Swan Hellenic Cruises

[Nicholas Peppas]

This specialist cruise operator which has survived from the early 50's right up till very recently was one of the most exclusive cruise charter companies in the UK market and was dedicated to extensive archaeological and historic cruises of Greece, the Greek islands and the Eastern Mediterranean accompanied by the most eminent guest lecturers and historians from famous universities and religious historical organisations.

They chartered very interesting ships right fromm the start such as Nomikos Lines Miaoulis and Typaldos Lines Mediterranean and Adriatiki in the early 50's. In the 60's and 70's they used mainly the Turkish Maritime Lines Ankara which proved a very popular ship and later employed Epirotiki's Orpheus for many years. They enjoyed a very high volume of repeat clientele and the itineraries offered were extremely detailed and included a vast range of guided excursions to the most interesting and unusual historical sites of the Levant.

I have attached a selection of pages from some of their brochures which I hope will be of interest. Mediterranean from the 1950's, Ankara from 1966 and Orpheus from the 1983 brochure. The quality and detail of their publications were excellent as can be seen from the photographs. They even published a hard cover book each year featuring all their excursions and included photos and diagrams of all the historical sites visited on their cruises. This book was given free of charge to every passenger.

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Henry

A recent message by Ellinis sent me to this thread. This is most impressive!!! I am so gald you feed us so many great brochuers!

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[TSS QUEEN ANNA MARIA]

The title of the thread should be changed to Swan Hellenic and not Swans. I had the opportunity to board the Orpheus many times as a representative of the excursion agency in 1988 when she was still chartered to Swan Hellenic. It was an immaculate ship well maintained and very quiet due to the older age af the passengers mostly British and German. That year one engine broke down and she was replaced by the much smaller Neptune. What a headache that was to shift passengers from one ship to another in Piraeus. I still remember that day.