No.1107 Viking Song launched in 1980

14,623grt for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku

Braemar 1985 Fred Olsen Line

Anna Karenina 1991 Baltic Line

Regina Baltica 1996 Estline

Currently with Balearia

Image attribution: Gordon Dalzell

Image attribution: DDGHansa

Image attribution: Ulf Kornfeld

Image attribution: Manuel Hernández Lafuente

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No.607 Robert Ley launched in 1938

27,288grt for Hamburg-America Line by Howaldt Hamburg

A ‘Strength Through Joy’ cruise ship

Bombed Hamburg 1945, Scrapped Inverkeithing, Scotland 1947 (photo at Thomas Ward Shipbreaking Yard Inverkeithing, in 1947)

Rich Turnwald image

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No.107 Amazon launched in 1906

10,037 Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Torpedoed by U 52 off Malin Head 1918

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No.944 Sunward launched in 1966

10,558 Kloster Sunward Ferries from Bergens Norway, Bergen

1966-1972: Norwegian Caribbean Line

Ile de Beauté 1973 CGT

Grand Flotel 1977 Eastern Gulf

Saudi Moon I 1978 Amar

Saudi Arabian 1984 Sabar

Ocean Spirit 1988 Ocean Spirit

Scandinavian Song 1990 SeaEscape

Santiago de Cuba 1993 Chartered Arch

The Empress 1994 Empress Cruises

Empress 2003 Jaisu Shipping IMO: 6610663

Scrapped Chittagong 2004

Cruise ship Sunward at Pier A in 1970. Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic.

Image attribution: Tony Davis

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No.1944 Spirit of Discovery floated out 11 May 2019

58,250GT for Saga Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

IMO: 9802683

Image attribution: Christian Eckardt, Kim Viktor & Peter Ferrary

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No.1606 Yamato launched in 2002

13,353 Hankyu Ferry by Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Stena Nova 2020 Stena Line A/B

2Go Maligaya 2021 2Go IMO: 9263150

Image attribution: Yuichi Morita

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No.1106 Prins Joachim launched in 1980

10,607grt for Government of the Kingdom of Denmark by A/S Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov

Prince 2016 Government of Denmark

Morocco Star 2016 Africa Morocco Link

Manfred Sesemann, Frank Tribull & Steve Johnston on Marine Traffic

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No.606 San Jorge launched in 1938

10,006grt for Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Yes it was an Argentinian tanker and carried 60 passengers, 32 in 1st class

Scrapped in Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1981

http://www.histarmar.com.ar/…/Tanques/SanJorge-2.htm

Image attribution: Histarmar Archive

San Jorge from Gonzalo Álvaro Vicent

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No.106 Empress of Ireland launched in 1906

14,191grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow

Rammed, sank St Lawrence 1914 with tremendous loss of life

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color

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No.945 Ambrose Shea launched in 1966

10,093grt for CN Marine Inc from Marine Industries Ltd, Sorel

Ambrose 1989 Rederi A/B Sea-Link

Queen Vergina 1991 Strintzis (Vergina Ferries in the photo) IMO: 6611057

Laid up in Eleusis, Greece in 1997. And scrapped under the shortened name “Erg” at Aliağa, Turkey in 2000.

Image: Barry Dewling

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