AZEMMOUR (Cie de Nav Paquet) a2

official postcard by Societe Marseillaise de Publicite, 

not posted, vmf, 

6" x 4", 150mm x 100mm (approx)

our ref: SRH239

AZEMMOUR (Compagnie de Navigation Paquet)

Cargo passenger liner built at Nantes that made her maiden voyage in 1950 as Azemmour for Cie de Nav Paquet, operating from Marseilles and Port Vendres to Tangier and Casablanca. Used as a troopship in 1958 and as a hospital ship in 1962. From 1963 she operated to the Canary Islands and Senegal. Sold to Efthymiadis Lines rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed Delos in 1969, operating out of Piraeus. Sold in 1980 to Aquavia Shipping, Piraeus, and renamed Bella Maria. She made 2 cruises but then suffered engine failure and was laid up at Perama. Renamed Khaled I in 1983 for owners in Dubai. Renamed Bella Maria in 1985 and returned to Greece. In 1/1987 she broke her anchor chains in heavy weather and ran aground on Atalante island and was later broken up where she lay