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is a postcard history of the Oceanic, built for Home Lines and still in service with Spanish operator
Pullmantur (in 2008).
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- The Oceanic was completed in 1963
by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone. Oceanic was Home Lines first purpose-built
ship, designed as a two-class liner to operate in summer on their
Canadian route from Cuxhaven, le Havre and Southampton. By the
time of her delivery, Home Lines had dropped the Atlantic liner voyages,
and Oceanic ran 7-day cruises to
Nassau from New York through the summer. In winter she ran longer
trips to the Caribbean. She was sold to Premier Cruise Line in 1985, when replaced
by the new Homeric. She was later renamed StarShip Oceanic, but was frequently
marketed as the Big
Red Boat.
This later became her official name. Premier Cruises collapsed in September 2000. Oceanic was acquired by Spanish
operator Pullmantur, who had previously
chartered the Seawind Crown.
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- Ship Names on this
Page:-
- Oceanic - Home Lines (1965-1986)
- StarShip
Oceanic
- Premier Cruises (1986-2000)
- Big
Red Boat 1
- Premier Cruises (1986-2000)
- Oceanic - Pullmantur (2001-
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- Oceanic
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Lines: 1965-1986)
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- The Oceanic
was completed in 1963 by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone.
She was Home Line first purpose-built ship, designed as a two-class
liner to operate in summer on their Canadian route from Cuxhaven,
le Havre and Southampton. By the time of her delivery, Home Lines
had dropped the Atlantic liner voyages, and Oceanic ran
7-day cruises to Nassau from New York through the summer. In
winter she ran longer trips to the Caribbean. She was sold to
Premier in 1985, when replaced
by the new Homeric.
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- Advance
official Home Lines card of Oceanic.
- Caption:
"The ship of the Future"
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in new window
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- A
later variation of the Home Lines card above.
- Caption:
"The largest ship ever designed for year round cruises
- 39241 Tons"
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new window
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- Official
Home Lines photographic cards of Oceanic.
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in new window
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- Official
Home Lines photographic cards of Oceanic.
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in new window
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- Official
Home Lines photographic cards of Oceanic.
- Variation
on the card above
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in new window
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- Official
Home Lines photographic cards of Oceanic.
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copy in new window
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- Official
Home Lines photographic cards of Oceanic.
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- City
Merchandise commercial card (s/n CM92-55) of Home Lines' Oceanic.
- Photographed
in New York by Alan Schein.
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- Impact
commercial card (s/n MD21081) of Home Lines' Oceanic.
- Photographed
in New York by Dennis Hallman
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- Commercial
card of Oceanic (with Princess Cruises' Sun Princess),
at Barbados
- Letchworth
press (serial LP-03)
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- A
Bahamas postage stamp showing the Oceanic (posted 1969).
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- StarShip Oceanic/Big Red Boat 1
- (Premier
Cruises: 1986-2000)
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- Oceanic was bought from Home
Lines in 1985. Oceanic became the sole remaining ship
in the Premier fleet, before the fleet was enlarged again following
the amalgamation with Dolphin and Seawind.
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- Premier
Cruises official card of StarShip Oceanic - The Big
Red Boat.
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in new window
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- Premier
Cruises official card of StarShip Oceanic - The Big
Red Boat.
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in new window
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- Premier
Cruises official card of StarShip Royale and StarShip
Oceanic
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image to open larger copy in new window
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- Premier
Cruises official card of StarShip Royale and StarShip
Oceanic
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image to open larger copy in new window
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- This
card of StarShip Oceanic, serial number 160, was published
by Editions FISA, Barcelona
- Photo
by P.Asenjo
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in new window
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- A
card of StarShip Royale, serial number N683-E, in the
Bahamas.
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was published by Bahamas Scenic Prints and uses a photo by John
Penrod.
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image to open larger copy in new window
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- Chantry Classics card of StarShip
Oceanic, serial number CC/S125
- Photo
by A.O.Wilhelmi 3rd at Nassau.
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- Bahamas
Scenic Prints postcard (serial 54-E) showing both StarShip
Royale and StarShip Oceanic, at Nassau.
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image to open larger copy in new window
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- A
Premier Cruises official card of Oceanic - The Big Red Boat.
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copy in new window
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- Another
Premier Cruises official card of Oceanic - The Big Red Boat,
using the same image as the card above.
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copy in new window
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- Oceanic
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2001- )
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- Following
the collapse of Premier, the Oceanic was acquired by Spanish
operator Pullmantur.
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- This
is an official Pullmantur postcard of Oceanic.
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is based on one of the original Home Lines postcards - image
supplied by me to Pullmantur
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- This
is an official Pullmantur photograph of Oceanic.
- Scan
supplied by João Francisco Metello.
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- This
is Simplon
Photographs
release isc2007 of Oceanic, issued September 2002.
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shows Oceanic in Barcelona on 2/9/2002.
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