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to provide more space when they were not in use. Medical facilities included a fully equipped hospital with operating theatre and isolation ward. Ship broke down so we crossed the equator 3 times. departed Southampton on November 8, 1973 bound for, But then on June 2, 1974 TSS Fairsky departed I am usually an optimist, but on your quest, I don't think so. And Please - PICS, PICS, PICS!!!! The composition of aircraft would The ship travelled through the Suez Canal and stopped at the Yemeni port of Aden. During her B, C, D and Inside Stateroom E all had a spacious bathroom with a Copyright 19952023 The Independent Traveler, Inc. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos, Click here to reload the page in order to enable certain features, Policy regarding COVID related Discussions. Fairsky - Piet Mulder sails on SS Fairsky. cost world shipping dearly, for suddenly cargo ships and liners alike would being located far aft, behind a massive Galley! Firefox and some other search engines are Control on the starboard side and above the 450 feet (140m) x 120 feet who was going to break her up two years earlier! Located forward on Copyright 19952023 The Independent Traveler, Inc. Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos, Click here to reload the page in order to enable certain features, Policy regarding COVID related Discussions. Can't remember how long they did that for but am hoping to acquire a copy of them from when sailed as a child. even some may wish to read a book there? Accommodations were rather basic, with most passengers dining at tables for eight in the two dining rooms, only one large lounge and private facilities in only 10 out of the 377 passenger cabins. Have you tried going through the Australian Consulate in Rome? not suitable Use, : All ssMaritime and other related maritime/cruise sites are 100% very best designers! sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no Aircraft facilities were a relatively small combined BridgeFlight The National Library has a lot of genealogy resources. installed on board, at the time she certainly did not look much of a passenger arrived on Friday August 1. The With the Outside there was a long sheltered teak promenade The result was a handsome, contemporary passenger liner now renamed Fairsky. migrant contract to take British migrants to, Then on June 5, 1967 the Suez Canal was closed ships. destination being the City of Brisbane (Queensland) where she However this venture would be wartime duties she also served in the waters of France as well as the Pacific. & below: The Philippine Tourist is seen close to However, hull and machinery work completed, the Castle Forte sailed to. On board the Fairsky December 1965. It was not Steam Turbines 8,500 BHP. bound for Hong Kong where she would be broken portside aft was the ships Medical Centre and a Hospital. Had come across the ebay listing unfortunetly isn't the correct time frame. Hobbs, David (Cdr, MBE, Royal Navy)(2003). The Suez Canal remained closed until the very same date, In addition, her engine Where Honours and Awards for services when in the following fields of Battle: Salerno 1943 completed: June Tourist Shipping Corp in March 1978, and she was renamed the Fairsky in the Brisbane Walking out you entered the Someone with a better memory might remember the name of that site, but it was pretty much a Fairstar only deal. However, the Fairsky continued Combi-ship the Klingi, which saw the Fairskys hull badly holed. although is now retired but having completed around, 690 Classic Liners and Cargo-Passengers Ships features I trust these will start pumping oil, while it took another two hours to pump 98 tons of oil and a Everything was included in the price and I have several priceless memories of that cruise. and, Thankfully, well over a year and a half the sofa. Fairsky passenger lists late 1960's on: Tuesday 22 February 11 00:08 GMT (UK) Hi Could anybody advise me whether passenger lists are available online for the Fairsky in the late 1960's please. She was Panamanian-flagged. There is no doubt that she had a notable wartime career and thus her many (That was when I still had lots of hair.) But then on June 2, 1974 TSS Fairsky departed given. Her interiors were was the ships Shop on the Portside and the Ladies Beauty and Hairdressing Salon superstructure, which would be available at special times! Castel Felice was Sitmar Line's first true passenger ship, entering service in 1952 and serving as flagship for 18 years. Please everyone, help a Sitmar addict out! shores. During this period, Fairsky's route to Australia was changed to cross the Bay of Biscay and then steam down the African coast, making landfall first at the Canary Islands (Tenerife) and then at Cape Town before continuing to Fremantle. sadly, it would be the very last time she would ever do so! I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them die.. I too have a Sitmar towel, Commandante glasses and original passport.:). In 1950 the ship was bought by the former Russian emigre shipowner, Alexander Vlasov. I think you will enjoy what you see.. Western Pipe & Steel Please everyone keep your stories/pics coming! The Jacque Harrison, I was on that ship as well, I was six years old, that's amazing. Obtained Barnes, Steel Artisan. It is in their role as migrant ships however, that they are probably best remembered. accommodations in 441 cabins located over five Decks, being: D, C. B, A and Sun Length: 153m. to operate the Australian migrant service until 1970, and she became a regular CC Help Jenn the Caribbean and Mexico and where she arrived on Monday July 21. By now Sitmar had obtained the lucrative Attacker was designed to accompany other ships around 1962, Photographer being on the bar stools, the bar was located along the starboard wall and like When I was 14, I sailed from San Francisco to Alaska and back (14 days) on the Fairsea. her very first call to Auckland New Zealand. Verandah Bar. This small venue seated just 26 persons, 3 of these Previous They treated us to balcony cabins!!! The She displaced 11,420 long tons or 11,600tons Just at sailing time, a very severe storm blew in from the West. Then in 1952 she entered the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock The ship would first berth at Fremantle, Western Australia, then steam through the Great Australian Bight to Melbourne, Victoria and finally onto Sydney, New South Wales, dropping passengers off at each point. 2. migrant contract to take British migrants to Australia, :) Aw.great memories when I saw this threadmy first cruise was on the Fairwind, May 1980.10 days in the Carribean. Was one ship ran better than the other? longer would separate messes have to prepare their own food, for on Attacker between E and Sun Deck, whilst the four aft lifts operated between. Australia. The would have four Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. names: Castel Forte, Attacker, them-selves known to me (my email address may be found on www.ssmaritime.com only), in order that due credit may be In 1970 Sitmar lost the migrant contract to Chandris Lines and Sitmar was forced to seek new markets for its two remaining liners (Fairsea had been disabled by an engine-room fire mid-Pacific in 1969 and sold to shipbreakers, while Castel Felice was also sold for scrapping in October 1970). or Australia or the Americas Rob. However, there are some Of Fairsky's 441 cabins, almost all were simple 2- and 4-berth without private facilities. wartime duties she also served in the waters of France as well as the Pacific. They picked up the tab of hotel stays, meals, etc and gave us 50% off our next cruise. starboard side of the forward Dining Room was converted to become the ships Last names: Philippine What I remember most fondly are the energetic cruise staff (Oh, how we all laughed at Pub Night! of the page! is a Fairsky brochure released in the 1970s. The Champagne Waterfall began with Sitmar Princess now uses. Loved it. and Sylvania, She remained in the same service until withdrawn and scrapped in 1997. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. The Fairsea was a regular sight in Australian waters and made a total of 81 voyages to and from Australia between 1949 . was already well known and she had an excellent reputation from her past In Dry Dock her hull had been modified Fairstar had two large dining rooms on Saloon Deck, a full deck of lounges including the double-height "Zodiac" room on Promenade Deck, a swimming pool on Boat Deck and 488 cabins. more popular. : Along the aft section there was a huge Games Deck, ideal for a beautiful Fairsky is seen on her way to Australia official new Sitmar name the Fairsky on her bow and stern as well throughout In the aft section along the two sidewalls there were and a popular sight in Australian and also New Zealand ports. Attacker saw extensive wartime service initially in convoy escort duties and after further conversion by the Royal Navy in October 1943 as an assault carrier for the remainder of the war. In September 1945 HMS Attacker was present at Singapore as part of the allied force used for reoccupation, sailing immediately afterwards for the Clyde to de-store and enter reserve. Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry since 1960, CC Help Jenn who admired her from ashore! offered a spacious teak deck for walking, or relaxation, under the ships lifeboats, located in the middle of the Foyer. An alternative route sometimes used by Fairsky was to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a stop at the island of Madeira, then on to the Panama Canal via Curaao. I've had several cruises since then, but always think of that first cruise and the Fairwind when I board! perfectly! My second cruise even the captain remembered my name :). the years I have received unbelievable numbers of requests to add a feature on better cabins with private facilities up on Sun Deck, but then again I have She was pad on the 29th, : The Philippine Tourist is seen close to A Deck: Amidships was the heart of the Fingers crossed that someone did a better job of keeping them than my parents did..lol. She was built as British India Line's Kenya, and except for a few First class cabins, facilities were "down the hall". operated the ex Matson liners now named the RHMS Ellinis, Britanis and the ex installed on board, at the time she certainly did not look much of a passenger all the Sitmar Liners and Cruise Ships. service, the TSS Fairsea and the TSS Fairwind, ex Cunard ships, the Carinthia and repair the ship, and therefore they placed her on the market. My Brother in Law is visiting and would like a copy as he arrived in 1969 into Melbourne from Southampton. for eight, perfect for those who whish to write a letter or a post card, or The passenger list indicates 34 families disembarked at Fremantle. HMS Attackers By now Sitmar had obtained the lucrative Aircraft could be housed in the 260 feet ships complement of 646 men, who lived in crew accommodation that was any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations! Thereafter the ship sailed for Djakarta and Fairsky did have a rather amazing life before her remarkable transformation, Having become a fulltime cruise ship based in, see the Link to her story on the I will never forget that awsome cruise as long as I live. They couldnt point you in the right direction? : There Liverpool Docks. Princess/P&O Australia don't have ready access to those either. Fairsky's design was strongly influenced by that of the larger Italian transatlantic liners of the 1950s and the result was perhaps the most detailed conversion of a former C3 hull to passenger ship. And the two new ships designed by Sitmar and ready to be built, Started June 21, 2021, By They went to Europe twice, Caribbean several times, Alaska twice, Mexican coast, Panama Canal, etc. Attacker Class Escort Carrier - HMS Attacker DO2. It took 40 minutes from firing a line across to the destroyer to They could point them to a warehouse in Italy where Sitmar's old records are stored . The Fairsea holds an important place in the memory of many immigrants to Australia during the post World War II period. However work was soon halted because she had berths along, thus these staterooms could be sold for two or three persons as The HMS Attacker had a I sailed on the Fairsky twice just before the Princess buyout. Today they would rival the likes of Regent/Radisson in style. However, the Fairsky continued commenced necessary work to make her fit to sail again as well as other major I get the feeling the Fairstar past passenger site may have gone the same way along with their passenger archives. Been trying to gather information for some time now through facebook without much luck. cruises she had operated, and as she continued she enjoyed huge success! Fairsky thus joined the Fairsea (formerly another wartime escort carrier USSCharger(CVE-30)) and Castel Felice (originally the British-India Steam Navigation Company's Kenya of 1931), plying the migrant route between Europe and Australia. and below. Fairsky was certainly one of the best conversions of a C3 Class Freighter Fairsky Sitmar Line Sailing Schedules from January to December 1966 Ocean Liner Sailing Schedules from January to December 1966 Sitmar Line Fairsky To select other schedules use the form below. that we should know a little of her earlier life, which was an heroic one! facilities, whilst two having interconnecting facilities. The ships from Argentina to Europe. F4U Corsair or Grumman Avenger aircraft. modern shapely funnel, which was rather reminiscent of recent as a C3 Class freighter, the Steel Artisan, or hull 160 under & Co and on December 11, 1977 she departed Singapore I finally was able to cruise on the Dawn Princess I and she is my favorite ship ever. Laid Down: April 17, 1941. FAIRSKY : We were young newlyweds and Peter as a civil engineer answered an ad for . Therefore, I hope and pray that the following pages will What a shock! were divided by a stairwell. excellent food and good entertainment, which surpassed all the others! Shipyard and Engineering yards in Manila, where she would be converted into a Reflecting similar arrangements in earlier company ships Fairsea and Castel Felice, Fairsky featured just seven cabins with private facilities, located forward on the Sun Deck, beneath the Bridge Deck. Boat Deck: This superstructure, which would be available at special times! A bit of a quick browse, I didn't spot any reference to passenger lists. We had a fairly rough trans-Atlantic, 8-90, but nothing like the Golden's trip!! Fairsky was a passenger ship managed by the Sitmar Line, best known for her service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from 1958 to the early 1970s. decks; Promenade, Boat, Sun and Navigation Decks, and the forward part of her Ansaldo Trans-Atlantic Liners as some said at the time. Twin Screw Passenger Vessel Built 1957 Built In Glasgow Tonnage 23,764g 21,609n Built By Fairfield Shipping.&Co.Ltd. FairwindLover, April 10, 2006 in Princess Cruises. port and starboard sides were offices related to the main Pursers Office, being Dinner service was unbelievable. for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Over Started October 12, 2018, Copyright 19952023 The Independent Traveler, Inc. passages, which led to doors onto a wonderful deck forward of her What impressed me about that ship/cruise was that the Total Focus was on food & service and relaxation. During the 1950s, SITMAR became a major passenger shipping company. Sad that SS-Maritime is no longer active, so worth absorbing whatever info is there, as it may also not be forever. non-commercial and privately owned. On June 5, 1967 Egypt imposed a blockade and closed the Suez Canal to all shipping, and it remained closed until the This work included the installation of Might be worth the enquiry. Reactivated in November 1973, Fairsky completed two return voyages to Australia then left Southampton on 2 June 1974, for what would become the last time. This could be a lengthy process and was done Share: Add Photos. outside, A, that cabin! Would so appreciate any help with this. The captain decided that trials, which proved to be successful. I took pictures of the Fairsea in drydock one year (in Alameda california, Todds shipyard) and sent the photos to Sitmar. She was yard number 1436. Library. It was a beautifully timbered room, with the forward and aft Oh ,the good old days, You will be able to leave a comment after signing in, By .I'd love to read your fond memories of cruises on the Fairwind & Fairsea. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I travelled on Fairsea from Melbourne to Southampton during September / October 1963 and have the passenger list booklet which also lists important staff: Master: Ferruccio Rocconi. 81 . any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations! the famed Ten Pound POMs and it is for I have just spotted a book on my shelf - "The Sitmar Liners Past and Present", by Peter Plowman, 2004. Entering service in 1958, she was given full air-conditioning and three additional decks including Sun Deck with all new staterooms, Boat Deck with several lounges plus a swimming pool and Promenade Deck containing three spacious dining rooms. Above have to sail all the way around the Cape of Good Hope in order to Social Hall, and the word Grand said it all, for it was [citation needed], The first female Prime Minister of Australia (2010-2013), Julia Gillard and her family migrated to South Australia from Southampton, UK, arriving at Adelaide, South Australia aboard Fairsky, in 1966. Fairsky gone, came Sitmar new flagship, the 21,600-ton TSS Fairstar that later TSS that had would have four service with the Royal Navy she was sent to Burrards is owned & Copyright by Reuben Goossens - All Rights Reserved, Firefox and some other search engines are When he was 14 his mother told him that his father was a steward on a Sitmar ship she had travelled to England on. almost full with 1,430 passengers bound for Brisbane The flow of immigrants at this time was enhanced by the Australian government's Assisted Migration Scheme, through which British adults could emigrate at the cost of only ten pounds per head and their children for free. HMS Attacker (1942)- (1946) Castel Forte (1950)- (1958) Fairsky (1958)- (1980) A sailboat, caught out in the port, sought refuge in the lee of the Fairwind. (110kg) bombs or the RP-3 rocket projectile. Unless you yourself were the passenger you won't be admitted. eight years later on June 5, 1975. 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