SANTA MAGDALENA Class - 1974 Prudential Line fleet brochure of magnificent routePrudential 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, SANTA MARIA, SANTA MARIANA, and SANTA MERCEDES. It would have been magnificent to sail on these ships as Prudential's route had them starting in Vancouver and sailing through the Panama Canal before hitting all the major South American east coast ports, then swinging through the Straits of Magellan and

CARNARVON CASTLE

just like Second Class on so many transatlantic ships

plus views of the swimming pool and Promenade Deck

gone are the innovations of the elevator and a la carte restaurant

this time ending with a trip to the breakers in 1957 at the age of fifty-two

After the war she did not return to the line

The extensive rates cover cabins ranging from windowless hovels in the darkest depths to the snazziest suites on brightly-lit decks

Built as Furness-Prince Line's SOUTHERN PRINCE in 1929

On back is a portrait of the handsome liner

The model was a labor of love that took the father and son team of William and Donald Rowntree a decade to build in the 1980s

sample cabin photos

Lauro Lines (ROMA and SYDNEY) and Europe Canada Line (SEVEN SEAS)