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Golden Sun Cruises
 
 
These pages are devoted to postcards and photographs of the Golden Sun Cruises fleet. This page shows official and commercial cards in Golden Cruises colours, whilst the table below gives links to complete postcard histories of the individual ships.
 
Golden Sun have been operating since around 1997/8 with the Arcadia and Aegean I. For 2000 they also had the MSC Symphony running as Aegean Spirit. The three ships operated in 2000 on Mediterranean cruises are all on charter. In 2001 Aegean Spirit was chartered by MSC to the Lelakis company Cruise Holdings as Ocean Glory I. This charter ended when the ship was refused permission to leave Dover on a cruise in July 2001, due to safety and hygiene problems. Also in 2001 Arcadia was chartered for use on the Great Lakes. This venture also failed and the vessel returned to Greece.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Aegean I
Aegean Spirit
Arcadia
Ocean Glory I
 
Associated Pages:-
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MSC Crociere Italiane
Renaissance Cruises
StarLauro
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Table of Ship Histories

Name

 Other Names

 Built
 Arcadia  Arkadia, Angelina Lauro II

 1968
 Aegean I  Aegean Dolphin

 1973
 Aegean Spirit  Provence, EnricoCosta, Symphony, Ocean Glory I

 1950
 
 
 
 
 
Golden Sun Fleet List
 
 
Arcadia
 
Built in 1968 as the Trasmediterranea ferry Vincente Puchol. Bought by Attika Shipping in 1987, and renamed Arkadia. Rebuilt as a cruise ship 1989, and renamed Arcadia. Chartered to StarLauro from 1989-91 and renamed Angelina Lauro (II). Operating for Golden Sun on Mediterranean cruises since 1998; still owned by Attika.
 
 
An official Golden Sun Cruises card is shown below.
 
 
This official Golden Sun Cruises card of Arcadia is rather better than the one above.
 
 
 
 
 
Aegean I
 
Built in 1973 as the Zim ro-ro ferry Narcis. Bought by Dolphin Hellas cruises in 1986, and renamed Aegean Dolphin after conversion to a cruise ship in 1988. In 1995 she is listed as operating for Epirotiki. She was renamed Aegean I in whilst on charter to Renaissance Cruises in 1996. Operating for Golden Sun on Mediterranean cruises since 1998; still owned by Dolphin Hellas.
 
 
An official Golden Sun Cruises card is shown below.
 
 
This official Golden Sun Cruises card of Aegean I is rather better than the one above.
 
 
Ramsey postcard 105 in Golden Sun Cruises card is shown below.
 
 
 
 
 
Aegean Spirit
 
Built in 1950 as the SGTM liner Provence. Bought by Costa in 1965, and renamed Enrico C (in 1987 becoming Enrico Costa). Sold to StarLauro (renamed Mediterranean Shipping Cruises (MSC) in 1995) as Symphony in 1994. On charter to Golden Sun in 2000 for Atlantic Isles and Mediterranean cruises, as Aegean II then Aegean Spirit.
 
 
Current colours are shown in the card below.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
 
 
Ocean Glory 1
 
In 2001, Symphony/Aegean Spirit began operating as the Ocean Glory 1. She was still owned by an MSC subsidiary at this time. 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.
 
The photographs below were taken by Ian Boyle in Dover on Friday 10th August 2001.
Ocean Glory 1 had been moved to the Eastern Breakwater.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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