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All text and photographs (unless stated otherwise) ©  Paul Timmerman

To read more on the remarkable history of this remarkable passenger ship go to: Topaz ship description

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Topaz in the port of Piraeus                           Refuelling                Builders plate

Hemingway Bar, Upper deck

  Main Foyer, Reception     Main deck 

Tour desk ,    Main deck

Deck plans                                           Mirror in stairway   Coin Laundry,    Main deck

Beauty Salon,    Allegro deck      Elevator  doors            Classic doors in foyer,    Main deck

Central kitchen serving the main restaurant

Special equipment for preparing rice dishes

Topaz Room,    main  restaurant,        Bolero  deck

Corridors

Yacht Club,    Verandah deck

Theatre,    Upper deck                                                                 Entrance to shopping area

Promenade,    Upper deck                               

Shopping area,    Upper deck

Free area next to Hemingway Bar where meetings are organised with guests visiting the ship

(follow this link to read about the work of the Paeceboat Organisation and Topaz Ship description & history)

In the corners of the Free Area, bronze plates with ornaments in the corners of the room. These partly survive, those missing are filled with wood.  

Entrance to the Library/ the Library, Upper deck    Plaques next to the entrance of the library

Entrance to the Windjammer Lounge, note the beautifully engraved glass panels. Tis lounge is one of the public spaces onboard which still features it's original fixtures.

                        Promenade                             Brass doors to Seminar room, the orginal ones from her Empress of Britain days, looking if they are brand new......

Promenade next to the Game Area,    Upper deck         PC/ Internet Area,    Upper deck

Game Area,    Upper deck

Sports Bar,    Upper deck

Kitchen next to The Yacht Club,     Verandah deck

The Yacht Club restaurant, Verandah deck

Deck views

Lido area

Bow propellor exhaust                                      Rounded forward superstructure

Open deck space.....

Relax room  T - Club,    Verandah deck           Gym,    Verandah deck

Officers relax space beneath bridge wing

Ship's bell, with her former name Carnivale on it..      Signal deck forward & funnel

Sports deck,     Verandah deck                       Forward open deck space                        

Bridgewing                                                                      Telegraph, still working after half a century

Bridge, note the mix of classic and modern equipment

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