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Home Lines was an Italian passenger shipping company that operated both ocean liners and cruise ships. The company was founded in 1946, and it ceased operations in 1988 when merged into Holland Americ
SS Bergensfjord in 1927
MS Kungsholm 1928
Home Lines SS Queen Frederica in Halifax Harbour 1962
View of the "MARIPOSA" ocean liner
SS Oceanic (1963)
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SS Oceanic was a cruise ship built in 1963 by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy for Home Lines. Between 1985 and 2000, she sailed for Premier Cruise Line under the names Starship Oce
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…later the ship was sold to Freeport Bahama Enterprises for use as a floating hotel. In 1965 Home Lines took delivery of their first purpose-built ship, Oceanic, which replaced the ageing Italia. Although marketed as "the largest ship ever designed for year round cruises", the ship had in fact been originally…
Oceanic in Helsinki, June 2009
Oceanic in New York City in 1973
StarShip Oceanic repainted with the Premier Cruise Lines livery
Oceanic at Nassau, Bahamas in December 1987