No.403 Statendam launched in 1924

29,511grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Bombed Rotterdam 1940

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Percy Loomis Sperr

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No.1110 Viking Sally launched in 1980

15,566 Rederi A/B Sally by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg

Silja Star 1990 Silja Line

Wasa King 1991 Wasa Line

Estonia 1993 Estline IMO:7921033

Sank in Baltic Sea with tremendous loss of life 1994

Image attribution: Gordon Dalzell, Pieter Inpijn and Simonwp (Shipspotting)

Christer Gustafsson‎ Estonia

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No.1109 St Christopher launched in 1980

12,711GT for Sealink UK Ltd by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Stena Antrim 1991 Sealink Stena Line

Ibn Batouta 1998 Comanav

European Star 2019 Starlines

IMO: 7813949

Image attribution: Juan G Mata

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No.1108 Staffetta Ionica launched in 1980

11,324 Tirrenia di Navigazione by Italcantieri SpA, Genoa

Arborea 1987 Tirrenia di Navigazione

Scrapped Alang 2005 IMO:7602003

Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli

Image from Brian Fisher

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No.1941 Costa Smeralda floated out 15 Mar 2019

183,200GT for Costa Cruises from Meyer Werft, Turku

IMO: 9781889

Image attribution: Nicolai Jepson, Mladen Krce & Nino Ciulla on Marine Traffic

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No.1942 Color Hybrid launched 14 Apr 2019

27,164GT for Color Line from Ulstein

IMO: 9824289

Image attribution: Roy Forslund & Roger Andersen on Marine Traffic

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No.941 Italia launched in 1965

12,219 Sunsarda SpA from Cantieri Navale Felszegi, Trieste

Ocean Princess 1983 Ocean Cruise Line

Sea Prince 1993 Sunshine Cruise Line

Princesa Oceanica 1995 Sunshine Cruise Line

Sapphire 1996 Thomson Holidays

Aspire 2012 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2012 IMO:6513994

Image attribution: Vince Neale, Tony Davis, Don Hazeldine & Henry Casciaro

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No.942 Fennia launched in 1965

10,515grt for A/B Siljarederiet from Øresundsvarvet A/B, Landskrona

Casino Express 2001 RG Line

C Express 2007 Attar Construction

Onyx 2009 Attar Construction

Kaptain Boris 2010 Red Line Shipping

Scrapped Gadani Beach 2010 IMO: 6600462

Image attribution: Aleksi Lindström & Marine Traffic

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No.1610 Tsukushi launched in 2003

13,353 Hankyu Ferry by Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

2Go Masagana 2021 2Go IMO: 9263162

Image attribution: Yuichi Morita & Janjan Salas

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No.1609 Eurostar Valencia launched in 2003

25,984grt for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione by Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro

Sorrento 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea IMO: 9264312

Fire, scrapped Aliaga 2015

Photo: Michael Purer

Manuel Hernández Lafuente on Ship Spotting

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