What a sad end to a beautiful ship. The first time I sailed on her I was 12 yrs old. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The wood work and interiors lovely.Tho the tourist class cabin spartan. During the return trip(early September) from Athens (Pireaus) we took the TA northern route of rough seas and yes even some small icebergs to Halifax. Thru the rough seas they strung up rope encased in heavy maroon velvet covers for the passengers to hold for balance in all the passage ways. And this always amazed me at dinner the tables had wood edges they could raise up and inch to give the table a lip on it so the beautiful china and silver (yes sterling) did not slide off the table in the rough seas. Being a young girl in 1962 my steward was so kind to me being seasick and did nice things for me and brought me up for weak tea and dry toast in the study area where they had teas and goodies. It is what hooked me on cruisng. From that young age on,I begged my parents to only to send me to Greece via ship LOL. To visit family and go to camp. Please continue with the stories I love them!!!!! Where would I find the book you metion??She certainly had a long life. Was well kept in the 1960's,tho I saw her only thru the romantic eyes of a teenager. Last year on the Jewel of the Seas out of Boston i met a man from R.I. who immigrated to America as a young man (16yrs) with his parents from Naples,Italy the same date I was sailing on her home from Greece now that truly is a small world!
Hello! I was on the Queen Frederica coming back from Athens Greece in March of 1963, I remember the stormy weather and the rough seas, I also remember the grown up panicking about the Cuban Crisis because the Cuban Oppositions to Casto's Revolution were sinking Russian ships and Cuban supply ships so close to our journey across the Atlantic. I have memorabilia from that cruise.
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Hello! I was on the Queen Frederica coming back from Athens Greece in March of 1963, I remember the stormy weather and the rough seas, I also remember the grown up panicking about the Cuban Crisis because the Cuban Oppositions to Casto's Revolution were sinking Russian ships and Cuban supply ships so close to our journey across the Atlantic. I have memorabilia from that cruise.