Angelina Lauro Cruise Ship

Antique Rare Angelina Lauro War Cruise Ship Nurse Doll Dutch MS Oranje.

Angelina lauro cruise ship. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific on 24 September 1979. Maritime Historian CruisenShip Reviewer Author Lecturer. The cruise ship Angelina Lauro on fire at the West Indian Company Dock in Charlotte Amalie Harbor St.

Cruises were planned in the Caribbean out of San Juan which were marketed by another Italian cruise line Costa Line. She sank in a storm in the mid-Pacific on 24 September 1979. It was issued by the shipping company Flotto Lauro for use on their cruise ship Angelina Lauro in late 1960s.

She was re-fitted for cruising by Flotta Lauro but managed by Costa line of Italy who marketed her for Caribbean cruises under the name Angelina. Costa when Angelina Lauros cruises proved popular decided to charter her beginning October 1977 for Caribbean cruise service out of Port Everglades. The ship underwent 25 years service as Oranje and fifteen as Angelina Lauro.

Although she retained her original funnel markings she was marketed by Costa Lines who later chartered her outright and gave her the traditional Costa funnel yellow with a large blue C for Costa. I had seen ORANJE at Rotterdam port in 1958 and she seemed then impressively large being of a very exceptional look and duly spotted by everyone tourist attending the harbor cruise. MS Angelina Lauro Sydney Harbour Lauro Lines pc unused AK386.

Cabin was so small. She was destroyed by a galley fire during a Caribbean cruise in March 1979. Menu consists of a rectangular sheet on cardboard folded into two printed on all sides.

I sailed with a friend on the Angelina Lauro from the port of Wellington on the 3rd of September 1968 enroute to Fremantle WAvia SydneyMelbourneAdelaidearriving on the 12th September 1968this was my first voyage out of New ZealandI can still remember the excitement of being on this lovely modern ship with all the wonderfull amenities on board especially the Bars and the. In the last of these in 1994 the ship caught fire and sank in. We booked an inside upper and lower cabin and were upgraded to an outside upper and lower.