The introduction in May 1971 of the cruise ferry EAGLE in Southampton -Lisbon service was the highlight of that year in terms of Lisbon Shipping. She was a brand new ship tailor made for this service and became very popular. 
However she also proved not to be revolution proof designed and following the 1974 revolution in Portugal and the hot summer of 1975 with the country on the verge of civil war P&O - Southern Ferries must have been very happy with Paquet's French cruises offer to buy her in October 1975. She was sold at once and renamed AZUR. More about the EAGLE here...
Thanks to M. Sutcliffe for sharing his memorabilia on the EAGLE.
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