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- Amélia de Mello - Dolphin IV
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is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Zim Lines passenger ship Zion, which later served
as the Portuguese Amélia de Mello. She was then sold again
and converted to a cruise ship in 1972, reappearing as the Ulysses
Line Ithaca. The ship was then transferred
to the Caribbean as Dolphin IV in 1979. Ownership was changed to Dolphin Cruise
Line
in 1984. In 1998 Dolphin
IV
passed to Cape Canaveral Cruises, but was laid up in 2000.
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- Zion - Zim Lines 1956-66
- Amélia
de Mello - Sociedade Geral 1966-72
- Ithaca - Ulysses Line 1972-79
- Dolphin
IV
- Dolphin Cruise Line 1979-1998
- Dolphin
IV
- Cape Canaveral Cruise Line 1998-2000
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- Zion
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Lines: 1956-66)
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- Zion was built for Zim Lines in 1956. She was built
by Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, as part of Germany's reparations
to Israel after WW2. She operated on the Haifa to New York service,
with her sistership the Israel. As built, she was 9855grt,
152m long and carried 312 passengers in two classes. She was
powered by steam turbines to give a speed of 19knots, through
a single screw. She was sold in 1966, becoming the Portuguese
Amélia
de Mello,
of Sociedade Geral de Commercio.
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- Photographic
postcard of Zion.
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- Amélia de Mello
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Geral: 1966-72)
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- Zion was sold by Zim Lines
in 1966, becoming the Portuguese Amélia de Mello,
of Sociedade Geral de Commercio (SG), running between Lisbon,
West Africa and the Atlantic Isles (St Vincent, Madeira etc).
In 1967, she was sent to Hamburg for upgrading, returning at
10195grt, 152m long and carrying 355 passengers in two classes.
As Portuguese colonies achieved independence, liner services
ceased, and Amélia de Mello was withdrawn in 1971.
She was sold to Greek owners the following year.
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- Postcard
of Amélia de Mello.
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Reinaldo Delgado.
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- Postcard
of Amélia de Mello.
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Reinaldo Delgado.
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- Postcard
of Amélia de Mello and Infante Dom Henrique,
at Lisbon.
- Scan:
Carlos Monteiro.
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- Ithaca
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Line: 1972-79)
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- Amélia
de Mello was sold and converted to a cruise ship, at Bilbao,
in 1972, reappearing as the Ulysses Line Ithaca. She carried
780 passengers following this conversion, and cruised in the
Mediterranean. The tonnage was now measured as 8977grt, despite
the additional superstructure. She spent 1973-76 running fly-cruises
for Thomson Holidays, but they pulled out following huge cost
increases for fuel. After two years on charter to Strand Cruises,
Ithaca was transferred to the Caribbean as Dolphin IV in 1979. Ownership was
changed from Ulysses Line to Dolphin Cruise Line in 1984, although both companies were
owned by the London-based Greek family of Vlassopoulos.
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- Two
official Ulysses Line cards of Ithaca are shown below.
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- Dolphin IV
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Line/Dolphin Cruise Line: 1979-1998)
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- Dolphin
IV was
originally built as the Zion of Zim Lines in 1956. She was sold in
1966, becoming the Portuguese Amélia de Mello. She was then sold again
and converted to a cruise ship in 1972, reappearing as the Ulysses
Line Ithaca. The ship was transferred
to the Caribbean as Dolphin IV in 1979. She ran 3- and
4-day cruises to the Bahamas from Miami. Initially she ran under
joint management with Paquet, but in 1984, new company Dolphin Cruise
Line
took over.
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- Editions
FISA card of Dolphin IV in original colours (as carried
when Ithaca).
- Photo
by P.Asenjo.
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- Dolphin
Cruise Line card of Dolphin IV in original colours (as
carried when Ithaca).
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is an oversized card of 7" x 5" (180 x 130mm).
- "3
& 4 Night Cruises from Miami to Nassau - Dolphin Cove Grand
Bahama Island".
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- Dolphin
Cruise Line card of Dolphin IV in later colours.
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- Dolphin
Cruise Line card of Dolphin IV in later colours .
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is an oversized card of 7" x 5" (180 x 130mm).
- "The
beautiful and intimate SS Dolphin IV - 3 & 4-night cruises
to the sunniest ports and warmest memories in the Caribbean".
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- Dolphin
Cruise Line card of Dolphin IV in later colours.
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is an oversized card of 7" x 5" (180 x 130mm).
- "Every
Dolphin 3,4,7 or 14-night cruises to the Bahamas, the Caribbean
or the Panama Canal is a magnificent orchestration where everything
blends together in harmony. A masterpiece. A symphony. In the
key of sea".
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- Dolphin
Cruise Line card of Dolphin IV and SeaBreeze.
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is an oversized card of 7" x 5" (180 x 130mm).
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- John
Hinde Curteich card from the Bahamas, showing Dolphin IV and
StarShip Royale, serial number 2BH 92-B.
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- Chantry
Classics card CC/S135 of Dolphin IV at Miami.
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by A.O.Wilhelmi 3rd.
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Publishing card No.052 of Dolphin IV at Nassau in 1994.
- Photo
by Richard Weiss.
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- Dolphin IV
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Canaveral Cruise Line: 1998-2000)
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- Dolphin
IV was
sold to Cape Canaveral Cruise Line in 1998, for short Bahamas
cruises out of Port Canaveral. I have not seen any ship postcards
of her in their colours, but two Cape Canaveral advertising cards
are shown below. The service was withdrawn in 2000, and the ship
was laid up.
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- Two
Cape Canaveral advertising cards.
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