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SS Festivale docked in Barbados on 26 February 1987.
History
Bahamas
Name
1961–1966: RMS Transvaal Castle
1966–1969: RMS S.A. Vaal
1969–1977: TSS S.A. Vaal
1977–1996: TSS Festivale
1996–2000: TSS IslandBreeze
2000–2003: SS The Big Red Boat III
2003: SS The Big Boat
Owner
1961–1966: Union-Castle Line
1966–1977: Safmarine
1977–1996: Carnival Cruise Line[2]
1996–1998: Dolphin Cruise Line[3]
1998–2000: Premier Cruise Line[4]
Route
Southampton, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban
Builder
John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom[1]
Yard number
720[1]
Launched
17 January 1961[1]
Completed
December 1961
Maiden voyage
18 January 1962[1]
In service
1962
Out of service
September 2000[1]
Identification
IMO number: 5367623
Fate
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2003.[1]
General characteristics as built, 1961[1]
Type
Ocean liner
Tonnage
32,697 GRT
16,604 DWT
Length
760 ft 2 in (231.70 m)
Beam
90 ft 2 in (27.48 m)
Draught
32 ft (9.8 m)
Decks
8
Installed power
44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion
Geared turbines, twin screw
Speed
22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity
728 passengers one class
Crew
426
General characteristics as rebuilt, 1978
Type
cruise ship
Tonnage
26,632 GRT (Panamanian rules, c.38,000 by UK rules)
Capacity
1,432 passengers[1]
Crew
579
Notes
Otherwise the same as built
RMS Transvaal Castle was a British ocean liner built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank for the Union-Castle Line for their mail service between Southampton and Durban. In 1966 she was sold to the South Africa-based Safmarine and renamed S.A. Vaal for further service on the same route. Following cessation of the service between the UK and South Africa in 1977 the ship was sold to Carnival Cruise Line and rebuilt in Japan as the cruise ship SS Festivale, re-entering service in 1978.[5] In 1996 she was chartered to Dolphin Cruise Line and renamed IslandBreeze.[6] In 1998 the ship was sold to Premier Cruise Line,[7] which renamed her The Big Red Boat III.[4] Following the bankruptcy of Premier Cruise Line in 2000,[8]The Big Red Boat III was laid up until 2003 when she was sold to scrappers in Alang, India.[9] She was renamed The Big Red Boat for her final voyage to the scrapyard.
^ abcdefghAsklander, Micke. "T/S Transvaal Castle (1961)". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 December 2008.
^"Company History – Carnival Cruise Line News". 7 June 2018.
^Sentinel, Arline Bleecker, Orlando. "CHANGES ON THE SHIP SHUFFLING SCENE". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ abChronicle, Harry Shattuck, Houston. "PREMIER TO FOCUS ON FAMILIES". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Miller, William H (1986). The Last Blue Water Liners. London: Conway. pp. 55–58. ISBN 0-85177-400-8.
^Writer, TOM STIEGHORST Business. "CARNIVAL TO CHARTER VETERAN VESSEL". Sun-Sentinel.com. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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