No.196 Infanta Isabel de Borbon launched in 1912

10,348grt for Cia Trasatlantica from Denny, Dumbarton

Uruguay 1931 Cia Trasatlantica

Bombed 1939, later scrapped in Spain

Barcelona Maritime Museum

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No.195 Reina Victoria Eugenia launched in 1912

10,137grt for Cia Trasatlantica by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Argentina 1931 Cia Trasatlantica

Bombed Barcelona 1939, sunk & raised then scrapped in 1945

Image attribution: http://tynebuiltships.co.uk

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No.194 Niagara launched in 1912

13,415grt for Union Steamship Co of New Zealand from John Brown, Clydebank

Mined New Zealand 1940

Frederick Wilkinson’s photograph of the Niagara departing Sydney for Vancouver on Thursday 28 August 1924

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No.193 Hawkes Bay launched in 1912

10,641grt Tyser Line by Workman Clark, Belfast

Port Napier 1916 Commonwealth & Dominion

Martand 1936 T & J Brocklebank

Martano 1938 A Zanchi

Mar Bianco 1938 A Zanchi

Bombed Yugoslavia 1943

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No.1630 Hamanasu launched in 2004

16,810GT for Shin Nihonkai by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki IMO: 9288605

Three named photos from Marine Traffic

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No.1629 Pride of America launched in 2004

80,439GT for Norwegian Cruise Line from Ingalls, Pascagoula & completed by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven IMO: 9209221

QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 PRIDE OF AMERICA AURORA & NORWAY at Bremerhaven

Pride of America Marty Kullen Photo

Image from Richard MacGregory

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No.1628 Golfo Aranci launched in 2003

26,302GT Lloyd Sardegna by Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9287584

Florencia 2007 Grimaldi Ferries

Image attribution: Evangelos Patsis, Antonio Nuccio & Ray Ordano from Maine Traffic

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No.1627 Crystal Serenity launched in 2003

68,870 Crystal Cruise Line by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9243667

Crystal Serenity 2022 Crystal Cruises

Image attribution: Tony Davis, Joost Keesing & Wayne A’Court

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No.1626 Costa Magica launched in 2003

102,587GT for Costa Crociere from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9239795

Mykonos Magic 2023 Seajets

Goddess of the Night 2025 Neonyx Cruises

Currently being refitted

Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Luiz Fernando Hornstein & Tony Davis

Artists impression of the Goddess of the Night

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No.1625 Tassili II launched in 2003

19,955GT for Algerie Ferries by IZAR, Seville IMO: 9265419

Image attribution: Wil Weijsters

Norbert Bourhis

K Apostolos

Fernando R

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