Sitmar Cruise Lines. $ Casino Gaming Token.Slot. Luxury Ocean Liner. Ship. Boat.

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Sitmar Cruise Lines
Casino Slot Machine Gambling Coin Token
Official, company
$l.00
coin used in cruise lines' casino slot machines.
Front of coin show image of ship and Company name. Back of ship
shows passengers enjoying the ship's amenities.
Made of nickel silver alloy.
Measures 1 1/2" in diameter. No maker's mark. Shows minor blemishes.
Very Good
to
Excellent
condition.
FYI:
The Sitmar Line (Sitmar = Società Italiana Trasporti Marittimi)
was formed by Russian émigré Alexandre Vlasov. Sitmar ships all carried a "V" for Vlasov on their funnels.
Vlasov operated cargo ships under various flags (including Greek, Italian and British) before and during the war.
After the war, numerous American wartime ships were available for purchase,
and Vlasov bought the troopships
Wooster Victory
and
Vassar Victory
and chartered them
to the IRO (International Refugee Organization - run by the UN). The
Vassar Victory
was renamed
Castelbianco
,
Wooster Victory
initially operated under her original name, before becoming the
Castelverde
both becoming emigrant carriers
under the Italian flag. In 1952 the IRO charters were put into service as
emigrant carriers between Genoa and Central America. Before starting this service,
both ships were substantially rebuilt. When the charters came to an end Sitmar
withdrew the Central American service in 1957, and the two ships were sold to the Spanish Line.
Vlasov also bought two American C3 ships, and rebuilt one as the
1800 passenger
Fairsea
(1) and the other became the
Fairsky
(1) in 1957.
Both vessels were placed on long term charters by Australia to carry emigrants from Southampton,
this service helped the company flourish through the 1950's and 60's.  Also joining the Australian service
were the
Castel Felice
, originally the BI Line's
Kenya
, and
Fairstar
, previously the Bibby Line troopship
Oxfordshire
.
These four ships maintained this service until 1970, when the contract passed to
Chandris Lines.
An attempt to regain the Australian contract was made when Vlasov acquired the
Cunard sisters
Carinthia
and
Sylvania
(Fairland and Fairsea
(2) in 1968.
The inability to recoup these contracts forced Sitmar to change direction, towards becoming a major cruise line.
The company gained an excellent reputation in the American Cruise market
until 1989 when the line was sold to Princess Cruises (P&O).
For those of us who just have to know:
Sitmar
is the acronym for
S
ocieta
I
taliana
T
rasporti
Mar
ittimi.
Sitmar was formed by Russian-born, Alexandre
V
lasov, his ships all carried a "
V
" for Vlasov on their funnels.
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