the from Societe Generale de Transports Maritimes. During the northern hemisphere summer seasons of 1961 and 1962 the ship was chartered to Caribbean Cruise Line for cruises out of New York City, spending the rest of the year in liner service between the United Kingdom and Australia. In April 1962 the Bretagne was renamed , but she was destroyed by a fire while in drydock in April 1963. The Brittanys UK-Australia version was marketed as Europe-Australia Line. In September 1963 Chandris Line acquired the Matson Line ship as a replacement for the Brittany. Renamed , the ship entered service with Chandris Line on the United Kingdom—Mediterranean—Australia -route in December 1963. A second United States -built liner joined the Chandris Line fleet in November 1964 when was purchased from the United States Lines. Following rebuilding she entered service with Chandris Line in August 1965 as , joining Ellinis on the UK-Australia service. The Australis particularly proved to be an extremely popular ship on the run from United Kingdom to Australia, usually operating at full capacity. Chandris Line expanded further in 1965 when they acquired National Hellenic American Line and their sole ship, , from Home Lines. Although the Queen Frederica was a relatively old ship, Anthony Chandris considered her to be well suited for the North American cruise market. During the summer months she was used for cruising out of New York, while during the winters she was used in Piraeus—New York and Piraeus—Australia liner services. For some time the Queen Frederica was marketed as a Chandris Lines/National Hellenic American Line ship. The Queen Fredericas cruise service from New York proved short, as new legislation came in effect in the US at the end of 1967, aimed at improving safety standards on cruise ships. Bringing the Queen Frederica in-line with the new requirements would have been extremely costly, and as a result she was withdrawn from the North American cruise service in September 1967. As a replacement Chandris Line acquired the former Union-Castle liner , which was renamed and entered cruise service for Chandris Line in August 1968. In 1970 Matson Line offered another of their ships—the second 1932-built Lurline, originally named Monterey and a sister ship to the Ellinis—for sale in 1970, Chandris Line were quick to purchase the ship. Given a large-scale refit in which particular attention was given to dual usage of the ship in both liner and