Saturday, August 05, 2006

LISBON LINERS AUGUST 1971



The Italian liners EUGENIO C and GALILEO GALILEI in Lisbon in the early seventies
The 43 ships listed below made 81 calls to Lisbon in August 1971, 35 years ago. Many of the calls were cruises, but there were still many ships operating liner voyages to South America or África, and there were also the Portuguese troopers.
ALFREDO DA SILVA, AMÉLIA DE MELLO, ANCERVILLE, ANGOLA, ANGRA DO HEROISMO, ARGENTINA STAR, ARGONAUT, AUGUSTUS, BRASIL STAR, CABO SAN ROQUE, CANBERRA, CHUSAN, CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, EAGLE, ELLINIS, EUGENIO C, FAIRSKY, FEDERICO C, FUNCHAL, GALILEO GALILEI, GIULIO CESARE, INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, LEONARDO DA VINCI, MANUEL ALFREDO, MICHELANGELO, MOÇAMBIQUE, MONTSERRAT, NEVASA, NILI, NORTHERN STAR, ORCADES, ORIANA, PASTEUR, PÁTRIA, PRINCIPE PERFEITO, REINA DEL MAR, RITA MARIA, SANTA MARIA, SOUTHERN CROSS, UGANDA, UIGE, URUGUAY STAR, VERA CRUZ.
Looking at the EUGENIO C at the time, she docked in Lisbon 3 times: on 1st August, (18h00 to 24h00) from Genoa to Rio de Janeiro, by 21st August she was back (12h00 /22h00) on her way to the Med, only to return to Lisbon once more on 27th August (18h00 / 24h00) for another fast crossing to Rio.
Concerning the Portuguese ships, the PRINCIPE PERFEITO arrived on 14th August from her classic August cruise to the Med, while the AMÉLIA DE MELLO completed her final voyage from Angola and Cape Verde. Words and copyright photos by L. M. Correia - 2006

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