SS Príncipe Perfeito was a passenger ship built in 1961 by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne. She first entered service for the Companhia Nacional de Navegação [pt], often abbreviated as CNN.[2]
On July 6, 1964, the Príncipe Perfeito transported the president of the Portuguese Republic, Americo Tomas in an official trip to Mozambique.
During her service years with her original owners, the Principe Perfeito was generally used for passenger service or troop transport, making cruises only occasionally. During the 1960s, armed campaigns for independence in Portugal's African colonies (notably Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique) started, leading to demand for troopships as Portugal's government led by António de Oliveira Salazar attempted (unsuccessfully) to crush the insurrections.
That April she was sold to the Panamanian company Global Transportation Incorporated, who sent her back to her builders with the intention of converting Principe Perfeito into the accommodation shipAl Hasa.
Marianna 9 laid up in Eleusis, 2000.
These plans never materialized and ownership of the vessel was passed on to the Sitmar Line, who renamed Fairsky with the intent of rebuilding her into a cruise ship, as they did with the SS Fairwind.[4] However the company decided to build an entirely new ship (resulting in the Fairsky of 1984). With this decision Sitmar renamed her Vera in 1981. She was sold to the John Latsis company Bilinder Marine Corporation in 1982, who renamed her Marianna IX after one of his daughters. She entered a new role as an accommodation ship at Jeddah and then Rabigh. In 1984 her name was changed to Marianna 9. She was sent to Kalamata to house earthquake victims in 1986, but was later returned to Rabigh.[5] In 1992 she was laid up at Eleusis alongside the RMS Windsor Castle. She remained there until 2001 when she was sent to the scrapyards at Alang, India.[6]
príncipe, perfeito, passenger, ship, built, 1961, swan, hunter, river, tyne, first, entered, service, companhia, nacional, navegação, often, abbreviated, historyname1961, 1976, príncipe, perfeito, 1976, 1980, hasa, 1980, fairsky, 1981, vera, 1982, 1984, marian. SS Principe Perfeito was a passenger ship built in 1961 by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne She first entered service for the Companhia Nacional de Navegacao pt often abbreviated as CNN 2 HistoryName1961 1976 Principe Perfeito 1976 1980 Al Hasa 1980 Fairsky 1981 Vera 1982 1984 Marianna IX 1984 2001 Marianna 9 2001 Mariann 9NamesakeJohn II of Portugal the Perfect PrinceOwnerCompanhia Nacional de Navegacao pt OperatorCompanhia Nacional de Navegacao pt Port of registryLisbon Portugal H 476BuilderSwan HunterLaunchedSeptember 22 1960ChristenedSeptember 22 1960In serviceJune 27 1961Out of serviceJune 2001IdentificationIMO number 5285045FateBroken up at Alang 2001General characteristicsTonnage19 393 grtLength586 5 feet 178 8 m Beam78 6 feet 24 0 m Draught25 5 feet 7 8 m Installed power2 Parsons steam turbines with 21 000 hpPropulsion2 propellersSpeed20 knotsCapacity200 first class 800 tourist class Crew320Notes 1 The first voyage of Principe Perfeito which began in Lisbon to Africa with calls at nine different ports Funchal Sao Tome Luanda Lobito Mocamedes Cape Town Lourenco Marques and then ended at Beira Harbour was a run that would become her usual voyage On July 6 1964 the Principe Perfeito transported the president of the Portuguese Republic Americo Tomas in an official trip to Mozambique During her service years with her original owners the Principe Perfeito was generally used for passenger service or troop transport making cruises only occasionally During the 1960s armed campaigns for independence in Portugal s African colonies notably Guinea Bissau Angola and Mozambique started leading to demand for troopships as Portugal s government led by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar attempted unsuccessfully to crush the insurrections In 1974 the CNN merged with three other major shipping companies Companhia de Navegacao Carregadores Acorianos pt Companhia Colonial de Navegacao and Empresa Insulana de Navegacao to form the Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Maritimos or CTM This move was made in order to streamline operations during the 1973 oil crisis and due to severe competition from airlines Despite this major change she continued her original route 3 The Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the subsequent granting of independence to the colonies in 1975 Principe Perfeito was laid up at Lisbon in 1976 That April she was sold to the Panamanian company Global Transportation Incorporated who sent her back to her builders with the intention of converting Principe Perfeito into the accommodation ship Al Hasa Marianna 9 laid up in Eleusis 2000 These plans never materialized and ownership of the vessel was passed on to the Sitmar Line who renamed Fairsky with the intent of rebuilding her into a cruise ship as they did with the SS Fairwind 4 However the company decided to build an entirely new ship resulting in the Fairsky of 1984 With this decision Sitmar renamed her Vera in 1981 She was sold to the John Latsis company Bilinder Marine Corporation in 1982 who renamed her Marianna IX after one of his daughters She entered a new role as an accommodation ship at Jeddah and then Rabigh In 1984 her name was changed to Marianna 9 She was sent to Kalamata to house earthquake victims in 1986 but was later returned to Rabigh 5 In 1992 she was laid up at Eleusis alongside the RMS Windsor Castle She remained there until 2001 when she was sent to the scrapyards at Alang India 6 References edit Statistics Principe Perfeito Ship History SS Fairsky 3 Lost ships and great legends Marianna 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Principe Perfeito amp oldid 1087442348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
