In 1963, Eastern Steamship Line sold the SS Evangeline and SS Yarmouth to the Chadade Steamship Company, Panama, which formed a new subsidiary line, Yarmouth Cruise Line. The SS Evangeline was re-named Yarmouth Castle. Fleet Yarmouth Yarmouth Castle References Get Travelling Wikipedia: Eastern Steamship Line (1965) Wikipedia: SS Yarmouth Castle
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Bahamas Philately: Wing Wong
In the early 1960s, the hotel director of the Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club, Charles Sammons, requested the construction of two Chinese junks, at a cost of USD$15,000 each, for junkets between Grand Bahama and Sandy Cay. The junks, named Wing Wong and Hi Lee, sailed under Captain…
View More Bahamas Philately: Wing WongBahamas Philately: M/S Grand Bahama
The M/S Grand Bahama was a 160 foot, 225 passenger, luxury liner. The liner was constructed in 1950 by Glommens Mek. Verksted, Norway, and was christened the M/S Romsdal. In 1962 it was purchased by by William Shipping Co., Inc, Monrovia. In 1963 it began sailing between West Palm…
View More Bahamas Philately: M/S Grand BahamaBahamas Philately: Lofthouse Agency Ltd (P52300 Series – Type EB)
Details Publisher: Lofthouse Agency Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Phone 95321 Distributor: Printer: Colorpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A. Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Colour by Ronald Lightbourn Year: 1963 Series: P52300 (Type EB)
View More Bahamas Philately: Lofthouse Agency Ltd (P52300 Series – Type EB)Bahamas Philately: Home Lines – S/S Oceanic
S/S Oceanic was built in 1963 by Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy for Home Lines. She was delivered to Home Lines in March 1965. She made a short series of transatlantic crossings, following which she entered cruise service from New York to the Bahamas on 24 April 1965, operating…
View More Bahamas Philately: Home Lines – S/S OceanicBahamas Philately: Home Lines
Home Lines was an Italian passenger shipping company that operated both ocean liners and cruise ships. The company was founded in 1946, and it ceased operations in 1988 when merged into Holland America Line. By 1955 at the latest Home Lines began making cruises from New York to The Bahamas…
View More Bahamas Philately: Home LinesBahamas Philately: Freeport Inn
The Freeport Inn was opened as a small resort-styled hotel in the centre of the business district in 1963 with 36 rooms. By September 1966, it had at least four expansions, bringing the total rooms available to 120. In 1968 it added an additional 50 rooms brining the total to…
View More Bahamas Philately: Freeport InnBahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (54900 Series)
Details Publisher: Hannau Color Productions, Miami Beach, Fla. Printer: Koppel Color, Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA Year: 1963 Series: 54900
View More Bahamas Philately: Hannau Color Productions (54900 Series)Bahamas Philately: 1962 – Arrival of La Nina II
In 1962 the voyage of Columbus from Spain to San Salvador was recreated by the La Nina II – a faithful, 42-foot replica of the smallest vessel in the fleet of Columbus. The replica was assembled from historical documents. Unlike the original voyage, which was undertaken in 33 days, the…
View More Bahamas Philately: 1962 – Arrival of La Nina IIBahamas Philately: Lofthouse Agency Ltd (P20500 Series – Type EA)
Details Publisher: Lofthouse Agency Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas Distributor: Printer: Colorpicture Publishers Inc, Boston, Mass., USA Process: Plastichrome Photographer: Year: 1962 Series: P20500 (Type EA)
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