ASTORIA

[Patrick Hill]

Passing Paull inward to KG dock from Portsmouth 01/09/2019.

[teesships]

As ATHENA and something of her history see also: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1842

Yes, Patrick, my wife Anne and myself joined her at Hull for an around UK tour, and we just got back home this afternoon (via Goole and the Trent as usual). A lovely old ship, well worth sailing on her if anyone can manage it.

If she arrived on 1 September as early as she did this morning - you must have been up really early!
She docked by 5.30am and we were ashore about 7.30am!

Obviously, I've now a lot to catch up, loads of photos to edit, so may be some time before any relevant ones are posted to NEM.

Ron

[Patrick Hill]

Yes I was Ron, still rather dark when I arrived at Paull. Fortunately she had to hold fire in the river off Killingholme to allow the Zeebrugge ferry to dock first so the light had improved greatly by the time she passed us, first shot 06:51. Spotted last night she was due back in but much too early.

[teesships]

ASTORIA (5383304), Portugal (MAR), 16144gt, completed Gothenburg 2-1948
1948 STOCKHOLM - 1960 VOLKERFREUNDSCHAFT - 1985 VOLKER - 1986 FRIDTJOF NANSEN - 1993 ITALIA I -
1993 ITALIA PRIMA - 2000 VALTUR PRIMA - 2003 CARIBE - 2005 ATHENA - 2013 AZORES - 2016 ASTORIA

Scilly Isles - 8 September 2019:

Ron

[Dennis Maccoy]

Astoria at North Shields this morning on a bleak and uninviting day.

[Patrick Hill]

Sadly it looks like no more cruise ships to Hull in the near future, CMV have gone into administration - https://www.cruiseandmaritime.com/

[northeast]

COVID must surely spell the death knell for the old STOCKHOLM, after 72 years ... nearly as old as me!

[Patrick Hill]

COVID must surely spell the death knell for the old STOCKHOLM, after 72 years ... nearly as old as me!

She was already pencilled in to make her last cruise from Hull this year - obviously not going to happen now. Glad I managed to catch her last year.

[northeast]

Left Tilbury/Northfleet this morning, under tow to Lisbon.

[northeast]

Quite a saga, due at Falmouth, pilots would not board due to ladder being over her sponsons, then headed for Weymouth and now quoted as Flushing!