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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
Hey! that guy is wearing my high-school prom tuxedo.

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That’s what you get if you rent your tuxedo!

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Originally posted by Onno:
Are there any interior pictures of her around? I have never seen her interiors.

Onno

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For Onno,

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Originally posted by sslewis:
ssDoric was very much loved.
What got to Home lines to order the Homeric? Then Atlantic?

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Actually Atlantic was ordered first, specifically to replace Doric. Homeric came 4 years later and was ordered to replace Oceanic.

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Originally posted by Ocean Liners:
I assumed Royal Odyssey made Fifteen-night inugural super gala Mediterranean Voyage on May 28, 1882 from Piraeus to London.

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You assumed correctly. Home Lines handed Doric over to Royal Cruises in November 1981 after completing her 1981 Bermuda cruise season. Her "reconstruction" refit for Royal Cruises lasted from January to May 1982.

Over the winter of 1981-82, Home Lines was a one-ship operation. Atlantic was delivered in April 1982.

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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:
Hey! that guy is wearing my high-school prom tuxedo.

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and one more photo , in Zim Lines colours:

Anyway for fun I experimented with Shalom as a HAL and I think she would have looked rather smart in a 70’s HAL livery and fitted in nicely during the 70’s.

Onno

PS: what do you think of the name Hansedam!

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Ships of that time were almost all very goodlooking.
I think when Oceanic and Doric were both in the same fleet, apart from the funnels, they could pass for sisters.

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Originally posted by mec1:
SS Lewis - all HAL ships in the 70s had orange funnels and dark blue hulls.

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I figured Shalom’s funnels are more robust then the slender uptakes of Rotterdam, so they could support the orange colour in the rendition.

Onno

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Originally posted by Brian_O:

Home Lines handed Doric over to Royal Cruises in November 1981 after completing her 1981 Bermuda cruise season. Her "reconstruction" refit for Royal Cruises lasted from January to May 1982.

Over the winter of 1981-82, Home Lines was a one-ship operation. Atlantic was delivered in April 1982.

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I assumed Doric finished her last cruise on 7-night 82 New Year's cruise arrived Port Evergldes on January 2, 1982

Oceanic begun winter 81-82 Season from Port Evergldes starting on December 19, 1981 for a series of 10 Caribbean Winter Cruises of 7 to 14 days thru March 20, 1982.

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I assumed Doric finished her last cruise on 7-night 82 New Year's cruise arrived Port Evergldes on January 2, 1982

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This appears to be correct. The November 1981 delivery date is what was reported when the sale of Doric to Royal Cruises was first announced. Apparently it was changed twice after that. By September 1980 it had been changed to December 18, 1981. Finally, in February 1981, it was further extended to January 2, 1982.

So Home Lines was a one-ship operation for 3 1/2 months from Jan 2, 1982 to April 17, 1982 when Atlantic departed on her first cruise.

Great picture she looks great in the '70's HAL colors. Buth without the orange colored uptakes maybe the colors as the Rotterdam 5 have in the '70's. Buth she looks great somehow she looks friendly. I would named here Potsdam 2.
She would have fit inn very well in the HAL fleet those years.

The Rotterdam 5 Uptake colors was not white whene she enterd service. They where paitened gray also paitened gray where here kingposts. Later in the '60's the uptakes and kingposts where painted white. The yellow, green/white/green funnel colors appear on the life boats.

If you have more information about it please share.

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