FULVIA: 1949 - Costa brochure w/ interiors & plans - sank & burned in 1970Costa Line: A sixteen page introductory brochure for Costa's FULVIA, formerly Norwegian American Line's OSLOFJORD. Costa planned a great future for their "cruising palazzo"; instead she burned and sank after only seven months on the job . Printed in July of 1969, the brochure opens to a color FULVIA portrait with Costa's yellow and blue funnel livery airbrushed on. Look closely at the sixteen ship photos and you can make out NAL markings, such as in

Mom always won

and a full page portrait showing her handsome lines

Prudential Line - A twenty-page brochure from 1974 for the quartet of SANTA combo liners taken over from Grace Line a few years earlier - SANTA MAGDALENA

Both ships were sent to the wreckers in 1973

Shaw Savill took over this ship of 1922 from Aberdeen Line in 1936 and converted her to all Tourist Class

P&O Lines: A fold-out (15" by 20") interiors brochure from the mid-1950s for the beloved STRATHAIRD and STRATHNAVER sisters

the ship caught fire from an engine room explosion while moored off Grenada

Chandris Lines: A fold-out (22" by 35") "Berthing Plan" from the late 1960s while the AUSTRALIS was being used as an immigrant ship on the Australian run

and a spacious cabin

many of the former First Class cabins amidships reminded while towards the stern large blocks of tiny cubbies were fitted

the plan is in mint condition

Ellerman City & Hall Lines - The sad irony of it all