COGEDAR LINE
(Compagnia Genovese D’Armamento S.p.A.)
Service to Australia 1955 to 1968
Photo
from the "Old Ship Pixture Galleries"
Aurelia
(ex-Huascaren) -
scm 10,480gt 1939 Hamburg
(Built for Hamburg –America Line)
World War II, in the German Navy,
converted to submarine depot ship
and later
a repair ship in Norwegian
waters.
1945 taken over by the Canadian
Government
1947 sold to Canadian Pacific
Steamships r/n Beaverbrae, and
Refitted to carry 773 one class
passengers
1948 for six years carried passengers
and cargo between Europe and Canada
1954 purchased by Cogedar Line and
r/n Aurelia. Rebuilt to accommodate
more
passengers - 1,124 berths.
1955-1958 four r/v’s a year to Australia
from Italian ports
1958 diesels replaced and superstructure
extended
1959 sailing from Bremerhaven to
Australia
1961 Southampton added to route
1964 sailing from Rotterdam and
calling at Southampton went via
Panama to
Auckland and Sydney,
returning via Suez.
1965-1966 two more voyages on
this route, then reverted to the Suez
route in both directions but extending
to Auckland
1967 the closureof the Suez Canal
and the decline in the migrant trade
led Cogedar to end its service to
Australia.
1968
Aurelia made its last sailing to
Australia. Refitted as cruise ship
1970 sold to Chandris Line r/n
Romanza
1979 ran aground in Aegean Sea.
Damaged, laid-up during much of
the 1980s.
1991 sold to a Cypriot cruise firm
r/n Romantica
1997 a fire in the engine room forced
the evacuation of the ship. The vessel
was towed to Limassol but gutted
by the fire
1998 scrapped
Photo from the "Old Ship Picture
Galleries"
Flaminia (ex
Missouran) –
twscm 8,776gt 1922 Chester, Pa
1941 transferred to Great Britain
r/n Empire Swan
1942, transferred toBelgian
Government and r/n Belgian
Freighter
1946 sold to Cie. Maritime Belge
r/n Capitaine Potie
1948 sold to Cogedar Line and
r/n Genova. Additional passenger
accommodation created by extending
the superstructure, new tonnage
8,352gt Placed on Italy-River Plate
ports route
1954 rebuilt to carry 1,024 passengers,
engine replaced, tonnage 8,776gt
1955 r/n Flaminia. Began 3 years of
service between Italian and Australian
ports.
1958 for a further three years, placed
on a service from Rotterdam and
Bremerhaven to Australia
1961 (Nov) last sailing from
Fremantle on return voyage
1970 scrapped
After sale to the Costa
Line. Postcard in the author's collection.
Flavia (ex- Media)
–
nmm photo am
twscs 15,465gt 1947 Clydebank
No.N34403
(Built for Cunard Line,for route
(1978, anchored
off Rhodes)
Liverpool-New York )
1961, purchased and r/n Flavia
by the Cogedar Line
1962, first voyage from Genoa
via Suez to Fremantle , Melbourne
and Sydney. Late in the year,
Bremerhaven via Southampton
and Suez to Sydney
1963, began a round the world
service from Bremerhaven,
Rotterdam and London via Panama
to Tahiti, Auckland and Australia,
and then back to Europe via Suez
1968, with the Cogedar decision
to end its service to Australia ,
Flavia
made a final voyage from
Rotterdam, and a cruise from
Sydney.
On its return to Europe,
the vessel was chartered by
Atlantic CruiseLine for cruises
from Miami.
1969 the ship was sold to the
Costa Line and began a career in
cruising out of Miami and in the
Mediterranean.
1982,.Flavia was withdrawn from
cruising and sold to the C.Y. Tung
and Group of Hong Kong, r/n
Flavian and laid-up. in Hong Kong.
1986, sold to Panamanian buyers
r/n Lavia.
1989, gutted by fire while
undergoing a refit in Hong Kong.
Sold for scrap.
Sources:
1. Peter
Plowman's "Australian Migrant Ships 1946 -1977"
(Rosenberg, Dural, NSW, 2006)
2. John M. Maber"s
"North Star to Southern Cross"
(T.
Stephenson & Sons, Prescot, Lancashire, 1967)
3. website: Old Ship
Picture Galleries
http://www.photoship.co.uk