PHOTOGRAPHS BY BOB EYRE

The following images were photographed by Branch member Bob Eyre.
This collection contains many vivid images of the last liners of the Italian Line.
Many of the photographs were taken in the 1970's just prior to the retirement of the liners.
Included at the end of this gallery are photos of the former Augustus now in the Phillipines.
We wish to extend our thanks to Bob Eyre for this excellent collection of images.

The Augustus outbound for South America in 1974.
Photographed from the bridge of Raffaello approaching Naples.

Raffaello docked at Pier 90 in New York on her last call at the port.

Another view of Raffaello prior to her final sailing from New York in April 1975.

The following five images show Michelangelo sailing from New York
on one of her last Caribbean cruises in June 1975.

Michelangelo enroute to the Caribbean at speed.

The funnels of Michelangelo photographed at sea.

Michelangelo at anchor during her Caribbean cruise in June 1975.
She was withdrawn from service the following month.

The former Italian liner Augustus now docked at Manila, The Philippines.

Another view of the liner at Manila in December 2004.

The ship was not open to the public at the time that these photographs were taken.

A photograph of the photographer standing in front of the former Augustus.

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