No.1636 Birka Paradise launched in 2004

34,728GT Birka Line by Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9273727

Birka Stockholm 2013 Birka Line

Birka Gotland 2024 Gotlandsbolaget.

Rederi AB Gotland announced that they bought the Birka Stockholm. August 2023, Viking Line announced that a deal had been made to acquire 50% of the ship for 19 million Euro with the intention to form a company with shared ownership with Rederi AB Gotland

Image attribution: Trevor Thornton & Arild Vågen

Gena Anfimov

Christer Gustafsson

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No.1635 Smyril launched in 2004

12,320grt for Strandfaraskip Landsins from IZAR, San Fernando, Spain IMO: 9275218

A Faroe Island ferry

From Sigmund on Marine Traffic

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No.1633 Volcan de Tamasite launched in 2004

17,343grt for Naviera Armas from Astillero Barreras, Vigo IMO: 9281322

Image attribution: Gerolf Drebes & 3 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1632 New Camellia launched in 2004

19,961grt for Camellia Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki IMO: 9304497

3 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.770 Magdalena launched 1948

17,547grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Aground near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage 1949

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No.769 Paraguay Star launched in 1948

10,722grt for Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Fire, scrapped Hamburg 1969

Photos: Ken Smith bluestarline.org

and for the keen eyed, Himalaya and Orcades in the background

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No.768 Elisabethville launched in 1948

10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken

Fire, scrapped in Ghent 1968

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No.767 Angola launched in 1948

12,975grt for Cia Nacional from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle

Scrapped in Hualien 1974

A Portuguese liner to Africa

Image attribution: Uli Wessmann & Trevor Jones (from Rich Turnwald)

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No.1631 Nuraghes launched in 2004

39,798GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare IMO: 9293404

Moby Vinci 2023 Moby Line

GNV Sirio 2025 GNV

Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli & Just Ferries

GNV Sirio from Corrado Botti

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No.2047 Express 5 launched 26 Sep 2022

13859GT for Mols Line from Austal, Philippines

IMO 9913286

Image attribution: Austal; Rudi Larsen & Henrik Schmidt on Marine Traffic

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