Blog : s/s NORWAY (ex FRANCE) & QE2

[TDM99]

Hello ( Bonjour ;) )

 

This is a blog over they " last Liners " !!!

s/s NORWAY (ex FRANCE) & rms QE2 .

For the moment i have 100 pages with over 400 of " MY " Photos !!!

After NORWAY & QE2 i begon with QM2 .

 

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For the s/s NORWAY i have completed my :

- 2 visits in Bremerhaven (Germany) November 2003 & May 2005 .

- Caribbean Cruise March 2002

- " Farewell Transatlantic " September 2001 :(

 

For the rms QE2 i have completed my :

- visit in Southampton for the 1st Tandem Arrival from New York City of QE2 & QM2 Mai 2004

- Now i begon my QE2 Getaway Cruise August 2008 :D

 

Later i continue with another Cruises :

s/s NORWAY

- Blues Cruise December 1998

- Transatlantic September 1997

rms QE2 -

- Visit in Guenesey & Cherbourg July 2005

 

And after these 2 GREATS SHIPS i begon with QUEEN MARY 2

The building in Saint Nazaire - Visit in Le Havre & Cannes

 

MANY - MANY PHOTOS FROM THESE 2 " WONDERFUL " LINERS :)

 

From page 63 ( Farewell Transatlantic 2001 ) i have begon to write in English .

 

 

 

 

" BON VOYAGE "

 

Friendly Noel

[compguy]

I'll take a look at that. I have cruised both of these. They were my favorite traditional ships among those I have been on.

[cassandra44]

We sailed on her second last voyage from Southampton to New York in August 1974 when we emigrated from England.

It was a wonderful experience though spoiled a little by the fact that the crew were on a "work-to-rule" because they had been told about the impending sale of the ship.

It was our last time on a ship voyage, a very different experience from cruising (our other voyages were on the SS Canton from Southampton to Penang and back in 1955 and 1956).

I was very saddened to hear that she ended up in a breakers yard in India.

[cassandra44]

I forgot to mention that there is a lot of information and touching tributes to this fine ship on UTube - some of them are set to very haunting music.

Just enter "SS France: and you will find all of them.

[cruzincurt]

We were in one of the top rear penthouse suites on the last trip of the S/S Norway. When leaving St. Thomas on the last leg home, another cruise ship departed at the same time. As we sailed Northwest from St. Thomas, the two ships raced side by side for about an hour then the other ship blew it's whistle and pulled away; unknown to us at the time, this was to be a final tribute. We had just arrived back in Miami when the boiler blew up that fateful day. Somewhere, I think I still have my room key.

 

She was a beautiful ship and had planned to sail her again.

[MightyQuinn]

Thanks for this blog. We love the elegance of the classic ocean liners - they are so evocative of a different time & place. We truly wish we had sailed the SS Norway. What a gorgeous ship! :):)