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*MV
Doulos in Hobart
Tasmania Australia
- April 16, 1999
*Photographic
credits are usually shown under each photo, or on the image, however if a
photograph is marked
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This
feature deals with the remarkable 95-year-old MV Doulos, an extraordinary
ocean-going passenger liner that has been in service longer than any other
ocean-going passenger ship in existence. MV Doulos was built in
1914, just two years after Titanic’s ill-fated voyage. This vintage liner
has had a long and fascinating history, a history which will be fully explored
in this work!
The World
Guinness Book of Records officially states that the MV Doulos is the
“Worlds oldest active passenger ocean-going ship.”
I trust that you
will enjoy the contents of this work!
Reuben
Goossens
Maritime
Historian, author and Lecturer
Official Maritime Historian
of the MV Doulos
Please
Note: This work is owned,
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without prior written permission from the author. info@ssmaritime.com.
Start with reading the
“Introduction” - A Vintage Liner Sails into the 21st
Century
Thereafter use the INDEX below or the links on each page
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PLEASE NOTE:
MV Doulos is about to be
decommissioned
Therefore I have recommenced …
“Save
the MV Doulos Campaign”
Enter the “Save the MV
Doulos Campaign” page
here
Details
as well as News Updates can be found on our “Save the Doulos
Campaign” page
Also Visit: Support the
NEW South African effort to obtain the Doulos
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MV
Doulos Main Index
Part
One The
original 1999 part of this work – Based on the author’s visit to the ship.
Introduction A Vintage Liner Sails into the 21st Century
Chapter One “Hull 176” - SS Medina - 1914 - 1949
Chapter
Two From Onions to Passengers -
SS Roma - 1949 – 1953
Chapter
Three A New Beginning -
MS Franca C the liner - 1953 - 1959
Chapter
Four A New luxury Role - MS
Franca C the cruise ship - 1959, 1970 to 1977
“ Brochures - MS
Franca C the cruise ship - brochures 1959 to 1977
“ Cabin Plan One - 1959 - 1970
“ Cabin Plan Two - 1970 – 1977
Chapter
Five A New Role for a Grand Old Lady of the Sea -
MV Doulos - 1977 …
Chapter Six 1993 Electrical Project -
“Heart Transplant” in Cape
Town
Chapter
Seven SOLAS - Safety regulations
Chapter
Eight Onboard Impressions -
My visit to her in 1999
Chapter
Nine Doulos’ Mission -
The work of OM International
Chapter
Ten Doulos Goes High Tech - Satellite Dome/Dish fitted
2006.
(Added in 2008)
Photo Pages Photo Page One -
1999
“ Photo Page Two – 1999
Part
Two New … the “2008 chapters” - The
author joins the ship in Brisbane
Part One Doulos arrives in Brisbane - July 31, 2008
Part
Two Doulos in Brisbane - Aug 1 to 19
Part
Three ex 1950 SS Roma Passengers
visit the Doulos in Australia - Aug 2008
NEW My voyage to Australia on the SS Roma in 1950 - by Paul Christmann
Part
Four Doulos at Sea - Page One - Brisbane
to Sydney
Part Five Doulos at Sea - Page Two - Brisbane to Sydney
Part
Six Doulos Engine Room - Also, November 2007
dry-dock & propeller & shaft work
Part
Seven Speaking with Doulos’ Crew and Staff - Interviews
Part
Eight Doulos in Sydney - Aug/Sept 2008 - Including
94th Birthday
Part
Nine Geelong, Albany & Fremantle - Sept 11 to Nov 29, including East Timor & Singapore
Part Ten Doulos Deck Plan - These are current & up to date deck plans - NEW page
Part Eleven Ports of Call – Genoa 1977 to Singapore
2009 – Doulos = decommissioned in December 2009
PLEASE NOTE
As the Doulos will be
decommissioned in December 2009 - I have recommenced …
“Save
the MV Doulos Campaign”
Enter the “Save the MV
Doulos Campaign” page
here
On November 20, I
was advised that the Doulos will be decommissioned on December 31, 2009
This was very sudden and details can be
found on the save the Doulos Campaign page
Support
“OM Ships”
Visit our
OM Support Page: OM World-wide Contacts
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to add, be it a story or some photographs, I would appreciate hearing from you!
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Reuben
Goossens commenced in Passenger Shipping industry in May 1960
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Lists and Sailing Schedules. I hereby wish to advise that I am unable
to assist due to time restrains and as most shipping companies have
long gone these lists/schedules are no longer available. I regret to advise
that any request for these will no longer be answered regardless of the
circumstances presented!
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Please Note: Photographs
on ssMaritime and ssmaritime.net are: 1. By the
author. 2. From the author’s private collection.
3. As provided by Doulos’s photographers, OM Germany or private
collectors. Credit is given to all contributors. However, there are some
photographs provided to me without details provided regarding the photographer
concerned. I hereby invite if owners of those images to make them-selves known
to me, that due credit may be given to them. I know what it is like, I have
seen a multitude of my photographs on other sites, and they either refuse to
provide credit or remove them. Let us do the all times and give credit where
credit is due!
This
notice covers all pages on this site, although, I have done my best to ensure
that all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is placed on each
page, that is, when pages are updated!
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