline and went thru a batch of other identies.
Or do I have the identity crisis?
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Terry Donegan
If you search on Angelina Lauro you will find that she is now Golden Sun's Arcadia.
If you know of other ships with former names, please let me know.
Joe at TravelPage.com
But sadly, you have misspelled the name of "my" ship, which is, of course my "nom de maritime" or whatever you call the user names hereupon.
A "d" is needed in "Cambodge!"
If anybody has any details I would be grateful.
terry Donegan
For anyone interested, the following details were supplied by contributors to the MARHST-LIST
The 1939 [1966] ANGELINA LAURO 24,377 gt was on a Caribbean cruise for Flotta Lauro. On 3oth March 1939 she was moored alongside at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI. A fire broke out in the crew galley. The fire was caused by oil in an electric skillet overheating and reaching the point of auto-ignition when person(s) unknown turned the skillet to its highest setting and left it unattended. The skillet was not designed to be used as a deep fryer and as such reached much higher temperatures than was safe for frying oil.
The fire spread rapidly to a dining room and eventually forced the evacuation of all passengers and crew. Initially the fire was fought on board by crew and shoreside firefighters, however, heavy smoke and flames caused them to leave the vessel and fight the fire externally. The fire was eventually extinguished four days after it started, but not before the vessel was a total constructive loss.
There was no loss of life and only two minor injuries among the fire fighting crew. Afterwards the vessel remained alongside the cruise ship dock for several months with a bad list, probably sitting on the bottom, while she was patched up to enable her to be towed away for scrap.
By September 1979 ANGELINA LAURO was in tandem-tow with the tanker MARA (ex SHELL MARA, ex ISSELIA) behind the tug NIPPON MARU, bound for Taiwan for scrapping.
On 21 September 1979 ANGELINA LAURO began taking on a list. By 23rd September the list was 15 degrees, by that evening it had increased to 60 degrees, and the vessel sank at 0450 24 September 1979 in 11 43 30 N, 121 42 36 W. in 4,081 metres of water. NIPPON MARU carried on to Honolulu with just the tanker in tow.
The ship had started life as the 1939 ORANJE 20,017 gt for the Nederland Line. In 1964 she was acquired by Lauro and underwent a major rebuilding at the Italian Cantieri de Tirreno before entering service with Lauro in 1966.
After the accident the USCG Report made recommendations on the need to upgrade SOLAS fire safety requirements on the ship and the need for adequate fire safety plans. They also pointed out the need to evacuate passengers rapidly in cases of fire. Passenger evacuation of the ship did not begin until almost one hour after the fire was discovered, by which time there was heavy smoke accumulation throughout the vessel's common areas. Passenger evacuation was in fact ordered by the St. Thomas fire chief.
The present ARCADIA of Golden Sun cruises started life as a Spanish ferry. She served as a second ANGELINA LAURO only for a short while.
Paddy.
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