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MV Doulos
“A
Ship Like no Other”
By Reuben Goossens
An American 1914
built ship that sailed 95 Years into History
SS
Medina (1914-1948) was sold and renamed: SS
Roma (1948-1952)
MS
Franca C (1952-1977)
- MV Doulos - (1977-2010)
Doulos
Phos –
(2010 - ) now located permanently in Singapore
--MV Franca C--
“The
Cruise Ship”
Franca C - 1959 Menus
A postcard
of the Franca C from 1960
The Rapallo Restaurant
The menus covers that appear on this page
were provided by a Mrs Grisel Hawkins and I am
most grateful to her. It is obvious that Costa Lines created superb art for the
covers for both the Lunch and Dinner menus. You will note that all Luncheon
menus are in landscape, and the Dinner menus in portrait format. Although I do
have the interiors, sadly I need to work on them and I hope to place then
online in due course.
The
very first “Atlantic Cruise Line” (Costa) Franca C 1959 -60 Caribbean cruise brochure
From
the author’s private collection
As you can see I have the actual brochure for this
particular inaugural Franca C cruise season, as she was the very first ship to
be based in Miami
for five months. This was a first, and this innovation would grow to the point
that today Miami
is the world’s largest cruise centre, but it was all due to this small
luxury cruise ship that started the trend in 1959!
Just for interest there is one menu dated November 25, 1959, which
happened to be on cruise 2 whilst Franca C was in Port au Prince. Yet the other
two are from December 3 and 4 and are from cruise 3 whilst the ship was in Fort
de France and Bridgetown
respectively. Thus, it is assumed that the original passenger purchased two
consecutive cruises as these menus originally came from a single source.
Dinner menu
whilst in Port au Prince
Lunch menu
whilst in Fort de France
Lunch menu
whilst in Bridgetown
Dinner
menu whilst in Bridgetown
Meals were enjoyed in the Rapallo Restaurant
From
the author’s private collection
MS Franca C seen in her very early days cruising fully decked out
Photo
provided by a Mr. C. R. Pelletier
Go to
Franca C - Brochures – 1959 to 1977
Also - Cabin Plan One - 1959 – 1970
& Cabin Plan Two – 1970
– 1977
Next
Chapter 5 - A New Role for a Grand Old Lady of the Sea - MV Doulos – 1979
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PLEASE
NOTE:
Doulos was
decommissioned by OM Ships in December 2009 whilst she was in Singapore
Read my … “MV Doulos
Preservation Campaign” page for details
…
on how my campaign saved
her for the future to become the Doulos Phos.
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no legal comeback when it comes to the net. However, let us show the charlatans
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