Cunard's forgotten Norwegian Ocean Liners!

Did you know that during the 1980s and 1990s Cunard was renowned for the exclusive Norwegian style luxury offered aboard its two highest rated ships: Sagafjord and Vistafjord. — 🚢 My Cunard History Website: https://www.chriscunard.com/ 📚 Buy my books: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/books 👕 Buy cruise merch: https://chrisframeofficial.Teemill.com/ 🛳️ Learn more about cruising at my Blog: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/ 🎤 The Big Cruise Podcast: https://thebigcruisepodcast.com/ — Chapters: 00:00 Forgotten Cunarders 01:16 Sagafjord 02:17 Vistafjord 02:50 Trafalgar House 03:34 Cunard's Changes 04:25 Cunard Itineraries 05:47 Caronia 06:33 The End of Sagafjord and Vistafjord 06:50 Cunard Montage 08:07 Wrap Up -- About this video: The story of Sagafjord and Vistafjord starts all the way back in the 1960s when the Norwegian America Line was looking to expand its transatlantic services. The two ships operated for Norwegian America on their line voyages and subsequently were moved into the Norwegian America Cruises brand operating pleasure itineraries. At the same time that Vistafjord was being built, Cunard was being acquired by the Trafalgar House Co. Trafalgar bought NAC and merged it into Cunard, and the rest is history! -- Image References: A huge thank you and shout out to Peter Knego from Midship Century – check out his superb YouTube channel @midshipcinema Luke Morrison @Boeing_Luke Amazing historic images by Wolfgang Fricke: Sagafjord - CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/2nx9xcbt Sagafjord in 1969 - CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/3wfjas8j Sagafjord in Hamburg 1969 – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/4htpftbj Vistafjord 1984 in Hamburg – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/2p8z9zca Vistafjord 1984 in Hamburg – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/2p9fvp3x Vistafjord in 1973 - CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/4mabhuw5 Vistafjord in 1973 - CC BY SA 3.0 -https://tinyurl.com/4a25s286 Vistafjord in 1973 - CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/4d4ff6c2 Vistafjord nin Hamburg 1973 – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/yuc893zk QE2 in Hamburg in 1973 – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/yhzf6d2e QE2 in Cuxhaven in 1973 – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/yj5p9sa5 Sagafjord – CC BY SA 3.0 - https://tinyurl.com/mt2bstpe Colourised by Angelgreat. CC.0 – Public Domain Images: Norwegian Flag - https://tinyurl.com/flag-norway Oslofjord - CC.0 - https://tinyurl.com/oslofjord-cc0 Bergensfjord - CC.0 - https://tinyurl.com/2fzm7cx6 Bergensfjord - CC.0 (Norway) - https://tinyurl.com/yktb5p6v Bergensfjord 1913 - CC.0 - https://tinyurl.com/2e5vh7u3 Swan Hunter Yards - CC.0 - https://tinyurl.com/swan-hunter Others: Vistafjord - CC BY SA 4.0 Peter J. Fitzpatrick - https://tinyurl.com/494ftpwh Sagafjord - CC BY SA 3.0 - Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte - https://tinyurl.com/383ja6yc Sagafjord - CC BY SA 3.0 - Michael Gäbler - https://tinyurl.com/5n7kay8h Vistafjord - CC BY SA 2.0 - Ash Yeah - https://tinyurl.com/fjt467up Caronia in Funchal – CC BY SA 3.0 – Renboot - https://tinyurl.com/3ywste6b Caronia in Funchal – CC BY SA 3.0 – Renboot - https://tinyurl.com/2tbfubb8 Trafalgar House Plaque - CC BY SA 4.0 – Batandrean - https://tinyurl.com/trafalgarhouseco Concorde - CC BY SA 3.0 - Eduard Marmet - https://tinyurl.com/53yvzayf QE2 in Refit in Bremerhaven – CC BY SA 3.0 – Dashers - https://tinyurl.com/bdmjhb86 Sagafjord as Gripsholm - CC BY SA 4.0 - Tony Garner - https://tinyurl.com/53axrpz2 Saga Rose - CC BY SA 3.0 – Baoqingwang - https://tinyurl.com/34sh9zr3 Saga Rose - CC BY SA 3.0 - Hervé Cozanet - https://tinyurl.com/saga-rose Saga Ruby - CC BY SA 3.0 - Holger.Ellgaard - https://tinyurl.com/saga-ruby Cunard imagery including the images of the Cunard websites and the thumbnail. Tags: #cunard #sagafjord #sagacruises #vistafjord #history #thingsyoudidntknow #cruise #cruiseship #todayifoundout #didyouknow #facts #funfacts #cruiseship #cruisenews #cruising #cunard #cruiseline #oceanliner #engineering #history #interestingfacts