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No.999 Narcis launched in 1972

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11,563grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Santierul Naval, Galatz Alkyon 1985 Dolphin Hellas Aegean Dolphin 1986 Dolphin Hellas Dolphin 1989 Dolphin Hellas Aegean I 1996 Renaissance Cruises Aegean Odyssey 2010 Renaissance Cruises IMO: 7225910 Image attribution: Henry Casciaro, Jason … Continue reading →

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No.1544 Summit launched in 2001

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90,280GT for Celebrity Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Celebrity Summit 2008 Celebrity Cruises Image copyright: Richard MacGregory & Neven Jerkovic Image from Neven Jerkovic

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No.1044 Tor Britannia launched in 1974

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15,657grt for Tor Line A/B by Flender Werft, Lubeck Scandinavian Star 1981 Scandinavian Seaways Prince of Scandinavia 1990 Scandinavian Seaways Moby Drea 2003 Moby Lines IMO: 7361312 Image by Peter Ferrary

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No.544 Colombie launched 1931

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13,803grt for CGT French Line by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk Aleda E. Lutz 1945 US Army Colombie 1946 CGT French Line Atlantic 1964 Typaldos Atlantica 1964 Typaldos Scrapped in Barcelona 1974 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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No.44 Minneapolis launched in 1899

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13,401grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U35 Malta in 1916

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No.1498 Carnival Victory launched 1999

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101,509GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Carnival Radiance 2021 Carnival Cruise Line IMO: 9172648 Image attribution: Richard MacGregory & Peter Knego

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No.1543 New Rainbow Love launched in 2001

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11,401GT for Kyuetsu Ferry Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Daisetsu 2007 Shosen Mitsui Ferry IMO: 9236705 Image copyright: Yosshii on Marine Traffic Hiroyuki Yoshimoto Shigeru Nishiyama

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No.1043 Viking Valiant launched 1974

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14,760grt for Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd by Aalborg Vaerft, Aalborg Pride of Le Havre 1989 P&O Pride of Cherbourg 1994 P&O Pride of Al Salam 1 2002 El Salam Al Salam 1 2002 Nador 2004 Comanav Mogador 2005 Comanav BU … Continue reading →

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No.497 Tatsuta Maru launched in 1929

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16,975grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Tatuta Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Tarpon off Japan 1943 Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura Tatsuta Maru, marked with symbols of safe passage while working as a repatriation ship … Continue reading →

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No.43 Saxonia launched in 1899

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14,281grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Netherlands 1925 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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