PRINSENDAM: 1974 - Cruises, plans, interiors from 1980 voyages that never happened Eastern Steamship Lines almost a year before her

almost a year before her maiden voyage

the MATSONIA originally was the MONTEREY and was renamed when the first MATSONIA

Diplomatic Pudding

and pool activities

The ship was extensively rebuilt in 1967-68 from the former KENYA CASTLE of Union-Castle

PRINSENDAM: 1974 - Cruises, plans, interiors from 1980 voyages that never happened Eastern Steamship Lines almost a year before herHolland America Line: A forty page brochure from 1980 promoting the enchanting charms of the PRINSENDAM, promoted here as "one of the finest, most modern cruise vessels in the world today." Too bad that when the first of the cruises listed here was to set sail on October 23, the PRINSENDAM was a burned out hulk at the bottom of the Arctic Sea. On September 30, 1980, the PRINSENDAM departed Vancouver westbound with 320 passengers and 190 crew on a