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No.1107 Viking Song launched in 1980

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14,623grt for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Braemar 1985 Fred Olsen Line Anna Karenina 1991 Baltic Line Regina Baltica 1996 Estline Currently with Balearia Image attribution: Gordon Dalzell Image attribution: DDGHansa Image attribution: Ulf Kornfeld Image attribution: … Continue reading →

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No.607 Robert Ley launched in 1938

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27,288grt for Hamburg-America Line by Howaldt Hamburg A ‘Strength Through Joy’ cruise ship Bombed Hamburg 1945, Scrapped Inverkeithing, Scotland 1947 (photo at Thomas Ward Shipbreaking Yard Inverkeithing, in 1947) Rich Turnwald image

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No.107 Amazon launched in 1906

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10,037 Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 52 off Malin Head 1918

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No.944 Sunward launched in 1966

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10,558 Kloster Sunward Ferries from Bergens Norway, Bergen 1966-1972: Norwegian Caribbean Line Ile de Beauté 1973 CGT Grand Flotel 1977 Eastern Gulf Saudi Moon I 1978 Amar Saudi Arabian 1984 Sabar Ocean Spirit 1988 Ocean Spirit Scandinavian Song 1990 SeaEscape … Continue reading →

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No.1944 Spirit of Discovery floated out 11 May 2019

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58,250GT for Saga Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9802683 Image attribution: Christian Eckardt, Kim Viktor & Peter Ferrary

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No.1606 Yamato launched in 2002

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13,353 Hankyu Ferry by Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Stena Nova 2020 Stena Line A/B 2Go Maligaya 2021 2Go IMO: 9263150 Image attribution: Yuichi Morita

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No.1106 Prins Joachim launched in 1980

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10,607grt for Government of the Kingdom of Denmark by A/S Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Prince 2016 Government of Denmark Morocco Star 2016 Africa Morocco Link Manfred Sesemann, Frank Tribull & Steve Johnston on Marine Traffic

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No.606 San Jorge launched in 1938

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10,006grt for Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Yes it was an Argentinian tanker and carried 60 passengers, 32 in 1st class Scrapped in Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1981 http://www.histarmar.com.ar/…/Tanques/SanJorge-2.htm Image attribution: Histarmar Archive San Jorge from Gonzalo … Continue reading →

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No.106 Empress of Ireland launched in 1906

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14,191grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Rammed, sank St Lawrence 1914 with tremendous loss of life Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color

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No.945 Ambrose Shea launched in 1966

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10,093grt for CN Marine Inc from Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel Ambrose 1989 Rederi A/B Sea-Link Queen Vergina 1991 Strintzis (Vergina Ferries in the photo) IMO: 6611057 Laid up in Eleusis, Greece in 1997. And scrapped under the shortened name “Erg” … Continue reading →

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