Hello friends,

Enjoy the official company postcard of Balkan Touristik passenger ship M/S NESSEBAR.

History:


Ex-SAGA build for Svenska Lloyd. Build in1940.

On service till 1946 on the route Götenburg-London.

1947 - Start cruising for Svenska Looyd.

Acquired by French Transatlantique on 1956. Renamed VILLE DE BORDEAUX.

Used on the route Bordeaux-Casablanca till1957, replacing the M/S MAROC.

1960, used on the routes bound to North Africa & Atlantic isles.

1963 used on the route of Corse.

Acquired on February 1964 by NAVIGATION MARITIME BULGARE. Renamed NESSEBAR. Used as a full time cruise ship in the Black Sea by Balkan Touristik, Varna, Bulgaria.

1973 ownership transfered totally to BALKANTURIST.

1976 Demolished in Split / Yugoslavia.



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