Monday, April 9, 2012

RMS Saxonia (1954) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

RMS Saxonia (1954) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The second RMS Saxonia was a 21,637 gross-ton passenger ship of the Cunard Line launched on 17 February 1954 by Lady Churchill.[3] She served with Cunard until 1962 when she was refitted and renamed RMS Carmania. She continued transatlantic crossings and various cruise routes until she was laid up in 1971. In August 1973 she was bought by the Soviet Union-based Black Sea Shipping Company and renamed SS Leonid Sobinov.