No.171 Waimana launched in 1911

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10,389grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast

Herminius 1926 Aberdeen Line

Waimana 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Empire Waimana 1941 Ministry of War Transport

Waimana 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Scrapped Milford Haven 1952

Empire Waimana 1941 Ministry of War Transport

Waimana at the Cross Wharf, Dunedin, 1922.
Otago Harbour Board collection

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No.2046 Finnsirius launched 30 Aug 2022

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65,692GT for Finnlines from China Merchants’ Weihai Shipyard (Formerly known as AVIC Weihai)

IMO: 9902419

Image attribution: Ropax & Finnlines

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No.774 Pyrrhus launched in 1948

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10,093grt for Blue Funnel Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

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No.775 Presidente Peron launched in 1948

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12,459grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow

Argentina 1955 Flota Argentina de Nav

Scrapped in Campana 1973

Image attribution: Keith Wood

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No.1620 Westerdam launched in 2003

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81,811grt for Holland-America Line by Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9226891

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, David Gilbert & Peter Ferrary

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No.861 ARCADIA launched in 1953

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29,734 P & O Line from John Brown, Clydebank

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979

Image attribution: My photo

Beken of Cowes

Peter J Fitzpatrick

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No.859 Cristoforo Colombo launched in 1953

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29,191grts for ‘Italia’ SAN from Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1983

Michael Neidig photo

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No.1619 Caribbean Princess launched in 2003

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112,894GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9215490

Image attribution: Rob de Visser & James Dodds

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No.1618 Serenade of the Seas launched in 2003

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90,090GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg IMO: 9228344

Image attribution: Richard MacGregory

Eirik Kvale Stensland

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No.1617 Eurostar Salerno launched in 2003

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25,995grt for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione by Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9261554

Catania 2009 TTT Lines

Image attribution: Anton Haas, Tony Hogwood and Daniel Klein

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