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| Gelria (170 x 20m) could take 1520 passengers, with 250 in first class. The Royal Holland Lloyd line ship was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons in Glasgow. |
While waiting for the Baltic Sea cruise season to start later in the spring, I thought it might be interesting to look at these pictures from the early days of cruising in the Baltic.
The picture above shows the Dutch ocean liner Gelria arriving in Helsinki on June 11, 1925. "with several hundred tourists" on board. At the time the the 14000 ton Gelria was the biggest ship ever to visit Helsinki. The interior of the ship is very much like the interior of a luxury hotel, one local newspaper reported.
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| In Helsinki the Dutch visitors were shown the sights. The building in the center background is the Royal Swedish Embassy (still today located in the same building). |
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