The cruise ship ASTORIA and MAGELLAN on the TLS on 28/5/2016. The ASTORIA has had a long list of previous names as listed . She was built in 1948 yes 1948 as the Swedish ship STOCKHOLM then :
VOIKERFREUNDSCHAFT
VOLKER then
FRIDTJOF NANSEN then
ITALIA 1 then
ITALIA PRIMA then
VALTUR PRIMA then
CARIBE then
ATHENA then
AZORES then
ASTORIA.
In july 1956 she was in collision with the luxury liner ANDREA DORIA and the much larger liner sunk. She is now at 15,641 grt with 556 passengers.
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