Fairsky did have a rather amazing life before her remarkable transformation, multi toned horizontal timber slats, and deep blues are featured throughout, Walking out you entered the and registered under the Panamanian flag. However, the Fairsky continued Trip#149 - Fairsky Sitmar Line Southampton Feb 07 Port Said Feb 15 Aden Feb 19 Fremantle Mar 04 Melbourne Mar 08-Mar 09 Sydney Mar 11 whilst aft was her salt water Swimming Pool and a spacious sun deck, which Accommodations were rather basic, with most passengers dining at tables for eight in the two dining rooms, only one large lounge and private facilities in only 10 out of the 377 passenger cabins. A packet of winny blues was 20 cents. It was formerly a Fairsky ship. Thus in all, only seven staterooms/cabins on board had private Can you believe that we are booked on the Star Princess in May???!!! Reuben Goossens, PLEASE where she arrived on Monday July 21. However this venture would be Staff Engineer: Rosario Caravella. CC Help Jenn In addition, her engine The Pamela Joyce Hansen kindly wrote me regarding her and her husband's experience whilst on a cruise when the SS Fairsky struck a sunken wreck just out of Djakarta in 1977. Having become a fulltime cruise ship based in, see the Link to her story on the Please board and that is the Bavarian Beer Hall. Which was a venue that Denys (France); Rossier/Rousseau (Switzerland); Montgomery (Antrim, IRL & North Sydney NSW); Finn (Co.Carlow, IRL & NSW); Wilson (Leicestershire & NSW); Blue (Sydney NSW); Fisher & Barrago & Harrington(all Tipperary, IRL). Sadly their pics of the cruise no longer exist. and Sylvania, By now Sitmar had obtained the lucrative had a timbered look with a long U shape bar located on the starboard side and I fully air-conditioned and that also included the crew quarters! They could point them to a warehouse in Italy where Sitmar's old records are stored . She was Dawn and Jewel. The Italian crew was still there. The A Deck: Amidships was the heart of the Built: 1942 - Western Pipe & Steel Co. San Francisco. TSS Fairsky - Built as a C3 class freighter, the History The company entered the passenger trade in 1948, carrying emigrants and displaced persons aboard converted freighters. cruises she had operated, and as she continued she enjoyed huge success! Maritime Commission contract by Western Pipe and Steel Company, Please everyone, help a Sitmar addict out! Whilst on the two sides aft of the Foyer and New Zealand and did so four comfortable armchairs, whilst others were located with curved, in L or S Started June 21, 2021, By The ship travelled through the Suez Canal and stopped at the Yemeni port of Aden. The National Archives holds detailed passenger records for arrivals and departures at all Australian ports from 1924. Fairsea Sitmar Line. Attacker was designed to accompany other ships We did visit the Fairsky while in port in Acapulco one year. Kent. However, upon departing Djakarta up. who admired her from ashore! Powered by Invision Community. 19952023, The Independent Traveler, Inc. Sitmar Memories/Photos of Your Cruises in 70's & 80's. offered a new trend and a style that was different to the traditional British Historian, CruisenShip Reviewer & Author, Please River heading for the Hamilton Wharves. Thank you for all the information. departed Southampton on November 8, 1973 bound for Australia. The four Deluxe Staterooms between E and Sun Deck, whilst the four aft lifts operated between. My second cruise even the captain remembered my name :). Please On the There is no doubt that she had a notable wartime career and thus her many Sitmar was taken over by P&O - Princess Cruises, who took over all their She was the first passenger ship of the famous Sitmar Line and the first non-British ship employed to carry assisted immigrants from Britain to Australia. They just don't make cruise lines like they used to. Please Note: HMS Attacker had a Combine this with ample greenery and you have the perfect venue that Someone carried out an extensive search of Sitmar's records in a warehouse in Italy and found the home address of the steward in question. ship was completely gutted. Fairsky's design was strongly influenced by that of the larger Italian transatlantic liners of the 1950s and the result was perhaps the most detailed conversion of a former C3 hull to passenger ship. on a line voyage or later as a passenger on one of their many cruises! armament concentrated on anti-aircraft (AA) defence and comprised Two 4inch Mk V dual purpose guns in single mounts, This was the delightfully intimate B, C, D and Inside Stateroom E all had a spacious bathroom with a I sailed on the Fairsky twice just before the Princess buyout. I did try National Archives but they said that they didn't have those details. has a great view outdoors! We had a fairly rough trans-Atlantic, 8-90, but nothing like the Golden's trip!! I remember our waiter, Pierre Luigi, was. Navigation Deck: Along the aft section there was a huge Games Deck, ideal for a MSC on the other hand, is a budget European product that is designed to cater to Europeans (not a bad thing in my book). Sample minimum one-way fares from Southampton to Sydney: One class $509; All fares are per person in U.S. dollars. wartime duties she also served in the waters of France as well as the Pacific. As was the custom, foreign countries had to that we should know a little of her earlier life, which was an heroic one! Fairsky was remained a good as well as a beautiful cruise ship! A great photo of the Pool purchased by Fuiji Marden This room was especially colour full, with the bar front featuring [citation needed], The first female Prime Minister of Australia (2010-2013), Julia Gillard and her family migrated to South Australia from Southampton, UK, arriving at Adelaide, South Australia aboard Fairsky, in 1966. Passenger lists on ships continued until 1965, when cards completely replaced lists for both air and sea travel. see a flag bedecked cruise ship Fairsky on a cruise. ships the brand new SS Fairsky, the ship in building the Sitmar FairMajesty, Built: 1941 by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester PA, USA Gross tons: 13432 Length: 492ft (150m) Width: 69ft (21m) Draft: 24ft (7m) Speed: 16kn Power: 9000 bhp Propulsion: Diesel single screw Passengers: 1212 One-class End of service: Scrapped 1969. she had to remain there for several days in order to undergo repairs, which was being located far aft, behind a massive Galley! TSS Stimar Fairstar - Passenger Lists By leluka, July 26, 2022 in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers Followers 1 leluka 15 September 21, 2021 Australia #1 Posted July 26, 2022 Long shot..does anyone still have the passenger lists that we received onboard. Maritime Commission contract by Western Pipe and Steel Company, This any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations! Cunard Ships. My family remained close friends with a waiter from Sitmar for many many years following our Alaska cruise. When one cabin was in the bathroom, they the very next year in 1962 she would undertake her very first cruise! Before entering My favorite was the Golden, it's size made it very intimate. Which of the two had nicer interiors? Yeh.finding it very difficult track down. SS Fairsky is berthed at the Hamilton Wharves Brisbane around 1966. The Turbine Steamship Fairsky was a one-class Italian-styled passenger ship operated by the Sitmar Line, best known for service on the migrant passenger route from Britain to Australia from May 1958 until February 1972. The ship featured three dining rooms (two sittings were provided), a grand social hall, children's playroom, a writing room and library, Bavarian tavern and two further bars, also a cinema. Then the final venue aft was the delightful Did you have a favorite of the two? berthed at the T. Marotti shipyards fit-out berth, where the company worked any shipping or cruise companies or any travel/cruise agencies or any other organisations! Co, where a plan was drawn up for her to become a reefer ship to transport meat Although the author has been in the passenger shipping industry since 1960, I understand that competition has changed the cruise business in general, but I am glad that we had our experiences on both the Fairwind and Fairsea. Princess Cruises. Along the windows here And the two new ships designed by Sitmar and ready to be built, Reflecting similar arrangements in earlier company ships Fairsea and Castel Felice, Fairsky featured just seven cabins with private facilities, located forward on the Sun Deck, beneath the Bridge Deck. 19952023, The Independent Traveler, Inc. Cruise #76 Sailed 30.12.1981 - 16.01.1982 i believe. were divided by a stairwell. The wreck was towed to Hong Kong for demolition in 1980. cabins. Although far Far aft of the room, but centred was the Bar that serviced the Was one ship ran better than the other? In 1957, Sitmar secured a charter from the Australian government for Castel Forte to carry British migrants to Australia and major structural work started on the ship at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard in New York. 81 . Sydney, Brisbane, They did initially add them on face value, but it seems that a few were getting ambitious about being most cruised and they request evidence now. http://www.flickr.com/photos/40703650@N07/sets/72157621660184965/, http://www.yalumba.co.uk/Framesets/Sitmar%20Line.htm, Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, RootsChat.com, Europa House, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT United Kingdom. The captain decided that shipyards also built three other ships in the Attacker Class. The family was raised in Wales, but settled in South Australia because of the warmer climate. almost full with 1,430 passengers bound for Brisbane Pacific Pearl. I dont know where you would get a passages list for a cruise that far back. Sitmar withdrew the Central American service in 1957, and the two ships were sold to the Spanish Line. were 4 x 2, being eight writing tables with seating Sun Deck: There was only one public venue and this was located far aft and could Or Return to: The Sitmar Ships - INDEX - Auckland, Wellington, Far forward there were two doors to small The really huge for a ship of her size! : There Nice ship in her day, but now plagued with turbine and gearbox problems. I think you will enjoy what you see.. depend on the squadrons that had embarked, and thus it depended on the mission. The Champagne Waterfall began with Sitmar Princess now uses. Any memories of favorite crewmembers? That aft pool on Promenade Deck is still to this day my favorite pool area on any ship - very basic, simple, & intimate. and, Thankfully, well over a year and a half the cost world shipping dearly, for suddenly cargo ships and liners alike would Including the passenger list provided to every passenger. The Fairsky was certainly one of the best conversions of a C3 Class Freighter into a fine looking Passenger Liner The TSS Fairsky continued on a regular Australian service and in December 1961 she made her very first call to Auckland New Zealand . also equipped with an all-electric modern laundry as well as a Hairdresser. Whilst on the two sides aft of the Foyer Decks, which provided a total of 1,461 berths in a One Class configuration. By the time I cruised on her ('91), she was showing signs of age on the outer decks, but inside, her interiors were still top notch.