liner FLANDRE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1952 - 1968

Design features

Flandre (steel liner) 1952 - 1968
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel liner
type of propulsion : ..............2 propellers
building year of ship : ...........1949
name of shipyard : ................Ateliers & Chantiers de France
place of construction : ...........Dunkerque
year of entering the fleet : ......1952
length (in meters) : ..............173,25
width (in meters) : ...............24,47
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........20477
deadweight (in tons) : ............5898
type of engine : ..................2 double reduction geared turbines sets
engine power (in HP) : ............42000
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........23

History

First of the both liners intended for the West Indies line. Her sistership ANTILLES was put into service in 1953. During her construction, the French Line decided to assign her to the line of New York, in lieu of the liner DE GRASSE (1924). Her maiden trip in July 1952 and her first operating years are studded with numerous technical hitches entailing long tying up periods. After the putting into service of FRANCE in 1962, FLANDRE is assigned to the West Indies and Central America lines. For this purpose, her hull is white repainted but her funnel was never made higher as for ANTILLES. After five complete seasons, FLANDRE is sold to the Italian shipowner COSTA, end 1967. Entirely modified, she is put again into service as a cruise liner in 1968 under the name CARLA COSTA. Her tubines are replaced by Diesel motors in 1984. Renamed CARLA COSTA in 1986. In 1992, sold again to the Epirotiki company and renamed PALLAS ATHENA. When moored in the Piree, she is partially bunk out by a fire on the March 24th 1994, right before the embarking of passengers for a new cruise. Broken up in Aliaga (Turkey) in 1995.