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Flandre, later called Carla C, Carla Costa, and Pallas Athena, was an ocean liner and cruise ship that took passengers on transatlantic voyages and on Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises from 1952 to 1994. She was operated by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), Costa Cruises, and the Epirotiki Line.
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan in Glasgow built Athenia, launching her on 28 January 1922 and completing her in 1923.She measured 13,465 gross register tons (GRT) and 8,118 net register tons (NRT), was 526.3 ft (160.4 m) long between perpendiculars by 66.4 ft (20.2 m) beam and had a depth of 38.1 ft (11.6 m).
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...
In 2008, she was renamed Athena II, returning to Athena in 2009. [6] Her port of registry was Hósvík and Athena was allocated the MMSI number 231411000. [4] On 27 October 2010, Athena was reported to be on fire in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly.
Later she caught fire and her remains sold to Epirotiki in 1971. Finally scrapped in 2001 at Aliaga as Neptun: Atlas (1972–1986) She was designed as cargo ship for Holland America Line. Later the ship became a cruise ship for Holland America Line as Ryndam in 1951. Later she was transferred to Europe Canada Line for floating university cruises.
A brush fire has spread to nearly 3,000 acres in Los Angeles. The flames are being fueled by a severe wind storm across Southern California. Watch live: Pacific Palisades fire burns nearly 3,000 ...
A fire broke out on Icon on the Seas - the world’s largest cruise ship - causing it to lose power while docked in Mexico. No one was injured in the “minor” Tuesday blaze while the ship was ...
The Ottomans first demolished the Temple of Athena Nike to erect a cannon battery, and on 25 September, a Venetian cannonball exploded a powder magazine in the Propylaea. The most important damage caused was the destruction of the Parthenon. The Turks used the temple for ammunition storage, and when, on the evening of 26 September 1687, a ...