No.2035 Ferry Rokko launched 31 Mar 2022

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

14,200GT for Miyazaki Car Ferry from Naikai Zosen Shipyard, Japan

IMO: 9913456

Image attribution: Naikai Zosen; then ToraOyaji, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto & TM on Marine Traffic

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No.464 Duchess of Atholl launched in 1927

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

20,119grt for Canadian Pacific from Beardmore, Glasgow

Torpedoed by U 178 off Ascension Island in 1942

The ship took my father to Suez via Freetown and Durban in Dec 1940 in Convoy WS 4B

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No.1464 Kelud launched in 1998

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

14,701GT for Indonesian Government (PELNI) from Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg

IMO: 9139684

Image attribution: Ian Wild, Fleetmon, Piet Sink & Jesper Brix on Marine Traffic

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No.1964 Bajamar Express launched 4 Feb 2020

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

10,503GT for Fred Olsen from Austal in Western Australia

IMO: 9874296

Image attribution: Hartmut Knape, Tony Hogwood and Samt Mendher on Marine Traffic

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No.1586 Blue Star Naxos launched in 2002

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

10,438GT for Blue Star Ferries from Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo

Image attribution: Flo L & George Togias

Two labelled images from Marine Traffic

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No.1086 New Yükari launched in 1979

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

16,250grt for Shin Nipponkai Ferry by Koyo Dock Co Ltd, Mihara

Kriti II 1996 ANEK IMO: 7814058 May be laid up at Piraeus

Image attribution: Flo L

Sergio Ferreira on Marine Traffic

Stratos Predaris on Marine Traffic

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No.586 Pretoria launched in 1936

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport

Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport

Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt

Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy

Scrapped Taiwan 1987

Chartered to the Pan-Islamic SS Co of Karachi, Pakistan who used her to carry Muslim pilgrims. Alfred Holt & Co bought her in 1959 and renamed her Gunung Djati after the 16th century Javanese Wali Sanga Sunan Gunungjati. In 1962 the Indonesian government bought Gunung Djati

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No.86 Minnesota launched in 1903

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

20,602grt for Great Northern SS Co from Eastern SB, New London

Troy 1919 US Navy

Minnesota 1919 Atlantic Transport Line

Scrapped Germany 1924

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No.1465 SuperStar Leo floated out 1998

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

75,338GT for Star Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

Norwegian Spirit 2004 Norwegian Cruise Line

IMO: 9141065

Image attribution: Meyer Werft, Wayne A’Court, Giannis Mavronas & Tony Davis

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No.965 Axel Johnson launched in 1969

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

25,441 for Rederi A/B Nordstjernan from O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku

Regent Sun 1986 Regency Cruises

Italia 1988 Navyclub Italia

Costa Marina 1990 Costa Cruise Line

Harmony Princess 2011 Harmony Cruise

Club Harmony 2012 Harmony Cruise

Harmony 2014 Breakers

IMO: 6910544

Scrapped Alang 2014

A former container ship

Image attribution: Richard Sahlsten, Tony Davis & Henrik Kristensen

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