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The Olympia (22,979 grt, 612 ft. long) was built in 1953, the first newly built ship for the Greek Line.
After serving on the Piraeus-New York route, she was used for cruising only from 1970.
She was laid up in 1974, eventually sold in 1981 and scrapped in 2009.
The Simplon Postcards website has a page on the history of the Olympia with many postcards/photos.
The Arkadia (20,259 grt in 1958, 589 ft. long) was originally the
Furness liner Monarch of Bermuda built in 1932.
After war service
as a troop transport she was destroyed by fire in 1947 while being refitted,
but was saved from
the breakers when the Ministry of Transport acquired her and
rebuilt her as an emigrant ship -
the New Australia - managed by Shaw Savill Line from 1950.
The Greek Line bought the
liner in 1958 and renamed her Arkadia.
She was employed on the Bremerhaven-Montreal route
until sold for scrap in 1966.
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This page last updated June 13, 2023.
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