No.1656 Dueodde launched in 2005

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13,906GT from Bornholmstrafikken Bodewes, Harlingen

124.9m x 23.4m 18.5kts 292 passengers

Straitsman 2010 Strait Shipping

Condor Islander 2023 Condor Ferries

Islander 2025 Brittany Ferries IMO: 9323704

Islander from Mark Towells

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No.1655 Lagan Viking launched 2005

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27,510GT Levantina Trasporti from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9329849

Lagan Seaways 2010 DFDS Seaways

Stena Lagan 2011 Stena Line A/B

Stena Scandica 2021 Stena Line A/B

Stretched, now 35456 GT

Image attribution: Gordon Hislip & Colin Booth

Stena Scandica redelivered having been stretched

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No.1654 Hammerodde launched in 2005

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13,906GT Bornholmstrafikken from Merwede, Hardinxveld IMO: 9323699

Stena Vinga 2018 Stena Line A/B

Image attribution: Mark Pingoud. O Klm & Donald McKay

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No. 1653 Hu Lu Dao launched in 2005

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16,234GT for China Shipping by Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai

Image attribution: Tony Hogwood

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No.159 Anchises launched in 1911

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10,046grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast

Bombed off Ireland 1941

On 27th February 1941 she was damaged and lost power following an air attack by a Focke-Wolf FW200 Condor off Bloody Foreland, Ireland. A total of 134 passengers and crew abandoned ship in six life boats whilst 33 crew members remained on board to try to sail her to Liverpool. Whilst waiting for a salvage tug she was attacked again on 28th February and sank with the loss of 12 lives. The remaining survivors were rescued by HMS Kingcup and HMCS Assiniboine. She was only 70 miles short of the Mersey Estuary. (Thanks to Gordy Ross for the additional information)

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No.158 Argyllshire launched in 1911

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10,392 Scottish Shire Line Ltd by John Brown, Clydebank

Clan Urquhart 1933 Clan Line (photo)

Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1936

Allen C. Green
Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the ‘Argyllshire’ (1911), a frozen meat carrier. Constructed in the builder’s style, the model is decked, fully equipped and rigged, with the hull inscribed with ‘Argyllshire’ on port and starboard bows and ‘Argyllshire Glasgow’ on the stern. Built by John Brown & Co. Ltd., Clydebank, it measured 526 feet in length by 61 feet in the beam and a tonnage of 10,392, making it the largest cargo ship constructed before the outbreak on World War I. It was powered by an eight-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine of 1264 initial horsepower producing a service speed of 14 knots. Owned by the Scottish Shire Line and employed in the frozen meat trade, the ‘Argyllshire’ was hit by a German torpedo in 1917 but managed to stay afloat eventually making it back to port. After a succession of different owners, she was eventually sold for scrap in 1936.
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No.157 Themistocles launched in 1910

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11,231grt for Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Dalmuir 1947

Image attribution: Clydemaritime

Leaving Sydney with troops in 1915

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No.156 Ascanius launched in 1910

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10,048grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

San Giovannino 1949 Cia de Nav Florencia

Scrapped in La Spezia 1953

Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & John Oxley Library

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No.155 Olympic launched in 1910

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for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, 46,439 tons

Scrapped Jarrow then Inverkeithing 1937

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Daryl LeBlanc

Southampton

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No.154 Rotorua launched in 1910

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11,130grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from Denny, Dumbarton

Torpedoed by UC 17 off Devon in 1917

Image attribution: State Library Of Queensland & New Zealand

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