Stella Polaris Cruise Ship

Ltd Tokyo and used as floating hotel Scandinavia in Kisho Japan.

Stella polaris cruise ship. This was Labels published in 1930. Clearly you can take the textures further if you need to use this model for a commercial or film but it is all there. One of the worlds first purpose-built luxury cruise ships the Stella also carried writer Evelyn Waugh around the.

After WWI a handful of cruise ships were introduced alsmost all of them converted liners which were used for cruising in periods when passenger loads were low in liner service eg. After the war she continued cruising and after several changes of ownership she was sold in 1969 to International House Co. She was owned by Bergen Line from Norway during the first part of her career and resembled a royal yacht with her clipper bow bow sprit well deck and lavish accommodations for just 200 passengers.

Clipper Line Malmo Flag. When Hong Kong welcomed the grand cruise ship in 1929. The Stella Polaris was undoubtedly BDS very first purpose built cruise ship making her officially their very first fulltime luxury cruise ship in the world Other ships operated cruises however they were Passenger Liners that normally operated Line voyages and cruised only seasonally.

30101940 STELLA POLARIS seized by Germans and was used by Kriegsmarine as a recreation vessel for u-boat crews. It had cabins for 165 first-class passengers and its two diesel engines enabled a top speed of 15 knots. MS Stella Polaris engine room taken during Winter cruise DecemberJanuary 196768.

The SS Santa Paula was a passengercargo ship built for the Grace Line South American service in 1958 later sailing on Caribbean cruises out of New York. On her regular cruises the ship carried approximately 200 passengers compared to just half that number on a round-the-world voyage. C 1000 25 off.

This is a high resolution museum quality model of the first cruise ship in history. Just a beautiful ship. The refitted Stella Polaris is seen during a cruise of the Norwegian Fordlands.