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No.1994 Discovery Princess floated out 18 Mar 2021

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145,000GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9837468 Image attribution: Timothy Kalweit, TowBoatUS Ventura, Jackie Pritchard & Franco Sasson on Marine Traffic

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No.1524 Norwegian Sun launched in 2000

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78,309GT for Norwegian Cruise Line by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven Image by Tony Davis Image by Joost Keesing Norwegian Sun and Norwegian Sky in port at Curacao Norwegian Sun at Funchal by Sergio Ferrera

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No.1523 Pride of Rotterdam launched in 2000

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59,925GT for P&O North Sea Ferries by Fincantieri, Marghera Image copyright: Marco Schoone Edward Lee photo Photo by Paul Bennett

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No.1024 Aurella launched in 1973

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11,481 SF Line by JJ Sietas, Hamburg Saint Patrick II 1982 Irish Continental Egnatia II 1998 Hellenic Mediterranean Ville de Sete 2000 Balear Express City of Cork 2001 Swansea Cork Ferries CTMA Vacancier 2002 Group CTMA IMO: 7310260 Ancier 2023 arrived … Continue reading →

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No.524 Dempo launched in 1930

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16,979grt for Rotterdam Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen Torpedoed by U 371 off Algeria 1944 (Painting by C C de Vries) Dempo wartime

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No.1023 Takachiho Maru launched in 1973

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15,074 Nippon Car Ferry by Nippon Kokan, Shizouka Ho Maru 1999 Access Ferries Millenium Express 1999 Access Ferries European Express 2007 Comanav IMO: 7355272 photo Dr Pinczes Sandor

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No.1033 Sapporo Maru launched in 1974

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11,097 Nippon Enkai Car Ferry by Hayashikane, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Sapporo 1991 Blue Highway Line Ionian Victory 1998 Strintzis Blue Sky 2000 Blue Star Ferries Ionian Sky 2004 Agoudimos Lines Scrapped Aliaga 2020 Dimitri Mentakis Ionian Sky in Corfu Albanian … Continue reading →

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No.23 Ultonia launched 1898

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10,402 Cunard Line C.S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle. Torpedoed by U 53 off Fastnet 1917

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No.1022 Ferry Hakozaki launched 1973

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11,638grt for Meimon Car Ferry by Onomichi Zosen, Onomichi Ferry Cosmo 1992 Onomichi Zosen Aboitiz Superferry V 1994 Aboitiz Superferry 5 1996 Cebu City St Joan of Arc 2012 2 Go Travel Joan 2016 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2016 IMO  7314371 … Continue reading →

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No.522 Colombia launched 1930

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10,782 Royal Netherlands Steamship Co by P. Smit Jr, Rotterdam Torpedoed by U 516 off Simonstown 1942 Colombia, Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM), from Willem van de Poll, color by Frank Hellsten Cenaprints Fotomaritime

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