EUROPA and VISTAFJORD

Another old photograph taken from a tug on the river Tagus passing the cruise ships EUROPA and VISTAFJORD alongside "Cais da Rocha" on 19 September 1986.

Both ships sail under the Saga houseflag now, as SAGA SAPPHIRE and SAGA RUBY...

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VISTAFJORD in the river Thames

The VISTAFJORD photographed on the river Thames at Tilbury in her Norwegian America Line days, still under the Norwegian flag.

Photograph taken by the late Alex Duncan, who sent the original negative in exchange for mine...

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VISTAFJORD in Lisbon 1986

The VISTAFJORD photographed in Lisbon on 19 September 1986 berthed at the Rocha Passenger Ship Terminal.

She had already been sold by Norwegian America and spotted the Cunard funnel colours and a gray hull.

She was on the around Europe cruise back into the Med after another season in Northern waters.

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SAGA RUBY in Lisbon 2010-11-02

Two photographs depicting the arrival of SAGA RUBY in Lisbon on 2 November 2010.

The first photograph shows her passing the Belém tower while on the second she is about to reach the Alcântara passenger ship terminal where she berthed. It was also in this terminal that the SAGA RUBY berthed on her first call to Lisbon in September 1973, by then the proud flagship of Norwegian America Line VISTAFJORD. 

The SAGA RUBY was reflagged-out to the Malta registry in June 2010.

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SAGA RUBY in Lisbon 2009-10-31

Another Saga beauty leaving Lisbon following the farewell of SAGA ROSE on 27th October (see here).
This time I photographed the SAGA RUBY ex-VISTAFJORD outbound from Lisbon on 31 October looking very classic in the fantastic Saga Cruises livery...
She sailed for Vigo and a final encounter with fleet mate SAGA ROSE tomorrow in the Galicia portwhere both sister will dock together in a party mood as far as the conservative Saga style allows...
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VISTAFJORD em Lisboa 1976-01-03

Paquete norueguês VISTAFJORD (24.292 GT, construído em 1973), fotografado junto à Estação Marítima de Alcântara a 3 de Janeiro de 1976, há exactamente 33 anos, durante a escala em Lisboa incluída no cruzeiro de Natal e Fim de Ano.
O VISTAFJORD foi o último paquete construído para a famosa companhia Norwegian America Line, de Oslo, apresentando-se na imagem com o aspecto original e um pinheiro no topo do mastro.
O VISTAFJORD fez a primeira escal em Lisboa a 22 de Setembro de 1973, tendo atracado a Alcântara. O navio passou a chamar-se CARONIA em 1999 e navega desde Novembro de 2004 com o nome SAGA RUBY.
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