M.V. "Rapsody" in Panama Canal. Postcard

M.V. Rapsody
in a chamber of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal.

Postcard by Foto Flatau, Panama, FF-13-095.

The Rhapsody was built 1975 by the Burmeister & Wain shipyard in Copenhagen, Denmark for Cunard Line as MS Cunard Conquest, but her interior fittings were subsequently installed at the Navali Mechaniche Affini in La Spezia, Italy. Following re-delivery from Navali Mechaniche Affini in 1977 the ship was renamed MS Cunard Princess. In 1995 the ship entered service with StarLauro Cruises (later rebranded MSC Cruises), briefly retaining her previous name before being renamed MS Rhapsody. Later during her career with MSC Cruises the ship came to be marketed as MS MSC Rhapsody, but her official registered name remained Rhapsody throughout her MSC career. In 2009 the ship was sold to the Israel-based Mano Maritime and renamed Golden Iris. It sailed until 2018. After being laid up for four years at Chalkis Shipyard, Greece she was beached at Aliağa, Turkey, for recycling. It was scrapped in 2022.

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