This is a very rare if not the only visit of Mauretania in Hamburg, while Caronia was calling sveral times. It looks as if this is towards the end of her career given the neglected maintenance. Her last cruise from NY to the Med and Black Sea ended in Southampton on Nov 10, 1965. Ten days later she left for the breakers to Inverkeithing.

Thanks Clive.

No, Caronia entered service in January 1949 with this four shades of green livery. It was not until October 1962 that Mauretania was painted in this way, it was I believe, an attempt to give her a more cruise-like identity. In 1963 she began a new Atlantic service from Mediterranean ports to New York but this was a failure and by 1964 she was employed mainly cruising from New York to the Caribbean. When Saxonia and Ivernia were converted into Carmania and Franconia, in 1963, with dual roles as both Atlantic liners and cruise ships they also adopted the green livery though eventually this would be changed to white. The other sister ships, Sylvania and Carinthia never adopted the green livery, though Sylvania was ultimately painted white but Carinthia retained her black hull to the end of her Cunard career.

Is that where the originating hull/super structure colours were derived from for "Green Goddess" aka Caronia ?

One of my favorite ship ...
In my opinion ... photo of the year !

Bob, I can vaguely remember the Mauretania berthed at the then Regent Oil Terminal Pembroke in 1964 when the Queen Mother opened their new refinery at Pembroke after a few owners now Valero.


Ian

I had the good fortune to catch her passing Cowes as a child. Bad fortune as my mum wouldn't take a photo because she had already taken one of the Queen Mary :-(