Sylvania
 
Sylvania - Fairwind - Sitmar Fairwind - Dawn Princess - Albatros
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Cunard liner Sylvania, which had a long subsequent career with Sitmar Line and Princess Cruises. She was one of four sisterships built by Cunard between 1954-57:- Saxonia - Ivernia - Carinthia - Sylvania
 
Sylvania was built for Cunard Line in 1957, for secondary North Atlantic services. Sylvania was sold to Sitmar Line and became their Fairwind in 1968 after rebuilding. She was briefly renamed Sitmar Fairwind in 1988, before becoming the Dawn Princess when Princess Cruises acquired Sitmar. Princess sold her back to the Vlasov Group V-Ships (ie: the previous owners of Sitmar) in 1993, and Phoenix operated her under charter as Albatros (1) until 2004, when she was sold for scrap. She was replaced by Albatros (2) originally the Royal Viking Sea.
 
 
Ship Names on this Page:-
Sylvania - Cunard Line: 1956-68
Fairwind - Sitmar: 1968-88
Sitmar Fairwind - Sitmar: 1988
Dawn Princess - Princess Cruises: 1988-93
Albatros (1) - Phoenix Reisen (Chartered): 1993-2004
 
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P&O Princess Cruises - Page 1
P&O Princess Cruises - Page 2
Sitmar Line
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Sylvania
(Cunard Line: 1956-68)
 
21900 tons, 608ft long, 860 passengers
 
1: Rotterdam-Southampton-Le Havre-Quebec-Montreal service
2: Liverpool-Greenock-Quebec-Montreal service, also cruises
 
 
 
A Cunard Line official card of Sylvania.
 
A Cunard Line official card of Sylvania.
(serial numbers B.1648 & B.2280 available on this card)
 
Photo Precision postcard 11436 of Sylvania at Liverpool.
 
Valentine's postcard R.P.152 of Sylvania.
 
Dennis Productions postcard L0710 of Sylvania at Liverpool.
 
Dennis Productions postcard L0710 of Sylvania at Liverpool.
Colour variation on the card above.
 
In later years Sylvania was used primarily for cruising, although she did not receive the major conversions to cruising of sisters Carmania and Franconia. From 22 February 1967 until 10 May, British Hovercraft Corporation 024 was chartered to the Cunard Line. She was carried on the deck of the Sylvania and supplemented the cruise by running trips from the ship to Athens, Beirut, Istanbul, Tripoli and Lisbon. The experiment was not repeated. A more complete history of this hovercraft will be added later.
Scan: www.hovercraft-museum.org
 
Harold Jordan postcard S.A.10 of Sylvania.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fairwind - Sitmar Fairwind
(Sitmar Line: 1971-88)
 
 
Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton before conversion.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon L1/8860/Hants.
 
Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton.
Enlarged imege from the card above.
 
Fairwind and Fairland at Southampton.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon PHA/21473/Hants.
 
Sitmar Cruises official postcard of Fairwind.
 
Chantry Classics postcard CC/S96 of Fairwind.
Photo: Frank Kalinowsky.
 
Commercial postcard of either Fairsea. or Fairwind at Cabo San Lucas (Mexico).
Photo: © F.Aramburo.
 
Fairwind in the Panama Canal in 1980.
Photo: Dom Costa.
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Fairwind at Bridgtown, Barbados, in 1980.
Photo: Dom Costa.
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A photograph of Fairwind.
Photo: © Luca Ferrerio.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dawn Princess
(Princess Cruises: 1988-93)
 
 
Sitmar's Fairwind and Fairsea became the Dawn Princess and Fair Princess within the Princess Cruises fleet. Both ships were eventually displaced by new tonnage, and Dawn Princess was subsequently sold back to the Vlasov Group (owners of Sitmar) and has since operated as Albatros. Fair Princess was moved to serve the Australian market, replacing the Fairstar which was scrapped in 1997. She was in turn replaced by Sky Princess, ex-Fairsky.
 
 
Princess Cruises oversized official postcard of Dawn Princess.
 
Princess Cruises official postcard of Dawn Princess.
 
Princess Cruises official postcard of Dawn Princess.
 
Chantry Classics postcard CC/S61 of Dawn Princess.
Photo: © Clive Harvey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Albatros (1)
(Phoenix Reisen: 1993-2004)
 
 
Albatros (1) was originally built as the Cunard Line Sylvania in 1957. She was sold to Sitmar and became their Fairwind in 1968 after rebuilding. She was briefly renamed Sitmar Fairwind in 1988, before becoming the Dawn Princess when Princess Cruises acquired Sitmar. Princess sold her back to the Vlasov Group V-Ships (ie: the previous owners of Sitmar) in 1993, and Phoenix operated her under charter as Albatros (1) until 2004, when she was sold for scrap. She was replaced by Albatros (2) originally the Royal Viking Sea.
 
 
Official Phoenix Reisen postcards of Albatros are shown below.
The one below is published by 7 Seas Postcards, serial Nr.6 (Photo: Uli Deiss).
 
Official Phoenix Reisen postcard of Albatros.
 
Official Phoenix Reisen postcard of Albatros.
Photo: © D.Hasenpusch.
 
Official Phoenix Reisen postcard of Albatros.
 
Official Phoenix Reisen postcard of Albatros.
 
 
This card was published by Bernd Broux and shows Albatros on the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal (Kiel Canal).
 
Simplon Postcards issue sc2137, issued December 1998, of Albatros on the North See Canal to Amsterdam.
Photo: © Wil Moojen.
 
Ramsey Postcards issue 107, of Albatros.
Photo: © Philip Cone.
 
World Ships issue Nr.01, of Albatros.
Photo: © D.Hasenpusch.
 
Postcard of Albatros at New York.
Publisher: Alfred Mainzer 1715.
 
The postcard above reissued as a World Trade Centre commemorative.
Publiseher: City Merchandise CM-0234-01.
 
 
 
 
Photograph of Albatros, Dover Cruise Terminal, 14th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
Photograph of Albatros, Cherbourg, 15th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
Photograph of Albatros, Cherbourg, 15th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
Photograph of Albatros, Cherbourg, 15th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
Photograph of Albatros, Zeebrugge, 16th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
Photograph of Albatros, Amsterdam, 17th December 1997.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
 
 
 
Photograph of Albatros, departing Dunedin, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros, departing Dunedin, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros, arriving Wellington, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros, arriving Wellington, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros and Legend of the Seas in Wellington, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros, depating Napier, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
Photograph of Albatros, depating Napier, February 2001.
Photo: © Michael Kenyon.
 
 
 
 
 
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