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No.416 Alaunia launched 7 Feb 1925

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14,030grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank HMS Alaunia 1939 Scrapped in Blyth 1957 14 years a liner 18 years RN-AMC, transport and repair ship HMS Alaunia – IWM

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No.417 Mariette Pacha launched in 1925

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12,239grt for Messageries Maritimes by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Sunk at Marseille 1944 Images: Marc Coetmellec & P Ramona on Messageries Maritimes’ site

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No.418 Carinthia launched in 1925

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20,277grt for Cunard Line from Vickers, Barrow Torpedoed by U 46 off Ireland in 1940 From left to right Carinthia, Kungsholm, Strathnaver and Kościuszko 1935 in Stockholm

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No.419 Transylvania launched in 1925

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16,923grt for Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 56 off Malin Head 1940 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr & John Henry Rigaud Curacao

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No.420 Indrapoera launched in 1925

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10,772grt for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Assuncion 1956 Providencia Bianca C 1957 Costa fu Andrea Melanesien 1958 Messageries Maritimes Scrapped in Italy 1963 Koninkliijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd motor ship Indrapoera Melanesien image attribution: Phillippe Casanova In the period 1957-1963 … Continue reading →

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No.611 Durban Castle launched in 1938

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17,388grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hamburg 1962 Image attribution: Andreas Hoppe & Ian Joseph Image from Yoshiaki Nishimura Image from Chris Howell

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No.612 Zaandam launched in 1938

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10,909grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Sister of the Noordam Torpedoed by U 174 in the Atlantic 1942. 3 survivors were found after 82 days at sea. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaandam_%28schip,_1939%29

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No.613 Dominion Monarch launched in 1938

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27,155grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Swan, Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Dominion Monarch Maru 1962 Breakers Scrapped in Osaka 1962 Image attribution: Skyfoto’s Fotoflite She is the ship in the opening sequence of ‘Call the Midwife Dominion Monarch … Continue reading →

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No.615 Tjitjalengka launched in 1938

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10,972grt for Java-China-Java Line by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Scrapped in Hong Kong 1968 Served as a hospital ship in WW2 in the Far East When I was providing individual ship histories a woman wrote to me from Brazil – … Continue reading →

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No.616 Sobieski launched in 1938

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11,030grt for Gdynia-America Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Gruzia 1950 USSR Scrapped in La Spezia 1975 Gruzia, photo from Peter Ferrary

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