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"Southern Cross"
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of the new Post-War vessels that was built for Shaw Savill was the"Southern
Cross", with her sister ship "Northern Star" both running
a joint service between England and Australia. The photographs shows
them in their original livery. |
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 "Southern Cross", Circa 1965. (Both postcard photographs - Michael Ian Byard collection) |
 "Northern Star" sister ship to "Southern Cross" was not a success and after a few years was withdrawn from service and scrapped. |
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 The Smoke Room Lounge This photograph was taken from William H. Miller, Jnr's "The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners, in Historic Photographs" a new work first published by Dover Publications Inc.New York 1985, page 118 |
 This photograph was taken as a bespoke photograph however the location is not stated and is unknown. It was aquired in September 2013. (Michael Ian Byard collection) |
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Southern
Cross in her later years as Ulysses Line's "Calypso" (see
Ulysses Line page for more information).I looked after her from 1976
until she was sold to Dolphin Cruises of Miami and renamed "Azure
Seas".at the end of 1979, again later as "Ocean Breeze".
She was sold for scrapping at Chittagong in November 2003. (Michael Ian Byard collection) |
 Circa 1978 |
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Like many other shipping companies,Shaw Savill produced nice sets of playing cards, a double pack of which is illustrated here together with the original box. The vessel depicted is Dominion Monarch on one pack, and the famous flag circling the Earth on the other. (Michael Ian Byard Collection) |
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