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NAVARINO cruise brochure
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Itinerary for my April 12, 1980 cruise onboard NAVARINO.
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Deck plan for NAVARINO.
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My NAVARINO cruise ticket, a baggage tag and sticker.
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Baggage sticker from the Hotel Colombia Excelsior.
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Vintage brochure for the CIGA-owned Colombia Excelsior, my Genoa hotel the night before sailing.
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View of Genoa's busy harbor, seen from the rooftop of the Hotel Colombia Excelsior.
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Early morning arrival of NAVARINO at Genoa. At left is Grimaldi-Siosa Lines' IRPINIA of 1929, and at right the 1956-built AUSONIA of Italia Crociere Internazionali.
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Grimaldi-Siosa Lines' 1929-built IRPINIA preparing to sail from Genoa.
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NAVARINO being wedged into her berth at Genoa's Ponte Andrea Doria. IRPINIA at right.
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Grimaldi-Siosa Line's IRPINIA at Genoa's Ponte Andrea Doria. NAVARINO's bow at left.
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Departing Genoa, IRPINIA squeezes between NAVARINO and AUSONIA.
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NAVARINO (ex-GRIPSHOLM) at Genoa's Ponte Andrea Doria
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Arriving at Genoa following a line voyage from South America, Costa Line's EUGENIO C. is swung around to dock stern-first at Ponte Biagio Assereto.
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Arriving at Genoa following a line voyage from South America, Costa Line's 1966-built EUGENIO C. is being docked stern-first at Ponte Biagio Assereto. In the distance is Epirotiki Line's 1952-built ATLAS, formerly Holland-America Line's RYNDAM.
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Arriving at Genoa following a line voyage from South America, Costa Line's splendid, 1966-built EUGENIO C. is being docked stern-first at Ponte Biagio Assererto.
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A close-up of one of EUGENIO C.'s twin funnels.
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Moored stern-in is AUSONIA, in the livery of Italia Crociere Internazionali. AUSONIA was built in 1956 for Eastern Mediterranean services of Adriatica Line.
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Photographed from the departing NAVARINO is the former GRIPSHOLM's Swedish American Line sister, the KUNGSHOLM of 1953, in service as EUROPA for Hapag-Lloyd.
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Photographed from the departing NAVARINO is the former GRIPSHOLM's Swedish American Line sister, the KUNGSHOLM of 1953, in service as EUROPA for Hapag-Lloyd, and about to cast-off from Genoa's Ponte Andrea Doria.
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Photographed from the deck of the departing NAVARINO is Italia Crociere Internazionali's sleek AUSONIA, built in 1956 for the Adriatica Line, and still in her original configuration.
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Costa Line's EUGENIO C. rests at her berth following a two-week crossing from Buenos Aires and Rio. At left is Epirotiki Line's ATLAS.
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Passengers watch from the stern as NAVARINO moves away from her berth at Genoa's Ponte Andrea Doria.
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A brochure photo of a NAVARINO stateroom very similar to mine (#448), with twin beds, each under a porthole.
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Lifeboat drill, held early on our first day at sea.
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NAVARINO passengers at their Sun Deck muster stations.
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Lifeboat drill onboard NAVARINO.
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NAVARINO's portside Sun Deck, en route to Alexandria.
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The graceful curve of NAVARINO's forward Sun Deck.
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The graceful curve of NAVARINO's forward superstructure is continued one deck below Sun, in Verandah Deck's Forward Lounge.
