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Due to the advent of international travel by jet aircraft about 1960, fewer passengers traveled extended distances by passenger liner.
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402:References
374:ValparaĂso
345:statue of
308:, driving
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242:Propulsion
184:IMO number
154:April 1975
146:3 May 1956
130:ÂŁ5,000,000
531:7 January
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477:2 January
376:, Chile.
370:Liverpool
362:Caribbean
347:Aphrodite
259:18 knots
159:Homeport
135:Launched
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