Chandris Line was a Greek shipping company founded in 1960 by Antonios Chandris to operate ocean liners between Greece and Australia. Initially the company also traded under the names Greek Australian Line, National Greek Australian Line and Europe-Australia Line.
Chandris Line Poster (1960s) announced his new flagship RHMS Australis
Image: "Mediterranean Star" Piraeus, 1984
Image: "Ellinis" Newcastle, 1963
Image: Carina P Izmir 03 1971
Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida and a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. Celebrity Cruises was founded in 1988 by the Greece-based Chandris Group, and merged with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in 1997. Celebrity's signature logo is an "Χ" displayed on the funnel of Celebrity ships, and is the Greek letter chi, for "Chandris".
Celebrity Cruises first ship SS Meridian
Celebrity's first class of new builds included the 1992 built Zenith
The Mercury, third ship in the Century class
Summit in Celebrity's short lived second generation livery