By Christoph Assies. With it, the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg broke entirely new ground, achieving a spectacular transverse launch at the end of September 1985, and exactly 40 years ago today, it was delivered: the first cruise ship built by Meyer Werft, the "Homeric," for the Italian shipping company Home Lines.
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By Christoph Assies. With it, the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg broke entirely new ground, achieving a spectacular transverse launch at the end of September 1985, and exactly 40 years ago today, it was delivered: the first cruise ship built by Meyer Werft, the "Homeric," for the Italian shipping company Home Lines.
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