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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tYoung Pericles Panagopulos, at the time he was working in London as a trainee at a subsidiary of the Eugenides group. (1\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos with the vice president of the Board of Directors of Sun Line, George Dracopoulos. (2\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos at his group\u2019s office in the 1970s. (3\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe cruise ship GOLDEN ODYSSEY, built in 1974 by Helsingors Vaerft A\/S, Denmark for Royal Cruise Line. (4\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tBrochure with the 1981-itineraries of the GOLDEN ODYSSEY. (5\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tDetails from a brochure about the cruise ship GOLDEN ODYSSEY. (6\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tDetails from a brochure about the cruise ship GOLDEN ODYSSEY. (7\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe passenger ship DORIC, built in 1964, owned by Home Line. Acquired by Royal Cruise Line in 1982 and renamed ROYAL ODYSSEY. (8\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe cruise ship ROYAL ODYSSEY in dry dock at Hellenic Shipyards S.A. (9\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe passenger ship ROYAL ODYSSEY during her conversion in Greece, before joining the Royal Cruise Line fleet in 1982. (10\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe cruise ship ROYAL ODYSSEY, built in 1964, acquired by Royal Cruise Line in 1982. (11\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"12_ROYAL_ODYSSEY_4\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/12_ROYAL_ODYSSEY_4.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe cruise ship ROYAL ODYSSEY, owned by Royal Cruise Line. (12\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"13_ROYAL_CRUISE_SHIPS\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/13_ROYAL_CRUISE_SHIPS.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tDetails from a Royal Cruise Line brochure, dated 1985. (13\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tMenu cover of a ROYAL ODYSSEY captain\u2019s gala dinner. (14\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA ROYAL ODYSSEY captain\u2019s gala dinner menu. (15\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA Royal Cruise Line menu cover depicting an item from the Benaki Museum\u2019s collections. (16\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tMenu cover of Royal Cruise Line ships, depicting item from collections of the Benaki Museum. (17\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA Royal Cruise Line menu cover depicting an item from the Benaki Museum\u2019s collections. (18\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe third cruise ship that joined the Royal Cruise Line fleet, the CROWN ODYSSEY, built in 1989, on her maiden arrival in New York. (19\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tA Royal Cruise Line menu cover depicting an item from the Benaki Museum\u2019s collections. (20\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos in New York. (21\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tCeremony on the occasion of the first arrival of the CROWN ODYSSEY in Piraeus, attended by the then Minister of Greek Merchant Marine Antonios Ntentidakis. (22\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Magna Marine building in Athens, which later housed the Panagopulos group\u2019s offices. (23\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tFrom the ceremony held at the first arrival of the CROWN ODYSSEY in Piraeus. (24\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe first Board of Directors of Attica Enterprises. Pictured from left, Alexander Panagopulos, George Vernicos, Pericles Panagopulos, Nicolas Vernicos and Charalambos Paschalis. (25\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tCertificate of twenty-five Attica Enterprises shares, 1992. (26\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tAn Attica Enterprises press release from 1993 announcing the construction of the first two SUPERFAST vessels. (27\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos and his son Alexander presenting the SUPERFAST project in the Piraeus Yacht Club in 1994. (28\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tFrom the naming ceremony of the SUPERFAST I and the SUPERFAST II. Pericles Panagopulos and his son Alexander with the ships\u2019 sponsors, Olympic gold metal winners, Voula Patoulidou and Heike Drechsler and a representative of the Schichau Seebeckwerft shipyard in Kiel, Germany. (29\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe SUPERFAST I, delivered in April 1995, was placed on the Greece-Italy line until February 2004, when she was acquired by the Italian group Atlantic Navigazione. (30\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos with the then Minister of Greek Merchant Marine Stavros Soumakis during the naming ceremony of the SUPERFAST III and the SUPERFAST IV in Turku, Finland in 1998. (31\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPericles Panagopulos and his children Alexander and Irene during the naming ceremony of the SUPERFAST III and the SUPERFAST IV in Turku, Finland in 1998. (32\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"33_SUPERFAST_III\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/33_SUPERFAST_III.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe SUPERFAST III in Piraeus following her maiden arrival. She later performed the Piraeus-Heraklion trip in a record time of 5 hours and 50 minutes. However, despite Pericles Panagopulos\u2019 intention to employ SUPERFAST ships in the Greek coastal service, especially in the Piraeus-Crete line, such approval was not granted. As a result, SUPERFAST vessels were employed in non-coastal routes. (33\/53)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>