Zim Israel Navigation Co.
Built 1957 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
9,920 gross tons, 488 foot x 65 foot beam, speed @ 19 knots
Later became: Miami
New Bahama Star
Zim Israel Navigation Co Ltd
Built 1913 by Cammell Laird
11,015 gross tons, 512 foot x 61 foot, speed @ 15 knots
ex Argentina - Home Lines
ex Bergensfjord - Norwegian America Line
Later re-named Aliya
On what must have been a comparatively rare visit to Madeira the 1957 built Zim Israel Lines ship may have been on one of her very occasional voyages to South America when she called at Funchal
From this angle, one of the finest looking small ships ever built. Built for Zim Line by West Germany as part of reparations payments to Isreal. Sold and rebuilt as cruise liner Bahama Star.