SAGA ROSE esteve para voltar a Lisboa

O paquete SAGA ROSE que foi retirado do serviço pela SAGA CRUISES a 6 de Dezembro último e se encontra em Gibraltar a aguardar destino desde 11 de Dezembro, esteve para vir a Lisboa após largar de Southampton a 7 de Dezembro, para ser inspecionado por dois possíveis compradores, tendo chegado a ser reservado cais, mas a operação não se concretizou e o navio seguiu para Gibraltar.

Lisbon was considered as a port of call after the SAGA ROSE left Southampton on 7 December, as there were two interested parties in her purchase that might have inspected the ship in Lisbon. A berth was reserved but in the end the ship continued her voyage South to Gibraltar.

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SAGA ROSE in Gibraltar 2009-12-11

The SAGA ROSE arriving Gibraltar Eastern anchorage yesterday at 5 PM as photographed by Tony Davis from the Port of Gibraltar Authority.

She has a reduced crew of 66 on board and no news about her future have been released by former operator SAGA CRUISES. This handsome former Norwegian flagship is now very much an endangered species thanks to SOLAS 2010. She has been a safe ship all her life from 1965 and an icon of post WW2 passenger shipping design, SOLAS should prevent special extensions for such ships. If she ends in Alang soon we'll all get poorer...

A special thank you for Tony Davies sharing is photos of Gibraltar shipping here...For SAGA ROSE previous posts in this site press here.

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SAGA ROSE uncertain future

The classic cruise ship SAGA ROSE arrived Southampton on her final cruise for SAGA CRUISES on 6 December and departed for Gibraltar the following day without any clues about her future and speculation that her final destination may be Alang.

She is due in Gibraltar on 12 December, so she must be "cruising" off the Portuguese coast today...

Two other passenger ships of the 1960s have recently been sold to India for scrapping: the DALMACIJA of 1965 was beached on 10 December in Alang while SALAMIS GLORY is on her way to Alang now. She was the last ex-Brazilian liner, the ANNA NERY of 1962.

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SAGAFJORD de 1965

Postais da minha colecção editados pela Norwegian America Line alusivos ao paquete SAGAFJORD, construído em 1965 em França e um dos mais elegantes navios de passageiros da década de sessenta.
O primeiro postal, reprodução de uma pintura artística foi a minha visão inicial do navio em 1966, quando o obtive durante umas férias na Madeira.
Só anos mais tarde o vi ao vivo atracado no Tejo. Este postal fazia lembrar o do nosso SANTA MARIA e de facto ambos os navios tinham algumas semelhanças, ambos do tipo 20-20-20, mas com muitos aspectos distintos, o mais importante dos quais foi o navio português ter sido deitado para o lixo quase novo, pois foi vendido para a sucata com apenas 19 anos de utilização e em perfeito estado de conservação enquanto o norueguês durou até agora, estando a fazer o último cruzeiro ao Mediterrâneo com o nome SAGA ROSE, 44 anos depois de ter entrado ao serviço...


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Outbound timeless beauty

SAGA ROSE farewell departure from Lisbon was a very special moment for any person interested in ships or simply someone with a keen interest on beautiful creatures.
SAGA ROSE sailed full of life and lights as an outbound timeless beauty. A very different ship from the brand new Norwegian flagship I used to see in the late nineteen sixties when operating long exclusive cruises from New York.
Forty years later she has reached the end of her cruising life after a long and happy career under three names but still shows the same allure from the more famous liners from the sixties. Let's hope her afterlife post-Saga Cruises will still preserve her dignity...
There are here two more photos taken on 27 October 2009 in Lisbon. I spent the day on the ship and took 1254 photos including her interiors, decks, the funnel and many other aspects of the timeless SAGA of 1965.
SAGA ROSE photos previously posted can be reviewed here...
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Penúltima escala do SAGA ROSE em Lisboa

Fez ontem, 29 de Setembro de 2009 a sua penúltima escala no Tejo o paquete SAGA ROSE que vai ser retirado do serviço a 6 de Dezembro próximo e cujo futuro ainda não está assegurado, podendo ser semelhante ao que foi reservado no início deste ano ao MAXIM GORKIY: uma derradeira viagem para Alang.
O SAGA ROSE despede-se de Lisboa a 27 de Outubro. Ver aqui informação sobre os cruzeiros deste navio clássico construído em França em 1965 como navio-almirante da frota de comércio norueguesa com o nome original SAGAFJORD.
Fotos da chaminé do navio obtidas a 29-09-2009 por LMC. Mais fotos do SAGA ROSE aqui e também aqui.
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SAGA ROSE in Lisbon 23-04-2009

SAGA ROSE made the first call in Lisbon this year on 23 April 2009. The photographs were taken in the afternoon while she was leaving port.
Built in 1965 in France as the flagship of Norwegian America Line under the name SAGAFJORD, she has been quite successful under present ownership, but due to SOLAS 2010 this fine elegant lady is scheduled to be withdrawn from cruise service next December.
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SAGAFJORD in Lisbon in 1975

The Norwegian America Line cruise ship SAGAFJORD of 1965 photographed in Lisbon in 1975 while cruising from New York, still in her original looks with buff mast.
SAGAFJORD is one of my favorite ships and I have been very lucky to have photographed her several times in original form as well as after modernization, in Cunard livery, as
GRIPSHOLM and as
SAGA ROSE.
All good things come to an end and this ship will be withdrawn from service next December thanks to the new SOLAS 2010.
In my memorabilia collection I have the NAL original card "compliments" sent by the company with information and photos of their ships.
This is one of my earliest photos taken in 1975 with a Olympus camera. Although I actually did my first photos in July 1970 it took until February 1975 to have a good camera... The boxes seen in the terminal were "steamer trunks" disembarked from the INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE then on her final voyages bringing back home Portuguese Africa refugees due to the independence of Angola, Mozambique, etc...
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