No.784 Rangitane launched in 1949

21,867grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. from John Brown, Clydebank

Jan 1968 Astroguardo

Oriental Esmeralda 1968 CY Tung Group

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976

Image attribution: Chris Howell

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No.782 Jason launched in 1949

10,160grt for Blue Funnel Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

Photo from Chris Howell

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No.781 Rio Jachal launched in 1949

11,342grt for Flota Mercante del Estado from Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente

Fire, scrapped Buenos Aires 1970

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No.140 Osterley launched in 1909

12,129grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by London & Glasgow Ship Building, Govan

Scrapped in Glasgow 1930

Allen C. Green
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No.139 Vasari launched in 1908

10,117grt for Lamport & Holt by Raylton Dixon, Middlesbrough

Arctic Queen 1928 Hellyer Brothers

Pishchevaya Industriya 1935 Soviet Union

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979, aged 71

Pishchevaya Industriya photo by Sergey Konstantinov

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No.138 Megantic launched in 1908

14,878grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Osaka 1933

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc & Steve Walker Color

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No.137 Otway launched in 1908

12,077grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Fairfield, Glasgow

Torpedoed by UC 49 off the Hebrides 1917

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No.136 Minnewaska launched in 1908

14,317grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Mined Suda Bay 1916

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No.762 Gothic launched in 1947

15,902grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969

Three photos of her as the Royal Yacht in 1954

Gothic, after the devastating bridge fire

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No.134 Laurentic launched in 1908

14,892grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Mined Malin Head 1917 with significant loss of life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Laurentic_(1908)

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