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RMS ''Sylvania'' was an
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built in 1957 by
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(
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), in
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, for the
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-based
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. She was the last Cunard Line vessel built specifically for
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s. The ship was later heavily rebuilt as a cruise ship, and sailed under the names SS ''Fairwind'', SS ''Sitmar Fairwind'', SS ''Dawn Princess'' and SS ''Albatros'' before being scrapped in 2004. She was renamed SS ''Genoa'' for her last voyage.


Concept and construction

In addition to the more prestigious
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service from
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to
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,
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also operated other services, including one from
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to
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,
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. On the Canadian run their main competitors were
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. In order to strengthen their position on this service, Cunard decided to order a series of four identical liners in 1951. The new ships reflected the economics and travel patterns of the post-war world—they were not built exclusively as passenger liners, but also included cargo-carrying facilities. Their passenger accommodation were divided into just two classes, first and tourist, with the tourist class occupying the majority of the ship. The outer dimensions of the ships were defined by the
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, as they had to be able to navigate from the
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up to Montreal. The construction of the new ships, eventually referred to as the ''Saxonia'' class after the first ship, was awarded to the
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shipyard at
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in
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,
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. The first ship, was delivered in 1954, with following in 1955, in 1956, and finally ''Sylvania'' in 1957. As was the tradition for Cunard Line vessels, all ships were named after
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and
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s. ''Sylvania'' was rebuilt once during her service with Cunard Line, in 1965 when she was rebuilt into a more cruise-friendly configuration by the addition of
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facilities to many of her cabins. In 1970–1971 the ship – by now named ''Fairwind'' – received a more extensive rebuilding for cruise service at Arsenale Triestino San Marco,
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,
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, with her superstructure and funnel radically rebuilt and interiors re-styled to fit the tastes of the North American cruise passengers.


Design


Exterior design

The ''Saxonia''-class ships were built to a classic
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appearance, with a black hull, long bow, slightly rounded terraced forward
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and a tiered aft superstructure. However, they lacked the traditional outward projecting promenade deck and had an unusual
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with a rounded top. Due to their cargo-carrying capabilities, there were four large cranes on both the bow and aft deck. At some point of her career, ''Sylvania''s hull was re-painted white. During the 1970–71 refit the ship's external appearance was radically altered, with the forward superstructure rebuilt to a sleek, streamlined form, the funnel rebuilt to a more modern, slightly conical form with a smoke deflector fin on top, and the cargo cranes eliminated. In keeping with the then-current Sitmar Line livery, ''Fairwind'' had a buff funnel with a large V (for Vlasov) painted on it. In addition to the funnel, the topmost decks of her superstructure and her radar mast were painted buff. In 1988 ''Sitmar Fairwind'' received the new Sitmar livery with an entirely white superstructure, a dark blue funnel with Sitmar's new Swan logo, and three wave-like ribands painted on her hull. Alongside she was the only ship to receive the short-lived new Sitmar livery. After moved to
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and renamed ''Dawn Princess'', the ship received the all-white Princess livery, with only the top of her funnel painted dark blue, and Princess' wave logo attached to the funnel. In Phoenix Reisen service her funnel was painted turquoise with a black top, with Phoenix's seagull-and-sun logo attached. Additionally a turquoise decorative stripe was painted on her hull.


Interior design

''Sylvania'', like her sisters, was originally built with a general arrangement of three cargo holds located both aft and forward of the superstructure, the passenger spaces located between them, with tourist class dominating the passenger spaces. Despite the dominance of the tourist class, her interiors were built to the elegant standards maintained by
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on their previous ships. Notable public spaces included a cinema with a balcony and even a soda fountain. The ship was also built with full air-conditioning. The public spaces were also altered radically in the 1970–71 refit, with three swimming pools added to the rear decks, and the accommodations brought up to the high standards expected by the North American cruise passengers. After the refit her facilities included a theatre, five lounges and three restaurants.


Service history


1957–1968: ''Sylvania''

''Sylvania'' started on her maiden voyage from
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to Montreal on 5 June 1957. On 26 June 1957 she joined her sisters on their
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summer service from
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to Montreal via Greenock and
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. By the time she entered service the growth of passenger numbers in transatlantic liner service had ceased, while the number of passengers transported by the
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was growing. In 1958 the ''Saxonia'' made one crossing from Liverpool to
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via
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and Halifax. In April 1961 she was moved permanently to the Liverpool—New York service, replacing . At some point during her career with Cunard, ''Sylvania'' also served on the
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—Québec—Montreal -route and winter crossings between Liverpool and Halifax via Greenock. When the North Atlantic passenger operation became unprofitable in the early sixties, ''Sylvania'' was used on more and more cruises. In early 1965 she received a refit to make her accommodations more cruise-friendly (though this was not as extensive as the refits given to her sisters ''Saxonia'' and ''Ivernia''). In November 1966 her transatlantic service was altered back to the Liverpool—Montreal route. In June 1967, she was on a regular run from Montreal to Southampton via Le Havre when she ran aground on a sand bank between Lac St. Pierre and
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, Quebec. After nearly 24 hours trying to shift her with ocean-going tugboats, Cunard offered the 400 or so passengers the option of flying to the UK or continuing their voyage on the CP liner ''Empress of England'', which had sailed from Montreal at noon the following day. Those passengers who opted to take ''Empress of England'' were transferred late in the afternoon on the deck of a ferry from Trois-Rivières, arriving aboard ''Empress of England'' via the utility entrance for the kitchen. Between 24 February 1967 and 10 May 1967, ''Sylvania'' carried British Hovercraft Corporation's SRN-6 type
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''024'' on board during her cruises on the
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from
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. The hovercraft was used to run trips from the ship to various ports along the cruises. The experiment proved unsuccessful and was not repeated. Due to heavy losses Cunard withdrew ''Sylvania'' and her sister ship ''Carinthia'' from service in December 1967. They were subsequently laid up in Southampton and put up for sale.


1968–1988: ''Fairwind''

On 2 February 1968 ''Sylvania'' and ''Carinthia'' were sold to the
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-based Sitmar Line. The sisters were re-registered to
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and renamed ''Fairwind'' and ''Fairland'', respectively, with the intention of converting them into immigrant liners for the service from Europe to
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and
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. Sitmar had held the immigrant service contract by the Australian government from 1955, but the Australian government was asking for new tenders for the period of 1970 onwards, and Sitmar needed new ships to use for the service. However, despite the purchase of ''Fairwind'' and ''Fairland'', Sitmar lost the contract to
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, and as a result ''Fairwind'' and ''Fairland'' were laid up at Southampton. Having failed to keep the immigrant subsidiaries, Sitmar decided to convert their recently acquired ships for cruise service instead. ''Fairwind'' received a year-long refit between January 1970 and January 1971, after which she joined her sister (completed some two months earlier and renamed ''Fairsea'') on the North American cruise market, on which she proved highly popular. During the northern hemisphere winter season the ''Fairwind'' made cruises to South America from
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, while during the summer season she sailed from
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on cruises to Canada and
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. In the late 1980s Sitmar decided to change their brand identity with a new external livery and new naming policy. Following an impact with a sandbar during an
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cruise in 1988, the Fairwind sailed through the Panama Canal en route to Los Angeles. After disembarking the passengers the ship headed for San Francisco where it received repairs to its propeller and a facelift. ''Fairwind'' became the first ship to be re-painted and -named, becoming the blue-funnelled ''Sitmar Fairwind'' in 1988. Her career as ''Sitmar Fairwind'' proved short, as already on 1 September 1988 Sitmar Cruises was sold to P&O Group, who decided to close down the Sitmar brand in North America. Just eight days after the acquisition of Sitmar by P&O, ''Sitmar Fairwind'' was renamed ''Dawn Princess'' and transferred to the fleet of Princess Cruises.


1988–1993: ''Dawn Princess''

As ''Dawn Princess'' the ship continued cruises mainly aimed at the North American market. At the time Princess Cruises were investing heavily on new tonnage, and the popular ''Dawn Princess'' was sold in early 1993 to V-Ships, a subsidiary of Vlasov Group, who had been the owners of Sitmar.


1993–2004: ''Albatros''

''Dawn Princess'' was renamed ''Albatros'' after the sale to V-Ships and she was chartered to
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, a
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cruise operator andtravel company, initially for five years from 27 March 1993 onwards. On 18 August 1993 ''Albatros'' set on her first cruise for Phoenix Reisen from Germany to
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. On 22 May 1995 ''Albatros'' suffered an engine room fire while on a cruise on the
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. Her passengers were evacuated in
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. After passengers were evacuated, the ship sailed to
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, Italy for provisional repairs. She received full repairs at
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in June, returning to service on 30 June 1995. On 16 May 1997 ''Albatros'', carrying 800 people, hit Bartholomew's Ledge, St Mary's Sound,
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. The ship returned to St Mary's Road to anchor, escorted by the
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boat and St Mary's Lifeboat. After two days, the 504 German passengers were taken from the listing ship, returning home on land. Bartholomew's Ledge had torn a gash in the hull of the liner, which was manoeuvring out of the archipelago at . On 26 June 1997 ''Albatros'' arrived at A & P Shipyard, Southampton, for repairs and returned to service in July of the same year. In November 2003 ''Albatros'' suffered severe machinery problems, hence Phoenix Reisen decided to terminate her charter contract, while V-Ships concluded that the price of repairing the 46-year-old ship would be too high. As a result, she was sold to the scrapyard at
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in December 2003. The ship was renamed ''Genoa'', and on 1 January 2004 she arrived at Alang, where she was beached and subsequently broken up. As a replacement vessel, was quickly chartered in January 2004, and given the name .


References


External links


Das Ruderhaus: T/S "Albatros", Phoenix Reisen
– photographs and deck plans from the ''Albatros''
Sylvania on Chris' Cunard Page - Accessed 25/07/19
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