T.S. Melody Poster
She was built in 1948 as the French combination passenger/cargo ship DJEBEL DIRA. In 1970 she was sold to new owners Spyros Billinis in Greece where she was extensively rebuilt into a cruise ship and renamed PHOENIX. In 1979, she would be sold again to Athens Marine Cruises and renamed MELODY.
In 1980, whilst on passage to Haifa in Israel, she sustained some damage during a gale and was laid up at Eleusis, Greece eventually passing on to the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank in 1986. After many years of lay up, in 1990, she was sold once again this time to Cougar Shipping Co Ltd who began work on re-activating her for passenger service. However that same year she caught fire while undergoing renovations and the burning hulk was beached on Atalanti Island, West of Piraeus Port. The ship would be a total loss and remained beached there until 2009, when the wreck was mostly dismantled on site.
She was built in 1948 as the French combination passenger/cargo ship DJEBEL DIRA. In 1970 she was sold to new owners Spyros Billinis in Greece where she was extensively rebuilt into a cruise ship and renamed PHOENIX. In 1979, she would be sold again to Athens Marine Cruises and renamed MELODY.
In 1980, whilst on passage to Haifa in Israel, she sustained some damage during a gale and was laid up at Eleusis, Greece eventually passing on to the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank in 1986. After many years of lay up, in 1990, she was sold once again this time to Cougar Shipping Co Ltd who began work on re-activating her for passenger service. However that same year she caught fire while undergoing renovations and the burning hulk was beached on Atalanti Island, West of Piraeus Port. The ship would be a total loss and remained beached there until 2009, when the wreck was mostly dismantled on site.
She was built in 1948 as the French combination passenger/cargo ship DJEBEL DIRA. In 1970 she was sold to new owners Spyros Billinis in Greece where she was extensively rebuilt into a cruise ship and renamed PHOENIX. In 1979, she would be sold again to Athens Marine Cruises and renamed MELODY.
In 1980, whilst on passage to Haifa in Israel, she sustained some damage during a gale and was laid up at Eleusis, Greece eventually passing on to the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank in 1986. After many years of lay up, in 1990, she was sold once again this time to Cougar Shipping Co Ltd who began work on re-activating her for passenger service. However that same year she caught fire while undergoing renovations and the burning hulk was beached on Atalanti Island, West of Piraeus Port. The ship would be a total loss and remained beached there until 2009, when the wreck was mostly dismantled on site.