The Flaminia was first built in 1922 as the Missourian, and in April 1955 it had new owners and was renamed to Flaminia. The boat had its first voyage as the Flaminia when it left Trieste and sailed to Cairns. My Nanna and her family got onboard the Flaminia on the 16th December 1958 from Bremerhaven. The boat had 154 cabins (most contained eight berths) and could hold 1024 passengers. When my Nanna was on her trip to Australia, the ship was over full by 50%.  The ship continued to sail as the Flaminia, until in November 1962, it departed from Fremantle on its last voyage. This was three years after my family had travelled on it.