SUN CRUISE Playing Cards (Blue)

Look what my Mum found in the storeroom... Nice condition Sun Cruise playing cards made by Carta Mundi and in Belgium. This is Sun Cruise's playing card, which was used on board the ship, for their casino.

A little history on Sun Cruise. They were bought over by a giant cruise company known as Star Cruises. Star Cruises is the Leading Cruise Line In Asia Pacific.

Tragic Sinking of Sun Cruise
"More than 1,100 passengers aboard a luxury cruise liner Sun Vista, owned by Singapore-based Sun Cruises Ltd scrambled overboard as the ship caught fire and sank off the western coast of Malaysia early Friday 21st May 1999. The incident occurred in international waters.A spokesman for the marine police in Penang said the switchboard in the liner's engine room caught fire on Thursday afternoon. Evidently there was a power failure and a fire in the engine room. An investigation is under way as to why the ship sunk."

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