ssMaritime.net

*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

“Photographer unknown” please read the notes at the bottom of the page

Provided bywww.timeanddate.com/clocks/free.html

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, protected under the International © copyright laws and the property of Reuben Goossens of ssmaritime.net. No part of this work including any of the images shown may be copied, or reproduced by any means and reproduced by any format, be it for private or commercial usage, without prior written permission from the author. info@ssmaritime.com.

Start with reading the “Introduction” - A Vintage Liner Sails into the 21^st Century

Thereafter use the INDEX below or the links on each page

***************************************************

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

***************************************************

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 21^st 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

***************************************************

If you have enjoyed this feature and you feel you might have something of interest to add, be it a story or some photographs, I would appreciate hearing from you!

Use the Back button on your browser or Close the Page to return to the previous page,
alternatively go to our ssMaritime.com INDEX for a listing of some 250 ships

Who is the Author of ssMaritime?

Reuben Goossens commenced in Passenger Shipping industry in May 1960

Email the author – at:

info@ssmaritime.com

PLEASE NOTE: I receive hundreds of requests for Passenger/Crew 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!

ssMaritime.net

Also visit …

www.ssmaritime.com

Discover over 250 Classic Passenger liners

By the same author

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!

Hit Counter since April 2005