Saxonia was extensively refitted for this purpose in the winter of 1962-63 and painted green, like other Cunarders used for cruising. It was during this refitting that she was renamed Carmania.
From 1963 to 1967, Carmania plied a Rotterdam-Southampton-Canada route and sailed on winter cruises in the Caribbean and on the Mediterranean.
Laid up in 1971 due to a staffing dispute between Cunard and the National Union of Seamen, Carmania was sold to Sovtorflot in 1973 and renamed Leonid Sobinov.
Sources: Haws' Merchant Fleets; Bonsor's North Atlantic Seaway.