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No.1282 Crown Jewel launched in 1991

19,154GT for Crown Cruise Line from Union Navale, Valencia IMO: 9000687 Superstar Gemini 1995 Star Cruises Vision Star 2009 Star Cruises Gemini 2009 Quail Cruises Celestyal Nefeli 2016 Celestyal Cruises Gemini 2017 Miray Cruises Image attribution: Janet Cook, Tony Davis and … Continue reading

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No.1283 Radisson Diamond launched in 1991

20,295GT for Diamond Cruise Line from Rauma Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9008407 Omar Star 2005 Treasure Ocean Asia Star 2005 Casino Ship China Star 2011 Casino Ship Saipan Star 2017 Driven ashore 21 Sep 2022 Image attribution: Neven Jerković Tony Davis image … Continue reading

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No.1284 Aurora af Helsingborg launched in 1991

10,918GT for Scandlines A/S from Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri, Tomrefjord IMO: 9007128 A short distance ferry Image attribution: Göran Olsson & Marc Pingoud

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No.1285 Club Med 2 launched in 1991

14,475GT for Club Med from Ateliers & Chantiers, Le Havre IMO: 9007491 Image: Tony Davis Image: Tony Davis & Joost Keesing

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No.1286 Barfleur launched in 1991

20,133GT for Brittany Ferries from Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9007130 Deal Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways Barfleur 2012 Brittany Ferries. Images from Kevin Hall and Helmut Seger

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No.1287 Sun Flower Nishiki launched in 1991

19,468GT for Kansai Kisen Kaisha from Kanasahi Co, Toyohashi IMO: 9042764 Superferry 21 2010 Aboitiz Transport St Leo the Great 2012 2Go Travel Arrived Chittagong for breaking 18 Jan 2022 Image attribution: Vincent Paul Sanchez & Capt Turboboss ST LEO THE … Continue reading

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No.1288 European Pathway launched in 1991

30,365GT for P & O European Ferries by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven IMO: 9007295 Pride of Canterbury 2003 P&O Ferries Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 16 January 2024 to be broken up My photo

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No.687 General C G Morton launched in 1944

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Green Wave 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22138.htm

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No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944

17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm

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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944

17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1999 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm

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