GUADALUPE: 1953 - Color-coded deck planCompania Trasatlantica Espanola (Spanish Line): A fold out (17" by 22") color coded deck plan for GUADALUPE, a combo ship that carried 350 passengers in two classes. This ship and her sister COVADONGA were the final Spanish passenger ships ever built. Four decks are shown with color coding for First and Second classes. While undated, the plan is from the late 1950s or early 1960s. The GUADALUPE had mid century modern interiors and boasted the then

Mom always won

and rose reflected colors found in early American mansions

I could be happy dining in Tourist Class aboard the ROMA

Beginning in the mid-1970s the ships were sent to the wreckers and by the end of the decade they were all gone

Main Stairway

Harlequin Bar

Down in the laundry you could launder a shirt for a quarter or press an evening dress for $1

and JAMAICA

had recently been transferred to the Bombay to Persian Gulf route to replace the bomb-destroyed DARA

Excellent condition

B Deck is mostly cabins including several mini-suites

While I would never argue that on the outside this was the most beautiful ship ever built