Yarmouth Castle Cruise Ship

The ship caught fire and sank on November 13 1965 while en route from Miami Florida to Nassau Bahamas.

Yarmouth castle cruise ship. The government of the Bahamas agreed to make Yarmouth Castle their official contract ship and so she was renamed Queen of Nassau sailing three and four day Miami-Nassau cruises. The steamship Yarmouth Castle was built in 1927 and was christened Evangeline. In 1965 the Bahama Star was sailing twelve miles behind the SS Yarmouth Castle when Captain Brown noticed smoke and fire emerging from the distant vessel.

It was a Miami-Nassau cruise ship. It remains largely unknown never recorded in the studio and available only on his 1969 live album Sunday Concert. Free cancellation before 48 hours.

Ahead was the Finnish freighter Finnpulp. At that time Evangeline and Yarmouth her sister ship operated on the Boston to Yarmouth NS route of the Eastern Steamship Lines. The contract was not renewed and so in 1956 Eastern renamed her Yarmouth Castle had her upgraded with an aft swimming pool air-conditioning in public areas and a general refurbishment.

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The rescue ship Bahama Star in background bw film copy neg. Kenneth Vincent Of Fort Lauderdale Fla watch wreathe floating on the Atlantic waters after they were tossed onto the spot where the cruise ship Yarmouth Castle burned and sank Nov. Its 5 AM and I stayed up all night finishing these all aside their respective Troop ship colors they had in WW2 which will be a Later Addition so I wont go into too much detail and history all you really need to know is that Yarmouth Castle ex Evangeline sank in 1965 with around 80 people going down with the ship after a fire started in a Storage closet and quickly spread up the ships almost.

40 facilities and activities. Jonathan Hamilton age 14 died in the fire aboard the Castle Line Incs SS Yarmouth Castle on November. By the end of 1964 Yarmouth Castle was operated by Yarmouth Cruise Lines.