No.79 Ionic launched in 1902

White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped Osaka 1937

Like the Corinthic, No.76, mainly Shaw, Savill & Albion. She was built for the combined companies of White Star & Shaw Savill Lines, operating passenger and cargo services to and from New Zealand.

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928

20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank

Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific

Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954

Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color

Algiers Nov 1942

Image from Peter Roach

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No.1470 Varuna launched in 1998

13,654 Blue Highway Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Sun Flower Sapporo 2005 Shosen Mitsui Ferry

Queen Mary 2017 Sea World Express Ferries

Mar 2022 Breakers IMO: 9184574

Arrived Chittagong 13 Oct 2022

Image from Yosshii

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No.1970 Badji Mokhtar III launched 6 Apr 2020

43,551GT for Algerie Ferries from Guangzhou

IMO: 9827889

Image attribution: Pascal Bredel & Mladen Krce

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No.1578 Yuukari launched in 2001

18,229GT for Shin Nihonkai by Ishikawajima, Yokohama IMO: 9257436

Images from Islands and TKS on Marine Traffic

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No.1078 Stena Trader launched in 1978

18,732grt for Stena Container Line by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan

Stena Transporter 1978 Stena Line

Finnrose 1979 Finnlines O/Y

Baltic Ferry 1980 Townsend Car Ferries Ltd

Pride of Suffolk 1992 P&O European Ferries

European Diplomat 2001 P&O Irish Sea

Diplomat 2005 Celtic Link

Pavilion 2011 Argo Systems IMO: 7528661

Scrapped Alang 2011

Image copyright: Pieter Inpijn

Image from Ian Boyle

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No.578 Batory launched in 1935

14,287grt for Gdynia-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone

Scrapped in Hong Kong 1971

BATORY in Aden during her India-UK service in the 1950s. An Adeni friend said the crew would buy every item of silk in his father’s shop

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No.78 Carpathia launched in 1902

13,564 Cunard Line by Swan Hunter, Newcastle

Torpedoed by U 55 off Bishop Rock 1918

In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line’s RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,496 lives in the North Atlantic. The Carpathia navigated the ice fields to arrive two hours after the Titanic had sunk, and the crew rescued 705 survivors from the ship’s lifeboats.

Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc & Steve Walker color

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No.1971 Zhong Hua Fu Qiang launched 10 Apr 2020

37,883GT for Bohay Ferry Group from Huanghai Shipyard, Weihai Haida

IMO: 9899404

Image attribution: Huanghai Shipyard

Suffered an explosion in Apr 21. Marine traffic reports her name as Bo Hai Heng Sheng

Image: DENİZ HABER AJANSI

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No.1972 Valiant Lady launched 19 May 2020

108,192GT for Virgin Voyages from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente

IMO: 9805336

Image attribution: Keith L. Mock & Maritime Photographic https://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk

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