Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 22, 2021 #2676 Share Posted April 22, 2021 57 minutes ago, Palmeat said: This one is Calvi, Corsica. I haven't found it as a Cunard port - yet, but I wouldn't rule it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 22, 2021 #2677 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Calvi is a Cunard port. I'm not seeing any visits there by the current Cunard fleet, but there are a couple calls to Calvi in the 2004 itineraries for Caronia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 22, 2021 #2678 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Ah. I hadn't reached 2004 yet.😄 Another new one. We docked at the industrial port but this is the town's small boat harbour. Much more picturesque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaldi Posted April 22, 2021 #2679 Share Posted April 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: Ah. I hadn't reached 2004 yet.😄 Another new one. We docked at the industrial port but this is the town's small boat harbour. Much more picturesque. Lovely place. I had lunch under one of those canopies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 22, 2021 #2680 Share Posted April 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, Yaldi said: Lovely place. I had lunch under one of those canopies! And you were in ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaldi Posted April 22, 2021 #2681 Share Posted April 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: And you were in ...? ‘Le Canot’ restaurant in La Rochelle. I agree with you about the port though you do see an interesting curved road bridge amongst the industrialisation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted April 22, 2021 #2682 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Well done Colin - Calvi, Corsica is correct - and pleased to learn this is officially a Cunard port! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted April 22, 2021 #2683 Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 6:48 AM, sfred said: I'm still stumped, despite @carlmm's additional photo contribution. Most of my web searches have been on the ship which appears to have the figures 1285, perhaps preceded by the letter L, on the side. The remainder of the letters, below the bridge and at the stern, are too blurred to make out on my screen. I've also tried to find a match for the metal pier railings shown in both photos, and the yellow cranes in the first photo, but again no luck. Alright, one more photograph of the town. This building in prime location at the port was not erected for Cunard but for another shipping company. The lookout was useful to watch for incoming ships. The now defunct line was a major player in the area where it operated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 22, 2021 #2684 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I'm starting to think that the list of ports we haven't seen yet is going to be longer than the ones we have seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted April 22, 2021 #2685 Share Posted April 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: I'm starting to think that the list of ports we haven't seen yet is going to be longer than the ones we have seen. Antwerp, Belgium. Beautiful city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 22, 2021 #2686 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Well done @Yaldi and @carlmm. La Rochelle and Antwerp are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 22, 2021 #2687 Share Posted April 22, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 6:18 AM, carlmm said: Great pictures! I do not know if the following one counts. The only proof of a Cunard ship I have is when it anchored here during wartime service. What do you think? 34 minutes ago, carlmm said: Alright, one more photograph of the town. This building in prime location at the port was not erected for Cunard but for another shipping company. The lookout was useful to watch for incoming ships. The now defunct line was a major player in the area where it operated. OK, I think I may have finally found this one. Is it Lüderitz, Namibia? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 22, 2021 #2688 Share Posted April 22, 2021 48 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: I'm starting to think that the list of ports we haven't seen yet is going to be longer than the ones we have seen. I've been scouring as many online itineraries I can find and merging it with your input. So far my count of Cunard ports we haven't seen yet is well in excess of 300. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 23, 2021 #2689 Share Posted April 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Palmeat said: Once again, examining Oceania Nautica 2017 itineraries for Cape Town-Singapore helped identify this port. I'm getting a match to Richards Bay, South Africa. Unfortunately I can't find any indication that this has been a Cunard port. The best I have been able to come up with is Saga Rose (ex-Sagafjord of the Cunard Line) called there during her final voyage to the ship-breakers in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted April 23, 2021 #2690 Share Posted April 23, 2021 9 hours ago, bluemarble said: I've been scouring as many online itineraries I can find and merging it with your input. So far my count of Cunard ports we haven't seen yet is well in excess of 300. I'm tempted to say wake me up when you decide to name the ports and require photographs however I may have one or two more that may keep me in the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted April 23, 2021 #2691 Share Posted April 23, 2021 10 hours ago, bluemarble said: OK, I think I may have finally found this one. Is it Lüderitz, Namibia? It is Lüderitz! Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted April 23, 2021 #2692 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Here are 2 more. Both taken from a Seabourn ship in 2009 - so the docks may not have been visited by Cunard's larger vessels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted April 23, 2021 #2693 Share Posted April 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Palmeat said: Here are 2 more. Both taken from a Seabourn ship in 2009 - so the docks may not have been visited by Cunard's larger vessels Well spotting a certain flag top right on the first photograph and instantly recognising it... My first stab has to be a port in Vietnam and as its confessed from a 'smaller' ship I'll make my second stab as Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 23, 2021 #2694 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I'm afraid I don't recognise either of the outstanding photos. Working on the ports we haven't seen has thrown up a few surprises. There are some well known large towns/cities/ports and it's a surprise we haven't seen them. Then there are others that are a surprise they were ever Cunard ports in the first place. This definetly falls into the latter category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaldi Posted April 23, 2021 #2695 Share Posted April 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: I'm afraid I don't recognise either of the outstanding photos. Working on the ports we haven't seen has thrown up a few surprises. There are some well known large towns/cities/ports and it's a surprise we haven't seen them. Then there are others that are a surprise they were ever Cunard ports in the first place. This definetly falls into the latter category. Probably better known to the red funnels of Caledonian MacBrayne vessels that’s the island of Iona in Scotland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 23, 2021 #2696 Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 6:18 AM, carlmm said: The only proof of a Cunard ship I have is when it anchored here during wartime service. 5 hours ago, carlmm said: It is Lüderitz! Perfect. To complete the story, I'd be interested to know what Cunard ship anchored at Lüderitz during wartime service. Which war was it and was she serving as a troopship or in some other capacity (if you happen to know those details)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted April 23, 2021 #2697 Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, bluemarble said: To complete the story, I'd be interested to know what Cunard ship anchored at Lüderitz during wartime service. Which war was it and was she serving as a troopship or in some other capacity (if you happen to know those details)? It was the Great War or World War I. According to log books the first Laconia, built in 1911 for Cunard, anchored here on 28 January 1915 and on 31 January 1915. That day one PO and nine Seamen joined for passage. She was employed on patrol and later convoy protection. Edited April 23, 2021 by carlmm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Colin_Cameron Posted April 23, 2021 #2698 Share Posted April 23, 2021 It is indeed the Island of Iona.✅ The abbey is visible at the right of the picture. Here's another Cunard port with the same colour of sea. The same sand. The same temperature(NOT). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlmm Posted April 23, 2021 #2699 Share Posted April 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said: It is indeed the Island of Iona.✅ The abbey is visible at the right of the picture. Here's another Cunard port with the same colour of sea. The same sand. The same temperature(NOT). Definitely much nicer temperatures in Grand Turk. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmeat Posted April 23, 2021 #2700 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Richard - Saigon is correct. Well done. I'd guessed both Iona and Grand Turk correctly (unusual for me) but beaten to the punch!😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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