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Sagafjord
 
Sagafjord - Gripsholm - Saga Rose
 
Sagafjord Page 1: Sagafjord/Gripsholm
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Norwegian America Line (NAL) cruise ship Sagafjord. Sagafjord - Page 2 shows her career with Saga Cruises
 
Sagafjord was completed in May 1965 by Soc. des Forges de la Méditerranée (La Seyne sur Mer). The builders lost so much money on her construction that they went into liquidation the following year. Sagafjord was 24002 grt and carried 85 First and 704 Tourist passengers on Atlantic crossings, 462 in one class when cruising. She was powered by two 9cyl Sulzer diesels totalling 27000shp. In 1980, she and Vistafjord passed to Norwegian American Cruises (NAC), 90% owned by NAL. In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired NAC, and the ships joined the Cunard fleet, Sagafjord retaining her name. In 1996 was chartered to Transocean Tours as the Gripsholm, followed in the same year by sale to Saga Cruises as the Saga Rose.
 
 
Ship Names on this Page:-
Sagafjord - Norwegian America Line: 1965-83
Sagafjord - Cunard Line: 1983-96
Gripsholm - Transocean Tours charter: 1996
 
Sagafjord Pages:-
Sagafjord - Page 1: Sagafjord/Gripsholm - this page
Sagafjord - Page 2: Saga Rose
 
Associated Pages:-
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Norwegian America Line
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Sagafjord
(Norwegian America Line: 1965-83)
 
Sagafjord was completed in May 1965 by Soc. des Forges de la Méditerranée (La Seyne sur Mer). The builders lost so much money on her construction that they went into liquidation the following year. Sagafjord was 24002grt and carried 85 First and 704 Tourist passengers on Atlantic crossings, 462 in one class when cruising. She was powered by two 9cyl Sulzer diesels totalling 27000shp. In 1980, she and Vistafjord passed to Norwegian American Cruises (NAC), 90% owned by NAL. In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired Norwegian American Cruises, and the Sagafjord and Vistafjord joined the Cunard fleet, both retaining their names.
 
 
Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard 100M-2-74 of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard 3/77.30M of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard 8.8.78.50M of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Ralph O'Hara.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Ralph O'Hara.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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Official NAL postcard E.M.5-71 of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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Official NAL postcard F-4022-9 of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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Official NAL postcard F-4023-9 of Sagafjord.
Card supplied by Hayden Loudon.
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Official NAL postcard of Sagafjord.
Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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Simplon Postcards release sc2016 of Sagafjord in the Kiel Canal.
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Paul Oswald, Hamburg, postcard (serial LA HH 2160/79) of Sagafjord.
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HHH (Hans Hartz Hamburg), postcard (serial 614) of Sagafjord.
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Andreas &Co, Hamburg, postcard (no serial) of Sagafjord, plus an enlarged view of the ship.
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Foto Flatau, Panama, postcard (serial FF-617) of Sagafjord, in the Miraflores locks.
Printed by Mike Roberts (serial C22474).
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Foto Flatau card from Panama (FF-628), of Sagafjord, in the Miraflores locks.
Printed by Mike Roberts (CC22295).
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Guidelines, Puerto Rico, postcard (serial PR 00628-4587) of Sagafjord.
Photo by Maritza Carrero.
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Normanns, Oslo, postcard (serial N-8-80) of Sagafjord, at Flåm, Sognefjord.
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Official Norwegian American Cruises postcard of Sagafjord, following 1980 rebuild.
Scan by Ralph O'Hara.
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Official Norwegian American Cruises postcard of Sagafjord, following 1980 rebuild.
Scan by Ralph O'Hara.
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Official Norwegian American Cruises postcard of Sagafjord at Columbia Glacier.
Scan supplied by Michael Kenyon.
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Sagafjord
(Cunard Line: 1984-96)
 
In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired Norwegian American Cruises, and the Sagafjord and Vistafjord joined the Cunard fleet, both retaining their names. In 1996 was chartered to Transocean Tours as the Gripsholm, followed in the same year by sale to Saga Cruises as the Saga Rose.
 
 
Cunard/NAC official postcard Q702 of Sagafjord.
Later issued as a Cunard card without the NAC banner.
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Cunard official postcard of Sagafjord.
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Oversized Cunard official postcard of Sagafjord.
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CT Publishing postcard No.022 of Sagafjord.
Photo by Jim Stephen leaving Vancouver, August 15th 1991
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M.N.W.Edwards postcard Tdc17 of Sagafjord.
Photo by Dr E.M.Cornish in Table Bay, February 12th 1994.
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Chantry Classics postcard CC/S172 of Sagafjord.
Photo by Wil Moojen at Antigua.
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Unidentified postcard of Sagafjord at Jacksonville, Florida.
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Gripsholm
(Transocean Tours charter: 1996)
 
In 1983, Trafalgar House acquired Norwegian American Cruises, and the Sagafjord and Vistafjord joined the Cunard fleet, both retaining their names. In 1996 was chartered to Transocean Tours as the Gripsholm, followed in the same year by sale to Saga Cruises as the Saga Rose.
 
 
Transocean Tours official postcard of the chartered Gripsholm (ex-Sagafjord).
 
 
Antonio Giacomelli postcard NE17 of Gripsholm
Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, 18/01/97
 
 
 
 
 
 
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