The passenger steamship THE TOPAZ is going to be replaced in May on the PEACEBOAT world cruise service by the CLIPPER PACIFIC, a motor ship built in 1970 as the SONG OF NORWAY, RCL first ship.THE TOPAZ is the venerable surviver of a trio of liners built between 1956 and 1961 for Canadian Pacific. The former EMPRESS OF BRITAIN of 1956 has been always one of my preferred liners. Probably because she is my age, I did sail on her many years ago, and used to see her in Lisbon in the sixties, first in CP original colours, later as the QUEEN ANNA MARIA. Now she is a candidate for the beaches of Alang, or may be another spell of lay up in Greece.
Photographs taken in Lisbon in July 2003.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
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