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No.422 Rawalpindi launched in 1925

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16,619grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi Sunk North Atlantic 1939 in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Captain Edward Kennedy RN, killed in action with 237 others, was the … Continue reading →

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No.424 Conte Biancamano launched in 1925

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24,416grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow USS Hermitage 1942 US Navy Conte Biancamano 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Biancamano Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Don Gammon USS Hermitage Image attribution: Don Gammon

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No.423 Caledonia launched in 1925

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17,046grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow HMS Scotstoun 1939 Royal Navy Torpedoed by U25 off Inishtrahull 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color HMS Scotstoun

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No.425 Rajputana launched in 1925

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16,568grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Torpedoed by U 108 off Ireland in 1941 Image attribution: Norman Stewart

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No.426 Otranto launched in 1925

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20,032grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from Vickers, Barrow Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.428 Asturias launched in 1925

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22,071grt for Royal Mail Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Originally with two funnels Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: John Wilson, State Library of Queensland & Allan Green Collection

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No.429 Bernardin de Saint Pierre launched in 1925

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10,268grt for Messageries Maritimes from Tecklenborg, Wesermunde Teibi Maru 1942 Japanese Navy Torpedoed by US submarine Bonefish off Annam in 1943

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No.430 Athos II launched in 1925

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15,275grt for Messageries Maritimes by AG ’Weser’, Bremen Scrapped in La Spezia 1959 Image attribution: Artist is Rene Mambrini Théophile Gautier on the left, and one of the Athos II, D’artagnan pair moored aft. Both MM, Gautier being a Mediterranean … Continue reading →

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No.1910 Orange Ehime, launched 18 Apr 2018

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14,749GT for Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry Co by Imabari Shipyard, Japan IMO: 9820946 Image attribution: Kenro Oshita & Vessels Lover on Marine Traffic

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No.1403 VEENDAM launched in 1996

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55,451GT for Holland-America Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Aegean Majesty 2020 Greek owners (Seajets) Laid up near Patras in Greece Image attribution: Tony Davis, Neven Jerkovic & Aris Bilalis AEGEAN MYTH and AEGEAN MAJESTY by Aris Bilalis

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