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Langeland Farm| Status |
Broken up |
| IMO number |
|
| Type |
Passenger liner, later cruise
ship |
| Propulsion |
Steam turbine ship |
| Built |
1954, John Brown & Co.,
Clydebank, Scotland, # 692 |
| GRT |
1954: 21,637 1963: 22,592 1968: 21,370 |
| Length |
185.40 m |
| Beam |
24.49 m |
| Draught |
8.90 m |
| Max Psgr Capy |
1957: 944 1963: 881 1969: 929 |
| Berth Capy |
1957: 125 first class, 819
tourist class 1963: 117 first, 764 tourist 1969: 929 in a single class |
| No. of Cabins |
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| History |
1954-02-17: Launched. 1954-08: Delivered to Cunard Steamship Co., Liverpool, England. 1954-09-02: Maiden voyage, Liverpool to Québec and Montréal. 1957-06-19: Moved to the Southampton-Canada route, and started to be used for cruising. 1961-04: Moved to Liverpool - New York service. winter 1962-1963: Refitted for cruising and renamed Carmania. 1963 to 1967: Used on Rotterdam-Southampton-Canada route in summer, Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises in the winter. 1969: Converted to a single-class arrangement. 1969-01-12: Ran aground during a Caribbean cruise (out of Port Everglades); passengers transferred to the Italian liner Flavia to return to Miami. 1969-02: Returned to service. 1969-05-11: In collision with the Russian ship Frunze, no serious damage. 1971: Laid up in Southampton due to a staffing dispute between Cunard and the National Union of Seamen. 1972: Moved to Cornwall. 1973-08: Sold to Black Sea Shipping and renamed Leonid Sobinov; chartered to the British company CTC Lines for Australian cruises. 1973 to 1974: Refit at Swan Hunter, South Shields. 1974-02-25: Departed Southampton for Sydney. 1979-12: Australian cruises terminated when Australia banned Russian ships from their ports in response to the invasion of Afghanistan. Used as a troop ship between Cuba and Angola. 1989: Refit and mechanical overhaul. 1990: Registered in Malta, used for low-budget Mediterranean cruises. 1995: Laid up in Iliychevsk, Ukraine. 1999-01: Departed for the breakers at Alang, India. 1999-02-10: Transited the Suez canal. 1999-04-01: Arrived at the anchorage at Alang. 1999-10-01: Broken up at Alang. |
| Sister Ships |
Ivernia, Carinthia, Sylvania |