Cunarders Behind The Iron Curtain, Part One: Saga of the Four SAXes
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I would absolutely kill to sale in this ship today
it was all about waitresses stateroom attendants and deck crew teaming up in a Showcase of national pride
the hardworking Leonid sobanov carried on switching between Cru and liner service
both ships had been languishing in layup at the nearby port of Iliychevsk for several years and would never sail again on a commercial voyage
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Join Peter Knego in this epic 46 minute video on his pilgrimage to Odessa in 1997 to visit the last two classic Cunarders, the LEONID SOBINOV (ex SAXONIA, CARMANIA) and FEDOR SHALYAPIN (ex IVERNIA, FRANCONIA). Both ships had been languishing in layup at the nearby port of Iliychevsk for several years and would never sail again on a commercial voyage. In Part One, Knego captures some fascinating tonnage in Odessa harbor, then visits the Maritime Museum with his hosts who share stories of the Soviet and Ukrainian liners of the past. Next, Knego recalls in great detail, using images from his vast archive, the careers of the LEONID SOBINOV and FEDOR SHALYAPIN as well as their two sisters, which went on to great success with Sitmar Cruises. These four dome-funneled Cunarders built for the UK to Canada run in the mid-50s affectionately named "The Four Saxes". Songs licensed from artlist: Marco Martini "Theater Majorus", Ardie Son "Raindrops", Eidad Zitrin "Time To Go, Ian Post "Variation 3" and "Variation 5", Eyal Talmudi "Golden Tooth", Southside Aces "Mordecai Promenade", Assaf Alayon "Solid Ground", Ace "Misirlou", Kyle Cox "That Should Be Me", Randy Sharp "Pashosho", The Bottle Snakes "White Russian Rag", ANBR "Gentleman", Wold Samuels "Aquarium", Louis Adrien "Escape To Sicily", Ohad Ben Ari "Prelude Cm Rachmaninoff", Adrian Berengeur "Presto", Asaf Ayalon "In Pulse", Kashido "Swan Lake" #ukrainianshipping #oldships #cunard #cunardline #carmania #saxonia #ivernia #franconia #carinthia #sylvania #sitmar #sitmarcruises #fairsea #fairwind #leonidsobinov #fedorshalyapin #ukraine #odessa #odesa #iliychevsk #abandonedliners