Launched in 1956, Sylvania made her maiden voyage on 5 June 1957, from Greenock to Montreal. She  then maintained a weekly service to Canada from Liverpool until 1961. Sylvania then moved to the Liverpool-New York service. She later earned the distinction of making Cunard Line's final regularly scheduled sailings both on that service (24 November 1966) and on the Southampton-Canada service (20 October 1967), as well as the final Cunard passenger sailing from Liverpool to North America (Halifax and New York) on 30 November 1967. (This voyage was also Sylvania's last Atlantic crossing for Cunard.) Sylvania was then used only for cruising until Cunard sold her to Sitmar in 1968 and she was renamed Fairwind. Since then she has sailed for several different owners. Currently,  under the name Albatros, she sails for Phoenix Seereisen.