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No.264 Paris launched in 1916

Posted on May 17, 2023 by donships

34,569grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Fire Le Havre 1939 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color, Steve Walker Color

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No.2057 Varsovia floated out 18 Apr 2023

Posted on May 17, 2023 by donships

for Polska Żegluga Bałtycka SA, operator of Polferries and leased to Visemar by Visentini Images from Polferries

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No.828 Ferdinand de Lesseps launched in 1951

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,881grt for Messageries Maritimes from Chantiers de la Gironde Bordeaux Delphi 1969 CS Efthymiadis La Perla 1977 Perla Cruises La Palma 1980 Intercruise Ltd Scrapped Alang 2003 Image attribution: Gerard Fournier Image attribution: Dr. Allan Ryszka-Onions Image attribution: Ben Ayre

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No.830 Viet-Nam launched in 1951

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

13,162grt for Messageries Maritimes by Chantiers Naval de La Ciotat Pacifique 1967 Messageries Maritimes Princess Abeto 1970 Cia de Nav Abeto SA Malaysia Baru 1971 Fir Line Malaysia Kita 1972 Fir Line Fire 1976, scrapped Kaohsiung From Rich Turnwald

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No.829 Victoria launched in 1951

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,695grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, San Marco Anastasis 1978 Youth With a Mission Scrapped Alang 2007 Image attribution: Ian Joseph Photo in Aden Photo by Mike Cornwall

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No.261 Tyndareus launched in 1915

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,347grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Completed during WW1, she served as a troopship and was nearly sunk by a German mine but without loss of life. Between the wars she operated commercially in the … Continue reading →

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No.262 Duilio launched in 1916

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

24,281grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Bombed Trieste 1944 DUILIO and GIULIO CESARE chartered by International Red Cross, photographed in April 1942 in Gibraltar

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No.263 Aurania launched in 1916

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

13,936grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 67 in 1918 off the coast of Donegal. A trawler took the ship in tow but she became stranded near Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, … Continue reading →

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No.265 Lancashire launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,391grt in Bibby Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Barrow 1956 This British troopship brought my parents back from Singapore in 1952. Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & one with the Queen Mary Lancashire in Singapore 1952

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No.266 Mahana launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,796grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: ClydeMaritime

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