Theodor Herzl (ship)
.jpg) Theodor Herzl
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The Theodor Herzl was an Israeli passenger ship . It was built in 1957 at the Deutsche Werft .
history
The Theodor Herzl was built as part of the London debt agreement for the Israeli shipping company ZIM Israel Navigation Company at Deutsche Werft in Hamburg, Finkenwerder, delivered in 1957 and used in liner services between Limassol , Piraeus , Venice and Haifa until 1965 .
From 1965 the Theodor Herzl only made cruises until it was sold to the American International Service Travel Board (New Horizons Shipping Co.) in 1969, renamed Carnivale and used as a floating hotel.
In 1971 she was sold again, this time to the Eastern Steamship Co., which used her under the name Freeport and had it converted into a pure cruise ship in 1975 . In 1976 she was in Veracruz I renamed. In 1978 she was sold to Freeport Cruises Lines, Panama, and in 1985 to Bahama Cruises Inc., Panama. After two years it was taken over by Bermuda Star Line Cruises, Panama, which it sold to Festival Shipping & Tourist Enterprises in 1990 and renamed Sun Ambassador .
In 1991 it burned down in Piraeus during renovation work, sank and was scrapped.
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- ^ A b Zim Israel Navigation Company - Page Two , ssMaritime.com.
- ↑ London Debt Agreement and Agreement with Israel, Special Session on May 23, 1952, Item 3 .
- ↑ a b c Zim / Zim Israel Lines, Haifa , The Ships List.