COSMOS (ΚΟΣΜΟΣ)
-Evermore Cruises
ex-AEGEAN GLORY (ΕΤΖΙΑΝ ΓΚΛΟΡΥ) for Pleasure Cruises (1992-1995;1998-2006;2011-2016)
Built in 1972 (age 52). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: None (under refit in Floisbos)
The legendary passenger ship COSMOS was built in 1972 in Greece as the MYKINAI for the Greek company Anastasiadis, operating as a passenger ship on the Piraeus-Aegina-Methana-Poros-Hydra-Ermioni-Spetses-Porto Cheli-Leonidion line on the Saronic Gulf. Her service was tremendously successful, and she was the fastest and most comfortable ship on the Saronic Gulf for four years, before the arrival of the first hydrofoils. She was laid-up in 1983, and she was sold to the Tsafos family in 1984, being converted to a one-day cruise ship in Perama, for a return to service on the Saronic Gulf under the name AEGEAN GLORY. She was deployed on the Piraeus-Poros-Hydra-Aegina line, and her one-day cruise service was tremendously successful. Her company was rebranded as Pleasure Cruises in 1992. She also operated under the livery of the former Greek cruise giants Epirotiki Line from 1995 to 1998, although she remained on her regular Saronic Gulf one-day cruises. She returned to Pleasure Cruises in 1998 and she continued her usual one-day cruises. In 2006 she was chartered by Hydraïki Cruises (now also known as Athens One Day Cruises since 2012), continuing to serve the Saronic Gulf. She returned to her owners in 2010, and in 2011 she was chartered for a month by the Greek company Sea Dreams for service on the Rhodes-Symi line on the Dodecanse. In 2012 she returned to her daily cruises on the Piraeus-Poros-Hydra-Aegina line, competing against her former charterers Hydraïki Cruises and their ship, the PLATYTERA TON OURANON, and also with the of KASSANDRA DELFINOUS of Olympic Cruises when the latter entered service in 2013. In 2015 she was put on sale and did not operate at all. She was sold in 2016 to her former competitors Olympic Cruises (which then renamed themselves Evermore Cruises), and she returned to service on the Saronic Gulf as the COSMOS in 2017, after being fully refitted for an entire year in Perama. She was deployed on the Floisbos-Hydra-Poros-Aegina line.
PHOTOS (2014, 2017, 2019, 2022):
The legendary one-day cruise ship AEGEAN GLORY in Aegina, during her final season with Pleasure Cruises (7/2014).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos, in her first summer operating for her new owners (7/2017).
The COSMOS resting in Floisbos, having completed her daily cruises to Hydra, Poros and Aegina (7/2017).
The COSMOS resting in Floisbos, having completed her daily cruises to Hydra, Poros and Aegina (7/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos during the evening (7/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos, having finished her summer season (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos, having finished her summer season (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos, having finished her summer season (9/2017).
The legendary COSMOS taking a well-deserved break in Floisbos (9/2017).
The COSMOS resting in Floisbos, after (yet another) successful summer with Evermore Cruises (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos during the evening (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos during the evening (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen in Floisbos during the evening (9/2017).
The COSMOS seen resting in Aegina. Picture taken by my sister, to whom I am extremely grateful (8/2019).
Crossing the COSMOS on the Saronic Gulf during the evening, as she sails back to Floibsos (8/2022).
Crossing the COSMOS on the Saronic Gulf during the evening, as she sails back to Floibsos (8/2022).
Crossing the COSMOS on the Saronic Gulf during the evening, as she sails back to Floibsos (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen on the Saronic Gulf, as she heads back to Floisbos following the completion of her daily cruise to Hydra, Poros and Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen on the Saronic Gulf, as she heads back to Floisbos following the completion of her daily cruise to Hydra, Poros and Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen once more on the Saronic Gulf, while she heads back to Floisbos (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen resting in the port of Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen resting in the port of Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen resting in the port of Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen as she is docked in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen as she is docked in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen as she is docked in Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS in the port of Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS in the port of Aegina (8/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Hydra (9/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Hydra (9/2022).
The COSMOS seen in Hydra (9/2022).