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How nice it would have been to book a slow 2-4 month voyage on these ships! \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe fleet list with passenger capacity is printed in back - the former New Zealand Shipping Line vessels RANGITANE (ORIENTAL ESMERALDA) RANGITOTO (ORIENTAL CARNAVAL), and RUAHINE (ORIETNAL RIO); American Export's EXCALIBUR (ORIENTAL JADE) and EXETER (ORIENTAL PEARL); Holland America's DIEMERDYK (ORIENTAL AMIGA) and DINTELDYK (ORIENTAL AMIGA), plus six former North German Lloyd\/Hamburg American Line combo ships. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlas, this service didn't last. When the oil crisis hit in 1973, thirsty old ships by the thousands where discarded. That includes C.Y. Tung's fleet. 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