Tuesday, March 09, 2010

FLAGSHIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The former Portuguese flagship INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE at the slipway in Hoboken, near Antwerp, while being built in 1960 at the Cockerill shipyard to the order of Companhia Colonial de Navegação, of Lisbon.
She was the largest and most luxurious passenger liner on the Europe - East Africa run between 1961 and 1975.
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2 comments:

Raquel Sabino Pereira said...

FABULOUS AND OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

LUIS MIGUEL CORREIA said...

A forma como este navio foi tratado em Portugal depois de retirado do serviço a 3 de Janeiro de 1976 não tem perdão. O que lhe valeu foi o Sr. George Potamianos que soube respeitar e valorizar o nosso melhor legado em termos de navios de passageiros.