.... and it so happens with sorting the ships alphabetically a number of slides beginning with numbers (for various reasons) show first, and our first trip with the Albert Weller slideshow is outside our area to a general view at Southampton taken circa August 1970 (presumably the date showing on the slide mount from when the film was processed?).
Line-up of three ships:
ORIANA
S.A. VAAL
RUBICONE
And, in close-up:
ORIANA (5264742), Peninsular & Oriental SN Co (from 1965), 41923gt,
completed Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, 11-1960
1960 ORIANA - converted to floating hotel at Osaka from 1986 - wrecked in Xinghai Bay, Dalian 16.6.04 & BU Zhangjiagang 5.05
S.A. VAAL (5367623), South African Marine Corp Ltd (from 1969), 32697gt,
completed John Brown & Co, Clydebank, 12-1961
1961 TRANSVAAL CASTLE - 1966 S.A.VAAL - 1977 FESTIVALE - 1996 ISLANDBREEZE -
2000 THE BIG RED BOAT III - 2003 THE BIG BOAT
BU Alang 9.7.03, beached 13.7.03
RUBICONE (5301631), Italy, 6152gt,
completed Krimpen a/d Ijssel 2-1948
L as ELISE SCHULTE - 1948 STAD LEIDEN - 1962 RUBICONE
BU La Spezia 12.71 [Ditta Lotti] Ron