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Shalom
 
Shalom - Hanseatic - Doric - Royal Odyssey - Regent Sun - Sun Venture - Sun
 
 
These pages are devoted to postcards of the Zim Liner Shalom, which had a varied subsequent career under numerous names.
 
The Zim Israel liner Shalom was built in 1964. After only three years, she was bought by the Deutsche Atlantik group in 1967 and renamed Hanseatic (2). She was sold again to Home Lines in 1973, and named Doric (Home Lines needed to find a replacement for the fire-damaged Homeric (1)). She served with Home Lines until the new Atlantic was delivered in 1981, when she was sold to Royal Cruise Line as their Royal Odyssey. In 1988 she became the Regent Sun in the Regency Cruises fleet. She has been inactive since the Regency Cruises bankruptcy, despite an announced sale to Royal Venture cruises as their Sun Venture. Later names were Sun and Sun 11, with owners Canyon Ranch. She never sailed in service again and sank in 2001 on the way to the breakers.
 
 
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Shalom - Zim Line 1964-67
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Doric - Home Lines 1973-81
Royal Odyssey - Royal Cruise Line 1981-88
Regent Sun - Regency Cruises 1988-95
 
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Shalom
(Zim Lines: 1964-67)
 
The Zim Israel liner Shalom was built in 1964. She was 25338 grt, 628 ft long, and was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St Nazaire. She operated between Haifa and New York. In 1965, only one year after her introduction, Zim announced that they were terminating their Atlantic services, and all ships were sold over the following two years. Shalom was bought by the Deutsches Atlantik group in 1967 and renamed Hanseatic (2).
 
 
An official Zim Lines postcard of Shalom.
 
 
An official Zim Lines postcard of Shalom.
Scan: Ken Murayama.
 
 
An official Zim Lines postcard of Shalom.
Scan: Ken Murayama.
 
 
CT Publishing 014 of Shalom, issued 1993, and photographed by Harry Wolf at Montreal in July 1967.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hanseatic (2)
(Deutsche Atlantik Line: 1967-73)
 
The first Hanseatic (ex-Empress of Scotland) fire in New York in 1966. She was towed to Hamburg to be broken up. Deutsche Atlantik were able to buy the three-year-old Shalom, and renamed her the Hanseatic (2). Although intended for Hamburg-New York service, she soon spent her time cruising the world, and an attractive series of official cards were issued showing many ports of call (although they were not identified on the cards).
 
 
The following eight postcards are all Deutsche Atlantik official releases of the Hanseatic (2).
She received generous postcard coverage of this stage of her career.
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2).
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2)
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2)
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2)
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2)
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2)
 
 
Deutsche Atlantik official release of the Hanseatic (2).
 
 
This is an enlargement from the official postcard above.
 
 
 
Otto Schulze (Hamburg) card 745a (79/84) of Hanseatic (2).
 
 
Hildegard Mielck (Kiel) card 7086 of Hanseatic (2).
 
 
HHH (Hans Hartz, Hamburg) postcard 1/518 of Hanseatic (2).
 
 
HHH (Hans Hartz, Hamburg) postcard 1223 of Hanseatic (2).
 
 
Aune postcard F-4685-0 of Hanseatic (2), at Hammerfest, Norway.
Coastal Express Midnatsol (Bergen Line) to the left of the card.
 
 
Postcard of Hanseatic (2) at Cuxhaven.
 
 
Postcard of Hanseatic (2) at Cuxhaven.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Doric
(Home Lines: 1973-1980)
 
Home Lines needed to find a replacement for the fire-damaged Homeric (1) in 1973. They found a most suitable vessel in the shape of the Hanseatic (2). She served with Home Lines as Doric until the new Atlantic was delivered in 1981, when she was sold to Royal Cruise Line as their Royal Odyssey.
 
 
An official Home Lines card.
 
 
An official Home Lines card.
Scan: Ken Murayama.
 
 
An official Home Lines card.
Scan: Ken Murayama.
 
 
Lustrachrome card K101237 of Doric at Hamilton, Bermuda.
Photo by Bruce Miley.
 
 
This Schoning and Schmidt card of Doric in the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal looks as if it is a retouched version of a Hanseatic card.
I wondered whether Doric ever sailed through the Kiel Canal. Russell Hill writes:- "I don't know for sure, but it is quite possible. I remember
that when Home Lines purchased her from German Atlantic they had her refurbished (or at least renamed and repainted) in Germany. They
then ran a series of Baltic and Norwegian Fjords and further North cruises out of Germany (I thnk that was the only time Home Lines ran cruises
in Europe). I remember I was hoping to take one that ran right up to the Arctic Icefield North of Spitzbergen, but couldn't swing it."
 
 
 
 
 
 
Royal Odyssey
(Royal Cruise Line: 1981-88)
 
Home Lines sold the Doric to Royal Cruise Line when their new Atlantic was delivered in 1981. Doric was given a new single funnel during refurbishment, and renamed Royal Odyssey. Royal Odyssey was sold on to Regency Cruises in 1988, when Regency Cruises' new Crown Odyssey was delivered.
 
 
An official Royal Cruise Line postcard of Royal Odyssey.
 
 
An official Royal Cruise Line postcard of the Royal Odyssey and Golden Odyssey.
 
 
Chantry Classics postcard CC/S120 of Royal Odyssey, photographed by Wil Moojen.
 
 
A Pieter Oost postcard of Royal Odyssey (no serial number).
Copies of this card are available direct from the publishers at:- http://www.p-oostcards.nl/
 
 
Harold Jordan postcard L4 of Royal Odyssey.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Regent Sun
(Regency Cruises: 1988-95)
 
Regent Sun was built as the Zim Israel liner Shalom in 1964. After only three years, she was bought by the Deutsches Atlantik group in 1967 and renamed Hanseatic (2). She was sold again to Home Lines in 1973, and named Doric, and became Royal Odyssey in the Royal Cruise Line fleet in 1981. In 1988 she became the Regent Sun in the Regency Cruises fleet. Following the collapse of Regency Cruises, the Regent Sun never returned to active service, despite the interest expressed by several companies in operating her. In October 1996 Royal Venture Cruises wished to charter her under the name Sun Venture for additional cruise service, while in 1997 Premier Cruises expressed interest in purchasing the ship, but withdrew their offer due to her poor condition. In 1998 the ship was first sold to Tony Travel & Agency and renamed Sun, then sometime later to International Shipping Partners and renamed Sun 11, but despite these changes in ownership she remained laid up at The Bahamas. In 2000 International Shipping Partners begun rebuilding the Sun 11 into a hotel ship, with a planned new name as Canyon Ranch at Sea, but this plan too fell through, and in 2001 the Sun 11 was sold to Indian shipbreakers. While en-route to India under tow, the Sun 11 started taking in water on 25 July 2001 while outside South African territorial waters. The South African authorities forbade the ship to enter South African waters, and on 26 July she sank outside Cape St. Francis.
 
 
A Regency Cruises official postcard of Regent Sun.
Scan: Michael Kenyon
 
 
Regency Cruises official postcard (serial number P44123) of Regent Sun.
 
 
Regency Cruises official postcard (serial number P72970) of Regent Sun.
 
 
Regency Cruises official postcard (serial number P004 150M 8/89) of Regent Sun, in the Caribbean.
An enlarged view of the ship is shown beneath.
"The Gems of the Caribbean cruise sparkles as you visit the dazzling jewels in a chain of lush golden islands".
 
 
 
An enlargement from a commercial postcard of Regent Sea and Regent Sun at St Thomas is shown below.
It is published by the Virgin Island Postcard Co, using a photograph by Don Herbert. The serial number is 2US VI296.
 
 
Benjamin postcard (serial number 2QB 141) of Regent Sun, at Quebec. Photo by J.F.Bergeron.
 
 
Arctic Circle Enterprises (Anchorage) postcard (serial number ACE-1145) of Regent Sun, in Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska.
Photo by Don "Bucky" Dawson.
 
 
 
 
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