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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Funchal



Date of the photograph - 2013-09-26

Operator - SCMA - Lisbon, Portugal
Type - Cruise ship
Name - Funchal
Year - 1961
Flag - Portuguese
IMO - 5124162
Status - Active
Tonnage (GT) - 9563GT
Deadweight tonnage (Dwt) - 2975t
Length - 152.6m
Beam - 19m
Draught - 6.8m
Propulsion - 2?
Speed - 17 Knots
Capacity - 469
Crew - 165

After more than 30 years away from its origins this is the return of this "old friend". Welcome back I hope to see this beautiful vessel many more times around here. We don't see many times a vessel with this old and classic lines...for me it is amazing to see something like this...is like I made a visit to the past. 
This vessel in the past belonged to "Empresa Insulana de Navegação" and now was "saved" from a non clear future. Today she belongs to "Portuscale cruises". I hope that it can sail for many more years. 

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