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Topic: What about the PRINCIPE PERFEITO

TomS
First Class Passenger
Member # 453

posted 10-29-2009 05:49 PM

Hi All!!!
I really appreciate these deck plans you all have posted. Does anyone have any deck plans of the Portuguese liner PRINCIPE PERFEITO of 1961? I have always wondered why this ship was'nt converted to a cruise ship like the INFANTE DOM HENRIGUE was. The ships in the 50s-60s looked much better than the ships built today!
TCS

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 10-29-2009 06:42 PM

All of my plans for PRINCIPE PERFEITO are too large to scan and post here--sorry. But here's a nice color photo of her:

After her liner services with CCN ended in the early 1970s, she was converted into an accommodation ship for use in various parts of the world. I think she would have been greatly changed on board, and it was too late to convert her for cruising. I'm sure the vessel was abused and damaged by the time she was scrapped at Alang in 2001.

Rich

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 10-29-2009 07:04 PM

For info on the Principe Perfieto

Maritime Matters Photo Essay Principe Perfieto

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 10-29-2009 07:18 PM

David, thanks for sharing that link. She was more intact on board at the end than I would have thought.

Rich

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TomS
First Class Passenger
Member # 453

posted 10-29-2009 07:49 PM

Hello!!!
Thanks again !! I like that pic of the ship! I can't imagine that some of these ships were'nt converted to cruise ships in the 70s-80s ! Its weird so many beautiful ships did'nt see service anymore and we had the 1953 OLYMPA for years !!!
TCS

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Aussie1
First Class Passenger
Member # 25

posted 10-29-2009 10:11 PM

The PP was of course bought by Sitmar for conversion to a cruise ship in the late 1970's to partner Fairwind and Fairsea but they got cold feet when the costs were added up. Instead they had the Fairsky built new in France, which I expect was the correct descision but robbed the PP of a possible active future beyond that of a static accomodation ship. Peter Knegos words and photos show her to have been quite original and well kept to the end.

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 10-29-2009 11:38 PM

I don't know about you boys, but she almost reminds me of the SAGA twins. Nice looking ship.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 10-30-2009 04:24 AM

Dambrosi....it's the hull and funnel shape that remind you of the Saga sisters. The superstructure is quite different. Good observation!

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 10-30-2009 08:20 AM

Regarding the Saga similarity:

PRINCIPE PERFEITO (1961)
Lisbon

Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Yard #164
19,393 GRT
625 x 78.4 feet

This makes sense - same ship yard as Vistafjord around the same time as Sagafjord (it was pointed out she was built in France - but did all three ships share the samearchitect?)...I also found the funnel reminiscient of the two. The forward lounge also reminds meof the Garden Lounge on both sisters...

Further reading also indicated the only reason Vistafjord was built at Swan Hunter only because the yard in France went out of business...

Maybe the design similarity is simply a co-incidence...

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 10-30-2009 08:32 AM

Jekell.....don't forget Sagafjord was built in France; Vistafjord was built in England.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 10-30-2009 08:45 AM

Yes - you're right...regardless the design similarities are there. Thanks for the correction

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 10-30-2009 07:24 PM

Thank you NAL, I had a feeling I was just a bit off, this ship was much smaller, but the funnel design and the hull

. I would loved to have sailed on this ship.

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TomS
First Class Passenger
Member # 453

posted 10-31-2009 11:54 AM

Hi!!

Thanks for all the posts ! I think some of these more obscure ships are more interesting than the Queens and the Big U!! It seems to me that in the 70s some of these ships would have been put back into service as cruise ships! I like them but Some of these shkips are more interresting to me.
My favorite of course was the LEONARDO DA VINCI. Its sad she did not last longer than 20 years.
TCS

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