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Ship's Agent
04-05-2009, 15:45
Dear Friends,

Allow me to start a new thread concerning ships that were intended to sail, but never did so...so, here it goes:-

1) HAL - never build project

2) QUEEN VICTORIA ( 1) - presently P & O's ARCADIA

3) QUEEN ELIZABETH 3

4) POLARIS - Polaris Cruise Line Sweden

5) NCL - never build project...

Other projects are welcome.......just tell us!!!
Ellinis
04-05-2009, 19:29
No.4 (the POLARIS) was the -at that time- AQUAMARINE. She was supposed to be sold to Polaris Cruises but apparently the deal felt through...
Ellinis
01-08-2009, 11:30
Back in 1991, a new firm named Swedish American Cruises, ordered a 12,000 grt (150 x 21.1 m) vessel at C.N.Ferrari to place them in the incentive & conference travel business.

The plans were soon cancelled.

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Finnpartner_1966
19-10-2009, 08:02
No.4 (the POLARIS) was the -at that time- AQUAMARINE. She was supposed to be sold to Polaris Cruises but apparently the deal felt through...

And went to Epirotiki instead, becoming their Odysseus!!
Ship's Agent
19-11-2009, 14:43
Again some more ships that never cruises:

1) ROYAL VENTURE CRUISE LINES - MV SUN VENTURE

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2) CUNARD LINES 60-70'S - QUEEN ELIZABETH III project 1 and 2

PROJECT 1

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PROJECT 2

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Comments are welcome!

Cheers!

Ship's Agent
Ellinis
19-11-2009, 15:32
2) CUNARD LINES 60-70'S - QUEEN ELIZABETH III project 1 and 2

PROJECT 1

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I guess that the mast also acted as something like a funnel? Don't like it.
The lines of the after part resembles the ones of QE2 while the funnel looks like the one of the 1959 Rotterdam...


PROJECT 2

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A bit more conventional than Project 1. Really don't like that huge mast/funnel. The forward superstructure reminds me of CANBERRA, while the rest of the lines are more close to SAGAFJORD's.
Ellinis
19-11-2009, 15:45
Again some more ships that never cruises:

1) ROYAL VENTURE CRUISE LINES - MV SUN VENTURE

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Royal Venture Cruise Line was an interesting venture that the Greek-American Takis Kyriakides tried to start in 1995/6. Initially he wanted to charter CTC's Gruziya (http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/gruziya_1975.htm)as his Royal Venture, then Ukraina (http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/kazakhstan_1976.htm) as Sea Venture and finally Lelakis' defunct Regent Sun as his Sun Venture.

Kyriakides was also the person that owned the never-completed SEA VENTURE back in 1992, as well as the TROPICANA (ex-PRINCES PAOLA).

He also run the VASCO DA GAMA/SEAWIND CROWN for a time.
rd77
29-11-2009, 16:07
Great thread! Attached is a rendering of the SEA AMERICA project. These were meant to be 2 US-flag cruise ships for the business conference biz. Never built (unfortunately).
Ellinis
29-11-2009, 17:28
Welcome aboard rd77!
When was this project run?
rd77
29-11-2009, 17:57
Hi Ellinis,

I believe this project was worked on around the year 2000. After the 9/11 attacks, it disappeared from the radar.

Brgds.
Ralph
britanis
20-04-2010, 15:55
from the german news paper WESER KURIER
a project from the NDL.

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rd77
17-06-2010, 11:18
Very very interesting design! Never heard of it before. It didn't make the book "Damned by destiny" for sure. I really like the alternative design!
Rasa Sayang
06-08-2019, 01:06
proposed plans for a new german North Atlantic Liner

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