EPFudbutter Posted December 24, 2005 #1 Share Posted December 24, 2005 My folks took the family on a Caribbean cruise out of Curacao in December 1968. I read in these pages that Chandris had purchased a ship and renamed it Regina Magna (or something like that) in ’71 so that wasn’t it. We stopped in Trinidad, Barbados, Martinique, St.Vincent and Caracas. There was a lot of food. Since I was 14, this was a good thing. Anyone know any history about this ship and what eventually happened to her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPFudbutter Posted December 24, 2005 Author #2 Share Posted December 24, 2005 http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/ChandrisReginaPrima.html Odd, I hadn't found this before when I searched, but this time it came up. Apparantly, this was an old ship ! My memory is of a big ship, but looking at the pictures, it looks like it could be a tender for modern cruisers. Oh, to have a time machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougnewmanatsea Posted December 24, 2005 #3 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Apparantly, this was an old ship ! She was only 19 years old in 1968, so not that old really :) . She certainly was a very interesting and unusual vessel... And yes, small! But one's first ship always seems big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcccau11 Posted August 16, 2006 #4 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I had already posted somewhere else on here, but :cool: :cool: I was on the S.S. Regina in 1971, and it was small, and not so great. Same itinerary, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scandinavian World Posted March 31, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Regina / Regina Prima was a little gem in the Chandris fleet. Cruised mostly Mediterranean / Atlantic Isles in the spring to autumn season. Winterseason varied - Caribbean and and later Red Sea or also charterwork for other operators. Sometimes she was laid up at Piraeus. Two charters who were remarkable, was winter Dec-Mar 1974/1975 (6 trips) and winter Dec-Mar 1975/1976 (7 trips). She was chartered to the argentine state shipping Line ELMA for cruising in antarctic waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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