Ss Ausonia Cruise Ship

In 1995 the vessel was sold to AIRTOURS SUN CRUISES and renamed.

Ss ausonia cruise ship. She was scrapped in 2010. The 11879 GRT Gross Registered Ton SS Ausonia was built especially for Adriatica Lines Trieste-Egypt-Lebanon service by Cantieri Riuniti dell Adriatico Monfalcone. Cunard launched three intermediate liners in the early 1920s.

For most of her career she operated as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. She was scrapped in 2010. There were three series of ships.

The name Ausonia originates from the ancient name for Italy which was named after Auson son of Ulysses and father of the Ausones. Paquet Cruise Lines SS RHAPSODY was built in 1957 as Holland America Lines STATENDAM. In the maritime beauty pageant stakes the Ausonia punched way above her weight.

When the 35000 gt Fun Ship was introduced to Caribbean cruise service in 1978 she was by far the largest passenger ship based in Florida and one of the largest cruise ships in the world. RMS Ausonia II 1922-65 The RMS Ausonia was the second Cunard vessel to bear the name. SS Aegean two Below.

Eugenio C was ordered for the South American service by Costa to replace the Frederico C on that route. The SS Eugenio C was a 1966 Italian built ocean linercruise ship originally owned by the Costa Line. She was launched on August 5 1956 and delivered to Adriatica Lines on September 23.

She spent her early years on North Atlantic crossings from Rotterdam to New York and in seasonal cruising. They were the largest ships built in Italy since SS Rex and SS Conte di Savoia in the 1930s. SS Ausonia was an Italian cruise liner launched in 1956.