No.448 Virgilio launched 1926

11,718grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia

Blown up Toulon in 1944

Images from naviearmatori & agenziabozzo

Image from naviearmatori

Image from agenziabozzo

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No.948 Ocean Endurance launched in 1966

10,308 Trans Oceanic SS Co Ltd by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland

276 passengers!

Scrapped in Karachi 1984

IMO 6614669

Image attribution: Paul T on Ship Spotting, Malcolm Cranfield & Anthony Frost

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No.1448 Pasiphae launched in 1997

30,018GT for Minoan Line by Bruces Verkstad, Landskrona & Fosen M V Fevag, Rissa

Pasiphae Palace 2001 Minoan Line

Jean Nicoli 2009 SNCM Ferryterranee (now with CORSICA linea)

IMO: 9161948

Image attribution: Αλεξανδρος Αξαρλης & Pascal Bredel

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No.1948 Settsu launched 2 Aug 2019

16,292GT for Hankyu Ferry from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding

IMO: 9860831

Image attribution: LikaJzuchiN, M Kinoshita & Egawa Tomoki

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No.1102 Viking Saga 1980

14,330GT for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku

Sally Albatross 1986 Rederi A/B Sally

Fire partially scrapped & rebuilt at Mäntyluoto in 1990

Leeward 1995 Norwegian Cruise Line

Superstar Taurus 2000 Star Cruises

Silja Opera 2002 Silja Line

Opera 2006 Silja Line

Cristal 2007 Louis Cruise Line

Louis Cristal 2011 Louis Cruise Line

Celestyal Crystal 2015 Celestyal Cruises

New Dawn 2025 Accommodation ship in the UAE (intended)

Sun Bright 2025

Right 2025 Breakers

Arrived Alang, India for breaking 15 May 2025

IMO: 7827213 remained the same

My photo of the Leeward

Superstar Taurus

Cristal by Tony Davis

Celestyal Crystal in Crete by Artemis Coupe

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No.602 Cilicia launched in 1937

11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow

Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam

Scrapped in Bilbao 1980

Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd

Cilicia in Aden

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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905

13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire

Provence II 1914 French Navy

Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.449 Arandora launched in 1927

12,847 Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Arandora Star 1929 Blue Star Line

Torpedoed by U 47 off Ireland in 1940 with tragic loss of lives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star

(Arandora Star and Stavangerfjord in Geiranger 1932 by Allan Marshall colour)

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No.949 Finlandia launched in 1966

12,456grt for Finska Angfartygs A/B from O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Helsinki

Finnstar 1978 Enso-Gutseit

Innstar 1981 Det Forenede D/S

Pearl of Scandinavia 1982 Loke Shipping

Ocean Pearl 1988 Ocean Cruise Lines Ltd

Pearl 1994 Sodimarit S.A

Costa Playa 1995 Costa Crociere

Oriental Pearl 1998 Mega Wave International

Joy Wave 1999 Costa Crociere S.p.A

Golden Princess 2000 Eurasia International

Scrapped China 2009 IMO. 6622458

Finnstar

Innstar

Pearl of Scandinvavia

Pearl

Costa Playa from Jeff Ross

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No.1449 Deutschland launched 1998

22,496GT for Peter Deilmann from Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel

World Odyssey 2015 Semester at Sea

Deutschland 2016 Phoenix Reisen

IMO: 9141807

She alternates between Deutschland & World Odyssey

Images: Wayne A’Court & Mika Baucheron

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