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Spica - Preserved Steam Buoy/Tender 1942 blt Docked Wilhelmina Haven,Schiedam - 22.6.2014 Dave Smith Collection Notes:- Year built: 1942 for Germany as LANGEOOG (buoy tender) Shipyard: Beliard Crighton Oostende (Belgium) 1969 sold for scrapping, engines removed and resold to Zeekadetkorps at Maassluis, restored and renamed LEMAIRE, moored at Maassluis. 1979 transferred to Zeekadetkorps Schiedam, refurbished and in 1980 renamed SPICA Mooring place: Wilhelmina Haven - Schiedam (Netherlands)
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SPIRIT OF LONDON - Passenger Cruise Ship - P and O Lines Ltd 17042/1972/UK/7211517 Docked at Southampton ready for its Maiden Voyage - 11.11.1972 Don Smith Collection Notes:-
Type Passenger ship
P&O Group service 1972-1989
Built at Cantieri del Tirreno e Riuniti Yard Riva Trigoso,Italy
Registry London, UK
Names History Originally ordered as SEAWARD by Norwegian Caribbean Line Then became Spirit of London the followed by Sun Princess until Feb 1989 Starship Majestic until Mach 1995 Southern Cross until Oct 1997 Flamenco until Feb 2004 Elysian Flamenco until Mar 2004 New Flamenco until June 2008 Flamenco I until August 2011 then Ocean Dream and then was scrapped as it sank of the coast of Laem Shebang Port,Thailand on 27.2.2016 and was scrapped in situ