ELLINIS em Lisboa

Comecei a fotografar navios na década de 1970 e um dos paquetes que então fotografei diversas vezes foi o ELLINIS, da companhia Chandris Lines, que efectuava cruzeiros para o mercado britânico a partir de Southampton e teve uma fase com muitas passagens pelo Tejo. 

Esta fotografia, para além de mostrar o navio, permite verificar como mudou a nossa paisagem ribeirinha nestas décadas que passaram a voar: a plataforma à esquerda com a lancha de cabos atracada é a ponte dos car-ferries, utilizada pelo EAGLE até Outubro de 1975 e depois utilizada especialmente por mim para fotografar... Ao fundo os guindastes são um vestígio da construção do cais avançado na sua versão inicial, que começou a ser feito da Rocha para Alcântara, quando os poucos navios de cruzeiros passaram a utilizar apenas o cais de Alcântara. O ELLINIS está a atracar num fim de tarde de verão, com o rebocador CABO ESPICHEL de cabo passado à popa.  Nada do que se vê nesta fotografia é hoje assim...

One of my early photographs of passenger ships taken in Lisbon in the late 1970s, with Chandris Lines' ELLINIS going alongside at Alcântara in a late evening arrival...

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CHANDRIS LINES

Chandris is has been an household name in terms of Greek shipping over the years, mainly through so called London Greeks between the two world wars.

In 1959 Chandris purchased the passenger liner PATRIS from Union-Castle Line starting a regular service from Europe to Australia. Their first liner was soon suplemented by BRETAGNE chartered from Freench owners in Marseilles and then purchased and renamed BRITANY all but to be lost by fire while being refited. 

However the nineteen sixties resulted into steady growth for Chandris Lines with the purchase of second hand passenger liners in the United States, including the AMERICA and LURLINE, renamed AUSTRALIS and ELLINIS for round the world service.

The Chandris Lines fleet grow in number of ships as depicted in the cover of a small calendar printed in 1972 and sent by the company's London office back then when I used to write to the main shipping companies requesting post cards and shipping memorabilia.

Chandris produced beautiful painting post cards of their ships and of all the ships mentioned in the calendar, only PATRIS and ATLANTIS never visited Lisbon. However the last named was chartered in 1998 to operate as hotel ship for the EXPO 98 as OCEAN EXPLORER II.

In 1977 liner services were discontinued with AUSTRALIS final voyage and Chandris Lines later merged with sister company Chandris Cruises. Later on new brands Chandris Fantasy Cruises and Celebrity Cruises were established and the later company ended sold to the Royal Caribbean group.See other post and images related to Chandris here...

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Porto de Lisboa em Junho de 1967

Vista aérea do porto de Lisboa em Junho de 1967: atracado à estação marítima da Rocha pode ver-se o paquete grego QUEEN ANNA MARIA, chegado de Palermo com 776 passageiros, seguido do nosso VERA CRUZ no cais da CCN. Na estação marítima de Alcântara, encontra-se atracado o ELLINIS, da companhia grega Chandris. O QUEEN ANNA MARIA largou pelas 12H00 para Nova Iorque e no mesmo local atracou o CARIBIA da Siosa Line.

Na doca nº 1 do estaleiro da Rocha, está o cargueiro S. THOMÉ, de 1938, da Companhia Nacional de Navegação. Atracados na doca de Alcântara encontram-se os paquetes ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO, AMÉLIA DE MELLO e MANUEL ALFREDO, os cargueiros AMBOIM, LUANDA, LAGOA, SAN MIGUEL, GORGULHO, ALCOUTIM, MADEIRENSE e BRAGA. Na ponta da Rocha, está atracado o LUGELA, da CCN, mas não se vê nesta imagem... 

Esta fotografia faz parte de um conjunto de imagens aéreas mandadas efectuar pela AGPL nos dias 8 e 9 de Junho de 1967. Imagem enviada pelo Amigo Nuno Bartolomeu. Obrigado.

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ELLINIS MEMORABILIA

The ELLINIS operated for Chandris between December 1963 and October 1980 doing liner voyages and cruises.
A long period of lay up in Greek waters followed until 1987 when she was scrapped in Taiwan. Chandris had very interesting publicity material, including extensive presentation brochures to each one of their major liners. Even the sailing schedules were attractive.
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ELLINIS ex LURLINE (III) in Lisbon 1975

The Greek passenger liner ELLINIS photographed arriving Lisbon on 28th May 1975, while on a cruise.
Built for Matson Line as the LURLINE (III), she was sold in 1963 to Chandris in order to replace the BRITTANY.

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