No.867 Uige launched in 1954

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10,001grt for Comphania Colonial de Navegacao by Cockerill, Hoboken

Scrapped Lisbon 1980

Image attribution: Luis Miguel Correia

Uíge, formerly Carmona, is a provincial capital city in northwestern Angola – pronounced Weej

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No.866 Iberia launched in 1954

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29,614grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

Photo: Ben Ayre

From Beken of Cowes

In Singapore 1962 with Pulau Blakang Mati, now Sentosa, behind

David Meare photo

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No.863 Clement Ader launched in 1953

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11,349grt for Chargeurs Réunis by Ataliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire

Alessandro Volta 1957 ‘Italia’ SAN

Scrapped in La Spezia 1979

From Bridgeman

Jun 06, 1953 – New Liner On Far Eastern Service The” Clement-Ader”, the new 12,000 ton Chargeurs Reunis liner which will be put on the far Eastern service Photo © Keystone/Zuma.
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No.862 City of Durban launched in 1953

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13,343grt for Ellerman Lines from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle

Mediterranean Dolphin 1971 MA Karageorgis

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974

Mediterranean Dolphin 1971 MA Karageorgis
Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974, far left of the photo
Image from: http://global-mariner.com/index114WhenShipsDie.html

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No.772 Claude Bernard launched in 1948

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12,021grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire IMO 5166574

J. G. Fichte 1962 VEB Deutsche Seereederei

Sunrise IV 1979 Estrella Christal

Pegancia 1980 Estrella Christal

Scrapped in Karachi 1981

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No.771 Peleus launched in 1948

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10,096 Blue Funnel Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead IMO 5273298

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

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No.175 Kaiser Franz Josef I launched in 1911

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12,567grt for Unione Austriaca from Cant Nav Triestino, Monfalcone

General Diaz 1919 Cosulich Soc Triestina

Presidente Wilson 1920 Cosulich Soc Triestina

Gange 1929 Lloyd Triestino

Marco Polo 1936 Adriatica SAN

Sunk as a block-ship 1944, scrapped La Spezia

An Austrian passenger ship.

Presidente Wilson 1920 Cosulich Soc Triestina

Marco Polo 1936 Adriatica SAN

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No.174 Orama launched in 1911

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12,927grt for Orient Steam Nav Co by John Brown, Clydebank

Torpedoed by U 62 off Ireland in 1917

Image attribution: State Library of Queensland

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No.173 Vandyck launched in 1911

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10,328grt for Lamport & Holt from Workman Clark, Belfast

Scuttled South Atlantic 1914

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vandyck_(1911)

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No.172 Shinyo Maru launched in 1911

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13,348grt for Toyo Kisen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Scrapped in Japan 1936

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