6-fold 4-page fares and information brochure from 1961 for the Far East Service passenger cargo liner voyages from Europe to Asia aboard North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American Line's six 9,000 ton passenger cargo ships: ms Schwabenstein (NGL), ms Hamburg (HAL), ms Hessenstein (NGL), ms Frankfurt (HAL), ms Bayernstein (NGL), and ms Hannover (HAL).

The voyages began in Germany with stops in Netherlands, the UK, Italy, before transiting the Suez Canal, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.  Asian ports of call included Penang, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Japanese ports, and Colombo.

The brochure was printed in West Germany in July 1961.

The brochure has passenger room rate fares and information for travel aboard the six passenger cargo vessels which accommodated 86 passengers in outside first class rooms

• Southampton and Colombo, Singapore Straits, Miri, Manila, Hong Kong, Yokohama and Kobe
• Europe and Aden / Dijibouti
• Aden / Dijibouti and Japan

The brochure also has room rates for the smaller cargo vessels which carried 12 passengers or less, and it has a page of general information for passengers, and a list of ticket agencies.

Condition: The brochure is in excellent condition with a small crease on the bottom right corner of page 3 (see photos).

Ship History: The 538 ft long 9,000 to Passenger-Cargo Liners were built in 1953-54 and had accommodations for 86 passengers. 

The six ships were sold by NGL and HAL in 1967 to United Overseas Export Lines in Monrovia for Asia service and they were renamed Oriental Ruler (Schwabenstein), Oriental Musician (Hessenstein), Oriental Lady (Bayernstein), Oriental Warrior (Hamburg), Oriental Hero (Frankfurt), and Oriental Inventor (Hannover). 

The Oriental Warrior (Hamburg) caught fire after an engine room explosion and sank in 1972.  The other 5 ships were scrapped in 1979.