T.S. HAMBURG / MAXIM GORKIY of 1969: May 2009

Friday, 15 May 2009

MAXIM GORKIY at sea

Another FotoFlite fine study of the magnificent MAXIM GORKIY in Sovcomflot Russian funnel colours while on charter to Phoenix Reisen.
Luís Miguel Correia collection

MAKSIM GORKIY in Lisbon 4-10-2006

"One of the few steam cruise ships of the sixties still sailing very much in her original form, the MAKSIM GORKIY ex-HANSEATIC,
ex-HAMBURG still looks modern
despite her 37 years of trading
under three flags:
Germany,
USSR and
the Bahamas..."
This was posted in 2006 and at the time I could not believe the MAXIM GORKIY was so close to the most stupid ending at Alang, India.

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

MAKSIM GORKIY at sea

The MAKSIM GORKIY in full Black Sea Shipping Company livery in the 1980s cruising past the Dover Straits.
At the time this fine passenger and cruise liner was the proud flagship of the URSS' merchant fleet.
Photograph by Skyfotos of Dover.
Luís Miguel Correia collection

SAVE the T.S. HAMBURG of 1969

The T.S. HAMBURG of 1969 deserves preservation in her original home port of Hamburg. She is an historic ship, one of the best examples of the German shipbuilding art in the 1960s, she is mostly still in original form and well maintained, and she was a very successful cruise ship over the last 40 years. As the MAKSIM GORKIY she was the flagship of the Soviet Union mighty passenger ship fleet and she even played her part in the ending of the cold war when Presidents Mikhail Gorbatchov and Bush met onboard on 2 and 3 December 1989 off Malta. She was recently sold for scrap and is on her way to Alang. She needs a proper berth in the centre of the Port of Hamburg