Chandris Line Poster (1960s) announced his new flagship RHMS Australis
Industry
Passenger Transportation Cruises
Founded
1960
Founder
Antonios Chandris
Defunct
1996
Fate
Dissolved
Headquarters
Athens, Greece
Area served
Worldwide
Subsidiaries
Celebrity Cruises
Chandris Line was a Greek shipping company founded in 1960 by Antonios Chandris to operate ocean liners between Greece and Australia.[1] Initially the company also traded under the names Greek Australian Line, National Greek Australian Line and Europe-Australia Line.[2]
Following a period of expansion, in 1974 Chandris Line merged with Chandris Cruises[1]—a separate company founded in 1960 by Antonios Chandris' brother Dimitri Chandris to operate cruises in the Mediterranean[3]—to form Chandris Line Chandris Cruises. After 1977 the company concentrated solely on cruising and was rebranded Chandris Cruises.[1] In 1985 Chandris Cruises acquired Fantasy Cruises, and subsequently their North American operations were rebranded as Chandris Fantasy Cruises.[4] The company ceased trading in 1996.[5] The funnels of all of their ships were emblazoned with the Greek letter chi, the first letter of the name Chandris in Greek (Χανδρή). The chi acted as a logo for both Chandris and their subsidiary and ultimate successor, Celebrity Cruises.
founded in 1960 by Antonios Chandris' brother Dimitri Chandris to operate cruises in the Mediterranean—to form ChandrisLineChandris Cruises. After 1977 the...
Dimitri John Chandris (Greek: Δημήτρης Ιωάννη Χανδρής; born January 1921 – August 1980) was a Greek shipowner who established ChandrisLine, a large passenger...
the Greek letter chi, for "Chandris". Celebrity Cruises was founded in April 1988 as a subsidiary of the Greece-based Chandris Group to operate upmarket...
ferry operated by Sealink and Stena Line TSS Duke of York (1935) or Fantasia, a cruise ship operated by ChandrisLine Fantasia (comics), a character in...
cruise line founded in 1948 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily...
Retrieved on 20 January 2010. Staff, C. I. N. (17 April 1989). "Chandris to Launch Chandris Celebrity Cruises". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 13...
airliners brought the glory days to an end; in 1964, America was sold to ChandrisLine, and United States was withdrawn from service in 1969. She is presently...
was laid up in Tenerife when Lauro Lines went bankrupt in 1982. The ChandrisLine took possession of her under a charter arrangement in 1985, shortly...
16 March 2012. Grace, Michael L. (21 September 2009). "The Arosa Line". Cruise Line History. Retrieved 20 March 2012. "P&O Orders New Ship for 2022 Delivery"...
trademark blue "C". After regaining the distinctive white Chandris "X" ("Ch" – for Chandris – in the Greek alphabet) on her blue funnel, Amerikanis served...
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Bourke & Elizabeth Streets. In 1971 it was demolished for the Cromwell, ChandrisLine office tower, a sixteen-storey brown brick building which was almost...
laid up at Tampa, Florida in late 1996. Chandris opted to sell Britanis as part of a plan to cease cruise line operations for Fantasy Cruises and further...
extensively remodelled and renamed her Victoria. Clipper Line bought her in 1964 and sold her in 1975 to Chandris Lines, who modified her name to The Victoria. In...
AILSA PRINCESS" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 3 April 2011. "ChandrisLine / Charlton Steam Shipping Company / Celebrity Cruises". The Ships List...
of Hanover (1917–1981), Queen of the Hellenes SS Queen Frederica, a ChandrisLine cruise ship This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
built in 1950 by John Brown & Company for British Railways, sold to ChandrisLine in 1970 and renamed Fiorita. Capsized and sank at Fethaye, Turkey in...
refitted in just three weeks for Chandris' service between Europe and Australia, the ship was the first large liner in the Chandris fleet. After Darwin was almost...
Queen Frederica (after Queen Frederica of Greece) before being sold to Chandris Lines. After 50 years of service for several different companies, she was...
purchasing MS The Azur from Chandris Cruises. The following year the company acquired MS Starward from Norwegian Cruise Line, renaming her MS Bolero. A...
ordered on April 28, 1988 at Meyer Werft by Chandris Cruises as a replacement for Amerikanis in the Chandris Fantasy fleet. However, upon the formation...
inspected by several potential buyers such as Norwegian Cruise Line, Costa Amatori, Chandris Group, and Home Lines. The last even made a serious offer to...
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