14,131grt for Nelson Line for Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932
Calpean Star 1959 Calpe Shipping
Sank off Montevideo 1960
Image attribution: Gilberto Hornstein & Hvalfangstmuseet Sandefjord
Shown in RML colours discharging meat at Z shed Royal Victoria Dock
Gilberto Hornstein took this picture in 1955 when the ship was arriving at Santos port in Brazil..
Calpean Star at Grytviken, South Georgia
10,420grt for Fred Olsen from Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
Scandinavian Sea 1982 Det Forenede D/S (DFDS)
Venus Venturer 1984 Commodore Cruise Line
Discovery I 1986 Bajamar Shipping IMO 7008001
Fire, scrapped at Alang 1997
Images: Ken Lubi, Janet Cook & Tony Davis
20914grt for Finnlines O/Y from Wärtsilä, Helsinki
Polaris 1975 Finska Angfartygs A/B
Scandinavia 1984 Rederi Ab Nordo
Scandinavia Link 1986 Rederi Ab Nordo
Stena Searider 1989 Stena Line A/B
Sea Rider 1991 Stena Line A/B
Stena Searider 1992 Stena Line A/B
Norse Mersey 1992 Norse Mersey
Stena Searider 1995 Stena Line A/B
Claudia M 2007 Ustica Lines IMO:6915881
Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2014
Image attribution: A Sporri
137,276GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku
IMO: 9161716
Image attribution: Keith McCart, Wayne A’Court, Richard McGregory & Phil Moreton
40,803GT for Tallink by Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9237589
Image copyright: Peter Ferrary; RP Janssen, Ruud Coster & Sergio Ferreira on Marine Traffic
12,750grt for Tirrenia di Navigazione by Italcantieri SpA, Castellammare
Af Francesca 2011 Adria Ferries IMO: 7602089
Due in Aliaga for breaking on 3 March 2026
Image copyright: Irene Cop, Bernard Reso, Marc Pingoud & Dominco C on Marine Traffic
11,330grt for Elder Dempster Lines by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Torpedoed by U 575 off Liberia 1942
Image copyright: The Trove Australia National Library
Steven Tindle messaged ‘As well as her normal crew at the time of torpedoing she also had aboard 210 passengers(149 military and 61 civilians, including 44 internees) plus 20 DEMs gunners(13 Royal Artillery Maritime Regiment and 7 Royal Navy) Despite the U-boat reporting that after the sinking there were about 10 lifeboats and 15 to 20 liferafts afloat and occupied only one lifeboat was rescued, by HMS Bideford. Of the 393 people aboard 362 died and just 31 were rescued.’
Richard Cox Collection
21,035 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Scrapped Inverkeithing 1932
The crows nest on Cedric from Steve Walker
2nd photo – The old Britannic, laid up in retirement alongside the larger, newly launched RMS Cedric
16,732grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Scrapped Bremerhaven 1952
A famous ship with a very sad history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis
The Voyage of the Damned – St. Louis anchored in Havana when Cuba refused to land the refugees
Image from Rich Turnwald
St. Louis anchored in Havana when Cuba refused to land the refugees.
13,500grt for Tirrenia SpA di Navigazione from Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Palermo
Al Salam Pascoli 96 1999 El Salam Shipping
Tertium Millenium 2000 El Salam Shipping
Pascoli 96 2000 El Salam Shipping
Al Salam Pascoli 96 2001 El Salam Shipping
Pascoli 96 2006 El Salam Shipping IMO:7010121
Scrapped Alang 2006
Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli, naviearmatori.net & Yvon Perchoc
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