T. s. s. "OLYMPIA", Greek Line. Official postcard

T. s. s. OLYMPIA
Greek Line

Official postcard published by the Company.

The Olympia was built in 1953 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow (Scotland). She was designed to operate regular transatlantic voyages from Piraeus to New York, although later from 1961 she became a seasonal cruise ship. In 1970 with competition from air travel she became a full time cruise ship, however in 1974 Greek Line collapsed and ceased operations and the Olympia was laid up at Piraeus. Since then she has sailed for a variety of operators as a successful cruise ship. Since 2004 the former Olympia has operated Caribbean cruises for Imperial Majesty Cruise Lines as Regal Empress. She has ended her long and proud reign of the sea when she departed Freeport early in April 2009 sailing towards her final destination of Alang India where she will be broken up. Her voyage took over three months to complete. During her long three month voyage, she was renamed Regal Empress. She arrived at Alang India on June 18 and was beached on 24 July 2009. Then in October torches commenced cutting off the bow of the ship. The demolition was finally completed early in 2010.

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