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- Provence
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of the long-lived, British-built, SGTM liner Provence.
She was completed by Swan Hunter on the Tyne in 1951, for the
SGTM service from Marseille to Dakar and South America. She was
sold in 1965 to Costa Line, who
had already operated her under charter. Provence
was renamed Enrico C and again
in 1987 as Enrico Costa. She
was then sold in 1994 to Starlauro,
operating as the Symphony.
The Starlauro fleet was renamed MSC in 1995. In 2000, she was chartered
from MSC to Golden Sun Cruises, as the Aegean
Spirit. In 2001 she began operations as Ocean
Glory 1, but was refused permission to sail from Dover
in July after failing safety and hygiene tests. She remained
at Dover at the end of August 2001, with reports in the papers
that the crew were still on board, unpaid, and running out of
food. Ocean Glory 1 did not
sale commercially again, being sold for scrap for $1.7 MUSD.
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- Ship Names on this
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- Provence - SGTM 1951-65
- Enrico
C - Linea Costa
1965-87
- Enrico
Costa - Costa
Crociere 1987-94
- Symphony - StarLauro 1994-1995
- Symphony - MSC 1995-2000
- Aegean
Spirit - Golden
Sun Cruises 2000-2001
- Ocean
Glory 1 - 2001
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- Provence
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1951-65)
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- The
Provence was built on the River Tyne in 1951 for the Marseilles-based
Soc.Gen.Transports Maritimes (SGTM) for their services to South
America.
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postcard below is an official SGTM release of Provence.
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- Gebruder
Spanjersberg (Rotterdam) postcard of Provence on her maiden
appearance in New York.
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- The
card below shows Provence in SGTM colours, although it
was actually published by Costa, to whom she was chartered from
1962.
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- Enrico C
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1965-87)
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Provence sailed for Costa from 1962 under charter, but was purchased in
1965 and renamed Enrico C. She sailed from Genoa to Buenos
Aires. From 1972 she was used for cruising only. Two official
Costa cards are shown below.
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- A
Costa art card of Enrico C, from the Costa Liners set
using paintings by Stephen J.Card.
- Enlarged
images of the complete set are shown on this link.
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- Enrico Costa
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1987-94)
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- The
Enrico C was renamed Enrico Costa in 1987, being
extensively refitted in 1989, as shown in the lower of the two
official Costa cards below.
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- This
commercial card of Enrico Costa , published by Proud Productions,
shows her in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
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- Ultrafoto
commercial postcard GEN414 of Eugenio C and Enrico
C at Genova, with an enlargement of the ships shown below.
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- A
Pieter Oost postcard of EnricoCosta (no serial number).
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of this card are available direct from the publishers at:- http://www.p-oostcards.nl/
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- Simplon
Postcards issue sc2052, released November 1994, of EnricoCosta.
- Location:
Rouen, 1993
- Photographer:
Clive Harvey
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- Simplon
Postcards issue sc2097, released June 1997, of EnricoCosta.
- Location:
Bergen, June 2nd 1993
- Photographer:
Jenny Williamson
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- Photograph
of EnricoCosta in the North Sea Canal.
- Photo:
Wil Moojen, 3rd July 1993.
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- Photograph
of EnricoCosta in the North Sea Canal.
- Photo:
Wil Moojen, 24th July 1994.
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- Symphony
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1994-95)
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- The
Enrico Costa was sold to Starlauro in 1994, being renamed Symphony,
as shown in the official card below.
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- Starlight
Cruises postcard of Symphony.
- Scan
of postcard supplied by Dimas Almada.
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- Simplon
Postcards issue sc2098, released June 1997, of Symphony.
- Location:
Cape Town, January 10th 1995
- Photographer:
Errol M.Cornish
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- Symphony
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1995-2000)
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- Starlauro
later restyled themselves as Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC), as shown in the official
card below.
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- Simplon
Postcards issue sc2099, released June 1997, of Symphony.
- Location:
Palma, August 1996
- Photographer:
Michael V.Ralph
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- Aegean Spirit
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Sun: 2000-2001)
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- In
2000, Symphony was under charter to Golden Sun Cruises, and was renamed Aegean
Spirit (earlier reports suggested Aegean II, though
I do not know if this was ever carried).
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- This
postcard of Aegean Spirit, showing correct colours, has
been issued by Nelson de Barros Pereira. It shows Aegean Spirit
at Patmos, Greece, on 12th July 2000, using a photograph by the
publisher.
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- Ocean Glory 1
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2001, Symphony began operating as the Ocean Glory 1.
She was prevented from sailing from Dover on 3rd July 2001, having
failed safety and hygiene inspections. I am not aware of any
postcards issued as Ocean Glory 1. The photograph below
of Ocean Glory 1 was taken by Mike Tedstone in Piraeus
on Monday 18th June 2001, shortly before her problems in Dover.
She was still owned by an MSC subsidiary at this time.
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photographs below were taken by Ian Boyle in Dover on
Friday 10th August 2001. Ocean Glory 1 had been moved
to the Eastern Breakwater. There were reports in the newspapers
that the crew were still on board, unpaid, and running out of
food.
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