Lisbon has been always a favorite port for cruise ships. Over the last 35 years I have been able to register on film many of the most beautiful passenger ships of the world in Lisbon waters, like the famous ROTTERDAM of 1959, photographed in the eighties on a World Cruise.
In 1997 she was sold to Premier Cruises and cruised as the REMBRANDT until Premier went bankrupt in September 2000. After a long lay up in Freeport and Gibraltar, the former pride of the Dutch merchant fleet was rescued and is now being converted in Wilhelmsaven, Germany, into a hotel ship and museum to be preserved in Rotterdam.
Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia
In 1997 she was sold to Premier Cruises and cruised as the REMBRANDT until Premier went bankrupt in September 2000. After a long lay up in Freeport and Gibraltar, the former pride of the Dutch merchant fleet was rescued and is now being converted in Wilhelmsaven, Germany, into a hotel ship and museum to be preserved in Rotterdam.
Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia
4 comments:
Thanks Luis,
It brings back memories to April 1960 when the s.s. Rotterdam called at Lisbon for the first time. Due to the strong tide, the lines broke and the ship drifted away. Fortunately tugs arrived very soon to catch the ship, which went at anchor on the river.
By the way, the ship is not in Kiel, but in Wilhelmshaven.
Willem,
I do have two B&W photos of that first call. One was printed in my ROTTERDAM book. I'll have to look for them
Thanks for the correction, Willem...
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