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Welcome to caledonien.net, celebrating two much-loved Messageries Maritimes ships, the Calédonien and the Tahitien (later reborn as the cruise ship Atalante ).
For nearly two decades these handsome ships carried cargo, passengers and military personnel to French outposts in the Caribbean and the Pacific, on regular round trips lasting almost four months between Marseilles and Sydney. They were amongst the last of the real working cargo-passenger liners, plying their trade until long sea journeys were displaced by mass jet passenger travel. They were a far cry from today's floating hotels, a style of long sea voyage which has long gone and is missed by all her expe
Tahitien , in what could be an official Messageries Maritimes photograph, is flying the 'petit pavois', a serie of flags which were only displayed on special or festive occasions such as the captain's birthday.
Richard Francis: Design and Photography
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